Wednesday, March 23
College Station, TX
7 p.m.
Wake Forest University
at
Texas A&M - Quarterfinals
Photo by: Andy Mead
Demon Deacons Battle Aggies for Madison Square Garden Berth
3/22/2022 7:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Winston-Salem, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's basketball team will face Texas A&M in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday, March 23 inside Reed Arena at 7 p.m.
Saturday's matchup will mark the second all-time meeting between the Demon Deacons (25-9, 13-7) and Aggies (25-12, 9-9 SEC), and the game will broadcast on ESPN2. Fans can follow along via the Demon Deacons Twitter and Instagram accounts (@WakeMBB).
News & Notes:
Wake Forest is coming off another balanced offensive outing over Virginia Commonwealth in the second round on Saturday afternoon, in which five players finished in double figures in the team's program-record clinching 18th home victory of the season.
Alondes Williams led the way in scoring with 19 points on 6-of-13 shooting and six makes from the charity stripe. Williams also recorded four rebounds and five assists and needs just 13 points on Wednesday to surpass the 1,000-career point benchmark.
Dallas Walton put together his career-best fifth consecutive game in double figures, exiting with 16 points, seven rebounds and two steals on 5-of-6 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 from the line. Since the beginning of February, Walton has converted on 63.6 percent of his three-point attempts (14-of-22).
Jake LaRavia finished the contest third in scoring with 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. LaRavia also hauled in six rebounds and contributed three assists and two steals.
Daivien Williamson tallied 14 points on 3-of-7 shooting from the field and 6-of-6 from the line in his final game of the year in his hometown arena, and Cameron Hildreth rounded out the group of double-digit scorers with 10 points to go along with five rebounds, three steals and two assists.
Standout Stats:
Wake Forest finished in the top five in the ACC in multiple statistical categories during league play, both offensively and defensively:
Last Time
Wake Forest vs. VCU (March 19, 2022)
Result: W, 80-74
Recap
Series History
Versus Texas A&M
Series: Wake Forest leads, 1-0
Last: December 11, 1957
Result: W, 68-46 in Winston-Salem
Up Next
With a victory over Texas A&M, Wake Forest will earn a trip to New York City for a chance to reach the NIT Championship in Madison Square Garden.
Game date, time and broadcast information will be announced when made available.
Saturday's matchup will mark the second all-time meeting between the Demon Deacons (25-9, 13-7) and Aggies (25-12, 9-9 SEC), and the game will broadcast on ESPN2. Fans can follow along via the Demon Deacons Twitter and Instagram accounts (@WakeMBB).
News & Notes:
- After finishing the regular season with a program-record-tying 13 ACC wins, Wake Forest is in its first postseason appearance since appearing in the First Four during the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
- The team's 10 ACC-win improvement from last season marks the best year-over-year improvement in conference record in ACC history.
- Additionally, the team's 19-game improvement year-over-year is tied for the second-best turnaround in NCAA history, behind only Towson (2021, 4-14; 2022, 25-8).
- Wake Forest has now compiled seven NIT appearances and owns a combined NIT record of 12-5 going into Wednesday.
- Wake Forest's last trip to the NIT came in 2006, when the team was defeated by Minnesota in the first round.
- The 1999-00 Demon Deacons won the 2000 NIT, defeating Notre Dame 71-61 in the title game.
- A victory over Texas A&M would provide Wake Forest with its fourth 26-win season in program history, and first 26-win season since 2004-05 (27-6).
- The Demon Deacons enter postseason action boasting the ACC Player of the Year and ACC Coach of the Year in Alondes Williams and Steve Forbes.
- With Dave Clawson winning Coach of the Year honors in football, Wake Forest is the first ACC program since Virginia Tech in 2004-05 to have Coaches of the Year in both Men's Basketball and Football.
- Alondes Williams (13 points away) and Isaiah Mucius (44 points away) are both approaching the 1,000 career-point threshold.
- With Daivien Williamson (1,340) and Jake LaRavia (1,067) having already reached that milestone, Wake Forest could have four active players with 1,000 career points.
- In addition to his ACC Player of the Year Award, Alondes Williams (640 points, 177 assists) has joined Randolph Childress (644 points, 167 assists in 1994-95) as the only Demon Deacons to rank inside the top 15 of the program's single season scoring and assists leaderboard.
- Williams needs five assists to become the first player in program history to rank inside the top 10 of the scoring and assists leaderboard.
- Several players currently rank on the program's all-time leaderboards:
- Alondes Williams: 640 points ranks 10th, 177 assists tied for 11th.
- Isaiah Mucius: 68 made three-pointers ranks 14th.
- Dallas Walton: 47 blocked shots ranks tied for 22nd.
- Jake LaRavia: 55 steals ranks tied for 15th.
- Daivien Williamson: .865 free throw percentage ranks 9th, 62 three-pointers ranks 19th.
Wake Forest is coming off another balanced offensive outing over Virginia Commonwealth in the second round on Saturday afternoon, in which five players finished in double figures in the team's program-record clinching 18th home victory of the season.
Alondes Williams led the way in scoring with 19 points on 6-of-13 shooting and six makes from the charity stripe. Williams also recorded four rebounds and five assists and needs just 13 points on Wednesday to surpass the 1,000-career point benchmark.
Dallas Walton put together his career-best fifth consecutive game in double figures, exiting with 16 points, seven rebounds and two steals on 5-of-6 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 from the line. Since the beginning of February, Walton has converted on 63.6 percent of his three-point attempts (14-of-22).
Jake LaRavia finished the contest third in scoring with 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. LaRavia also hauled in six rebounds and contributed three assists and two steals.
Daivien Williamson tallied 14 points on 3-of-7 shooting from the field and 6-of-6 from the line in his final game of the year in his hometown arena, and Cameron Hildreth rounded out the group of double-digit scorers with 10 points to go along with five rebounds, three steals and two assists.
Standout Stats:
Wake Forest finished in the top five in the ACC in multiple statistical categories during league play, both offensively and defensively:
- 1st in field goal percentage (.491)
- 1st in scoring offense (78.6)
- 1st in fouls drawn (17.3/game)
- 2nd in field goal % defense (.416)
- 2nd in assists (15.6/game)
- 3rd in rebounding (36.9/game)
- 4th in made free throws (12.7/game)
- 5th in 3-point field goal % defense (.333)
- 5th in blocks (3.9/game)
Last Time
Wake Forest vs. VCU (March 19, 2022)
Result: W, 80-74
Recap
Series History
Versus Texas A&M
Series: Wake Forest leads, 1-0
Last: December 11, 1957
Result: W, 68-46 in Winston-Salem
Up Next
With a victory over Texas A&M, Wake Forest will earn a trip to New York City for a chance to reach the NIT Championship in Madison Square Garden.
Game date, time and broadcast information will be announced when made available.
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