Wednesday, December 4
Winston-Salem, N.C.
11:30 a.m.
Wake Forest University
63
vs
46
Campbell
Demon Deacons Stifle Campbell in the Fourth Quarter for Kids Day Victory
12/4/2024 2:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Deacs allowed just two points in the final quarter for the second time this season which is a program record while also accomplishing the feat in a victory at Charlotte earlier this season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Holding Campbell to just nine second-half points, the Wake Forest women's basketball team turned a 10-point halftime deficit into a 17-point victory, defeating the Camels 63-46 on Tuesday afternoon at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum.
Locking in defensively in the second half, the Deacs (6-3, 0-0 ACC) held Campbell (5-4, 0-0 CAA) to just 4-of-30 (13.3 percent) from the field in the second half with the help of a deafening 4,836 Demon Deacon fans from across local area schools as a part of Wake's annual Kids Day.
Campbell was unable to convert on their final 13 attempts from the field as Wake Forest allowed just two points in the final quarter for the second time this season, also accomplishing the feat in a victory at Charlotte earlier this season. It's the fewest points given up in a quarter in program history.
Redshirt junior forward Malaya Cowles just missed a career-high, finishing with a season-best 21 points on a 9-of-10 effort from the field, marking the first time this season a Demon Deacon has gone over the 20-point mark. The Wilkesboro, N.C. native collected the second double-double of her career with 10 rebounds while dishing out a career-high four assists, swiping a trio of steals and added a blocked shot.
Joining Cowles with a double-double of her own, redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds led Wake with 12 rebounds and added 11 points for the third double-double effort of her career.
The duo marked the first pair to both finish with a double-double in the same game since the trio of Jewel Spears (25 pts, 10 reb), Alyssa Andrews (19 points, 11 reb) and Raegyn Conley (13 pts, 12 reb) against South Carolina State on Dec. 15, 2021.
Senior guard Elise Williams poured in 14 points of her own, including a pair of shots beyond the arc, while sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf rounded out the Demon Deacons in double figures with 10 points of her own.
Wake Forest owned the paint, nearly outscoring Campbell all together with 44 points from inside the lane. Additionally, the Deacs continued to share the ball well with 18 assists on 27 made baskets. Through nine games, the Deacs have finished with double-digit assists in eight contests, including six games with 16 or more and a pair of contests with 20 helpers.
Defensively, the Deacs forced Campbell into 15 turnovers, marking the 51st time in the last 52 games that Wake Forest has forced an opponent into double-digit turnovers.
How It Happened
Standout Stats
"It was a rough first half defensively. We came into the locker room and talked a little bit about the tendencies and guarding tendencies better and we made one adjustment with switching some things, which helped. It was really just a focus for these guys to do the scout the way we're asking and playing together in the second half really helped us. We could go down low easily on them. So we wanted to make sure that we established that and that we were working to get the ball inside a lot, which we did. We held them to nine points in the second half and the two points in the fourth is tied for a program record. We did it one other time this year against Charlotte. When we want to play great defense, we can, and we just have to make sure that we keep buying into that end of the floor. And I know that it's an early game. We're not used to seeing these early games, but it doesn't matter when you're going to play games. You have to come out ready. So I'm happy with the second half, but just not a great first half. " - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons continue their homestand Sunday when the Deacs travel to St. John's.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on FloSports ($).
Locking in defensively in the second half, the Deacs (6-3, 0-0 ACC) held Campbell (5-4, 0-0 CAA) to just 4-of-30 (13.3 percent) from the field in the second half with the help of a deafening 4,836 Demon Deacon fans from across local area schools as a part of Wake's annual Kids Day.
Campbell was unable to convert on their final 13 attempts from the field as Wake Forest allowed just two points in the final quarter for the second time this season, also accomplishing the feat in a victory at Charlotte earlier this season. It's the fewest points given up in a quarter in program history.
Redshirt junior forward Malaya Cowles just missed a career-high, finishing with a season-best 21 points on a 9-of-10 effort from the field, marking the first time this season a Demon Deacon has gone over the 20-point mark. The Wilkesboro, N.C. native collected the second double-double of her career with 10 rebounds while dishing out a career-high four assists, swiping a trio of steals and added a blocked shot.
Joining Cowles with a double-double of her own, redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds led Wake with 12 rebounds and added 11 points for the third double-double effort of her career.
The duo marked the first pair to both finish with a double-double in the same game since the trio of Jewel Spears (25 pts, 10 reb), Alyssa Andrews (19 points, 11 reb) and Raegyn Conley (13 pts, 12 reb) against South Carolina State on Dec. 15, 2021.
Senior guard Elise Williams poured in 14 points of her own, including a pair of shots beyond the arc, while sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf rounded out the Demon Deacons in double figures with 10 points of her own.
Wake Forest owned the paint, nearly outscoring Campbell all together with 44 points from inside the lane. Additionally, the Deacs continued to share the ball well with 18 assists on 27 made baskets. Through nine games, the Deacs have finished with double-digit assists in eight contests, including six games with 16 or more and a pair of contests with 20 helpers.
Defensively, the Deacs forced Campbell into 15 turnovers, marking the 51st time in the last 52 games that Wake Forest has forced an opponent into double-digit turnovers.
How It Happened
- Senior guard Elise Williams put the Demon Deacons on the board with a nice move through the lane for an easy layup.
- The Deacs continued to work the paint, scoring their first three buckets of the contest from inside the lane.
- Senior guard Raegyn Conley put Wake Forest ahead once again, connecting on a shot from beyond the arc to make it a 15-14 contest with 1:03 left in the opening quarter.
- Wake and Campbell ended the first 10 minutes of play deadlocked at 16-16.
- Sophomore Rylie Theuerkauf knocked down a triple to end an 11-0 run from the Camels to open the second quarter.
- Freshman Kennedy Moore scored the first points of her Demon Deacon career off a nice find from redshirt junior Malaya Cowles.
- Campbell led 37-27 at the halftime break.
- Wake Forest fought back immediately coming out of the halftime break with a 13-0 run to open the second half.
- Williams banged home a shot from beyond the arc and a steal by Theuerkauf led to an easy layup on the other end.
- A great second-chance effort from redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds trimmed the Campbell lead down to just three at 37-34.
- Theuerkauf fought through contact in the paint to cut the deficit to one.
- Converting a Camel turnover into points, Williams gave the Deacs their first lead of the afternoon with an easy layup at the 7:06 to put Wake Forest ahead 38-37.
- Williams found Hinds for another bucket in the paint to continue the run four minutes into the half.
- The Deacs scored 14 of their 18 points inside the paint to hold a 45-44 going into the final quarter of action.
- Continuing a strong run of play, Cowles gave Wake Forest the lead back on her sixth field goal of the game at the 7:16 mark.
- Hinds pushed the Wake Forest advantage back out to three, forcing the Camels into a timeout with 6:28 left in the contest.
- Finding Williams on a cut through the lane, Cowles dished a perfect pass for an easy two to make it 52-46 with just over five minutes remaining.
- A second triple on the afternoon from Williams all but sealed the contest as she pushed the Wake lead to double digits.
- Wake Forest closed the game on an 18-0 run, holding Campbell without a field goal over the final 8:48 to run away with the contest, 63-46.
Standout Stats
- This season, the Demon Deacons are holding opponents to just 52.2 points per game, moving Wake Forest into a tie for 14th nationally and third in the ACC.
- Wake Forest held Campbell to 46 points, the second-lowest scoring output for the Camels this season.
- Campbell was unable to convert on their final 13 attempts from the field as Wake Forest allowed just two points in the final quarter for the second time this season, also accomplishing the feat in a victory at Charlotte earlier this season.
- The post duo of Cowles and Hinds marked the first pair to both finish with a double-double in the same game since the trio of Jewel Spears (25 pts, 10 reb), Alyssa Andrews (19 points, 11 reb) and Raegyn Conley (13 pts, 12 reb) against South Carolina State on Dec. 15, 2021.
- Redshirt junior Malaya Cowles has gone an outstanding 16-of-18 (88.9 percent) over the past two games.
- Cowles just missed a career-high, finishing with a season-best 21 points on a 9-of-10 effort from the field, marking the first time this season a Demon Deacon athlete has gone over the 20-point mark.
- The Wilkesboro, N.C. native collected the second double-double of her career with 10 rebounds while dishing out a career-high four assists, swiping a trio of steals and added a blocked shot.
- At home this season, Cowles is shooting 69.3 percent overall at LJVM Coliseum (34-of-49 FG).
- Additionally, her nine makes from the field this afternoon is the most by a Wake Forest player this season in a single game.
- Redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds led Wake with 12 rebounds and added 11 points.
- It marked the third double-double effort of Hinds career with the other two coming in the 2022-23 season.
- vs. Alabama (Nov. 23, 2022)
- 18 points, 10 rebounds
- vs. Morgan State (March 16, 2023)
- 16 points, 12 rebounds
- vs. Alabama (Nov. 23, 2022)
- It marked the third double-double effort of Hinds career with the other two coming in the 2022-23 season.
"It was a rough first half defensively. We came into the locker room and talked a little bit about the tendencies and guarding tendencies better and we made one adjustment with switching some things, which helped. It was really just a focus for these guys to do the scout the way we're asking and playing together in the second half really helped us. We could go down low easily on them. So we wanted to make sure that we established that and that we were working to get the ball inside a lot, which we did. We held them to nine points in the second half and the two points in the fourth is tied for a program record. We did it one other time this year against Charlotte. When we want to play great defense, we can, and we just have to make sure that we keep buying into that end of the floor. And I know that it's an early game. We're not used to seeing these early games, but it doesn't matter when you're going to play games. You have to come out ready. So I'm happy with the second half, but just not a great first half. " - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons continue their homestand Sunday when the Deacs travel to St. John's.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on FloSports ($).
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