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Demon Deacons’ Second-Half Comeback Falls Short, Drop Road Test Against St. John’s
12/8/2024 4:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Deacs came within three of tying the game in the fourth quarter, but were held scoreless over the last 3:00 minutes of the game.
QUEENS, N.Y. – Despite cutting an 18-point third-quarter deficit to just three with five minutes remaining in the contest, the Wake Forest women's basketball team dropped a 63-45 road contest at St. John's on Sunday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena.
The Deacs (6-4, 0-0 ACC) were led by redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds who had another impressive game from the field. Hinds ended the game with a team-high 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds. 11 of her 17 points came in the third quarter as the Demon Deacons cut into the deficit and by the end of the quarter were within four points of St. John's (8-1, 0-0 Big East).
Over the last two games, Hinds is averaging 14.0 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game including a double-double performance in a win over Campbell on Wednesday.
Sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf posted her sixth double-figure scoring game in the last seven, posting 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting and finishing 2-for-3 at the free throw line.
Forcing the Red Storm into 13 turnovers, Wake Forest forced double-digit turnovers for the 51st time in the last 52 games, with the lone game coming against Syracuse on Jan. 11, 2024. The 52-game stretch goes back to January of 2022.
The Demon Deacons posted 11 points off those forced turnovers.
For the fifth time this season, Wake Forest shot better than 75 percent from the free throw line, hitting 11-of-13 free throws including a career-best 7-of-8 makes from Hinds.
So far this season, Hinds is shooting 73.5 percent from the line which is almost 40 percent better than her career average coming into the season.
How It Happened
From Gebbia
"We cannot continue to lose games the same way. We were down three points with 3:30 minutes left in the game and we just didn't finish or execute the way we needed to win a game like this on the road. We are continuing to make the same mistakes. We fought and I am proud of the way we were able to get back into it, but it wasn't enough because we made too many mistakes. We couldn't hit any threes and they beat us at the free throw line. Demeara really helped us get back into it inside but we needed to have someone else step up when she got into foul trouble there in the fourth quarter. What we did today shows us clearly what we need to work on going into the ACC opener in a week. We need to get back into the gym and work on our scoring, especially from three and at the rim." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons are set to have their first ACC game of the season on Dec. 15 when the Deacs host Clemson.
Tipoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on ACC Network.
The Deacs (6-4, 0-0 ACC) were led by redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds who had another impressive game from the field. Hinds ended the game with a team-high 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds. 11 of her 17 points came in the third quarter as the Demon Deacons cut into the deficit and by the end of the quarter were within four points of St. John's (8-1, 0-0 Big East).
Over the last two games, Hinds is averaging 14.0 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game including a double-double performance in a win over Campbell on Wednesday.
Sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf posted her sixth double-figure scoring game in the last seven, posting 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting and finishing 2-for-3 at the free throw line.
Forcing the Red Storm into 13 turnovers, Wake Forest forced double-digit turnovers for the 51st time in the last 52 games, with the lone game coming against Syracuse on Jan. 11, 2024. The 52-game stretch goes back to January of 2022.
The Demon Deacons posted 11 points off those forced turnovers.
For the fifth time this season, Wake Forest shot better than 75 percent from the free throw line, hitting 11-of-13 free throws including a career-best 7-of-8 makes from Hinds.
So far this season, Hinds is shooting 73.5 percent from the line which is almost 40 percent better than her career average coming into the season.
How It Happened
- The Demon Deacons got off to a 5-2 start with the help of early baskets from redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds and senior guard Elise Williams.
- St. John's answered with a 6-0 run before the first media timeout of the first quarter at 3:33.
- Hinds and graduate transfer guard Tamia Jones layups on back-to–back possessions to cut into the Red Storm lead.
- At the end of the first quarter, Wake Forest trailed 13-9.
- Eight of the nine points for the Deacs came in the paint off four layups.
- The Demon Deacons were limited to just six points in the second quarter on baskets from Hinds, Williams and senior guard Raegyn Conley.
- At the break, Wake Forest had a slim 22-to-21 rebounding advantage with Jones and freshman forward Kennedy Moore each pulling down a team-leading four rebounds each while Hinds and Williams had three rebounds for the Demon Deacons.
- Of the 15 points scored in the first half, 12 came from the paint as the Deacs led 12–to-8 in points in the paint.
- At halftime, Wake Forest trailed 27-15.
- Wake Forest opened up the second half with scores on the first two possessions of the third quarter as Williams and Hinds continued to add to their totals.
- After the St. John's lead got pushed back up to 18 points, the Demon Deacons responded to cut into the lead, netting the next nine points to get the deficit down to nine points.
- The Deacs finished the quarter on a 15-3 run to cut the deficit down to six points entering the fourth quarter.
- Hinds finished the third quarter with 11 of the Demon Deacons 19 points and had 15 points for the game to that point.
- The Demon Deacons continued to attack, cutting the lead down to three at one point as Rylie Theuerkauf converted a layup and then hit the and-one free throw.
- After a basket from Hinds, the Deacs were unable to score over the last three minutes of the game as St. John's finished the game on a 14-0 run.
- The Demon Deacons fell 63-45.
- Through 10 games this season, Wake Forest has totaled 103 steals.
- The Deacons finished with eight or more for the seventh-straight game, led by Jones with three and a pair from Hinds and Williams.
- On the opposite end, Wake Forest has taken care of the basketball, allowing opponents just 57 swipeaways through the first 10 contests.
- Wake Forest controlled the paint, outscoring St. John's 30-to-16 inside.
- Over the last two games, Wake Forest is +54 in the paint against their opponents.
- The Demon Deacons finished 11-of-13 (.846) from the charity stripe Sunday afternoon, the second-highest percentage of the season.
From Gebbia
"We cannot continue to lose games the same way. We were down three points with 3:30 minutes left in the game and we just didn't finish or execute the way we needed to win a game like this on the road. We are continuing to make the same mistakes. We fought and I am proud of the way we were able to get back into it, but it wasn't enough because we made too many mistakes. We couldn't hit any threes and they beat us at the free throw line. Demeara really helped us get back into it inside but we needed to have someone else step up when she got into foul trouble there in the fourth quarter. What we did today shows us clearly what we need to work on going into the ACC opener in a week. We need to get back into the gym and work on our scoring, especially from three and at the rim." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons are set to have their first ACC game of the season on Dec. 15 when the Deacs host Clemson.
Tipoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on ACC Network.
Team Stats
WF
SJU
FG%
.340
.352
3FG%
.000
.261
FT%
.846
.864
RB
31
36
TO
18
13
STL
8
6
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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