Thursday, January 16
Winston-Salem, N.C.
6 p.m.
Wake Forest University
7-10,0-6ACC
71
vs
74
Stanford
10-7,2-4ACC
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2
3
4
F
Stanford
19
22
17
16
74
Wake Forest
9
20
13
29
71
Demon Deacons’ Late Comeback Falls Short Against Stanford
1/16/2025 8:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Senior guard Raegyn Conley set a new career high with 18 points on six three-pointers.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Despite outscoring the Cardinal 29-16 in the fourth quarter, the Wake Forest women's basketball team fell, 74-71, Thursday evening against Stanford inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Individually, senior guard Elise Williams led the Demon Deacons (7-10, 0-6 ACC) in points (19), assists (4), rebounds (5) and steals (6). Her 19 points and six steals both set a season-high.
Since returning from injury, Williams is averaging 16.0 points per game and has now scored at least 10 points in all four games since her return. Additionally, it marked the first time this season a Demon Deacon has recorded four or more assists without a giveaway and the second time in her career she did so.
Senior guard Raegyn Conley set career-highs in points (18) and three-pointers (6-of-10) off of the bench. It marked the first time in the HerHoopsStats era that a Demon Deacon has made at least six three pointers on 60 percent or better shooting from deep.
With high-scoring performances from Williams and Conley, it marked the first time since Nov. 6, 2023 against Wofford that the Deacs had two or more players with at least 18 points.
Wake Forest forced the Cardinal (10-7, 2-4 ACC) into 17 turnovers and have now forced double-digit turnovers for the 58th time in the last 59 games, with the lone game coming against Syracuse on Jan. 11, 2024. The 59-game stretch goes back to January of 2022.
On the other end, the Deacs only turned the ball over eight times against the Cardinal, the fewest against an ACC opponent since Jan. 29, 2023 against Miami (also eight).
Freshman guard chipped in 11 points off the bench and went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line. For the season, Sørbye is 12-for-15 (.800) from the line which ranks second on the team (min. 10 attempts).
How It Happened
"We have continued to show a bunch of fight and battled back to get into it late. We lost this one in the first quarter. We had opportunities to score in the first quarter and didn't. It's a lesson learned that we can't just come out slow cause we won the rest of the game after the first quarter. We shot 94 percent from the line and 43 percent from three but just struggled in the paint. Elise led us in four categories and Raegyn had a career-high in threes and points scored. I am proud of our seniors. The seniors have to carry us down the stretch and they are showing up here late. No one can ever take that away from us and this kind of effort will end in wins here soon. Now we need to take this effort into practice this week. We need to be ready to go from the jump Sunday against a nationally-ranked team. We are at home and we have to come ready to go." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons close out the weekend at LJVM Coliseum as Wake Forest plays host to nationally-ranked Cal on Sunday afternoon.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
Individually, senior guard Elise Williams led the Demon Deacons (7-10, 0-6 ACC) in points (19), assists (4), rebounds (5) and steals (6). Her 19 points and six steals both set a season-high.
Since returning from injury, Williams is averaging 16.0 points per game and has now scored at least 10 points in all four games since her return. Additionally, it marked the first time this season a Demon Deacon has recorded four or more assists without a giveaway and the second time in her career she did so.
Senior guard Raegyn Conley set career-highs in points (18) and three-pointers (6-of-10) off of the bench. It marked the first time in the HerHoopsStats era that a Demon Deacon has made at least six three pointers on 60 percent or better shooting from deep.
With high-scoring performances from Williams and Conley, it marked the first time since Nov. 6, 2023 against Wofford that the Deacs had two or more players with at least 18 points.
Wake Forest forced the Cardinal (10-7, 2-4 ACC) into 17 turnovers and have now forced double-digit turnovers for the 58th time in the last 59 games, with the lone game coming against Syracuse on Jan. 11, 2024. The 59-game stretch goes back to January of 2022.
On the other end, the Deacs only turned the ball over eight times against the Cardinal, the fewest against an ACC opponent since Jan. 29, 2023 against Miami (also eight).
Freshman guard chipped in 11 points off the bench and went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line. For the season, Sørbye is 12-for-15 (.800) from the line which ranks second on the team (min. 10 attempts).
How It Happened
- Wake Forest got on the board first as Jones drew a foul and went 2-for-2 from the line just over a minute into the contest.
- After a Cardinal three, Theuerkauf regained the lead for the Deacs with two more free throws at the 7:29 mark.
- Williams ended an 11-0 Stanford run with a tough driving layup with 2:27 remaining in the first quarter.
- Conley cut the deficit to six (15-9) with Wake Forest's first triple of the evening with just over a minute to go in the quarter.
- Stanford extended its lead at the free throw line as Wake Forest went into the second quarter down 19-9.
- Williams recorded the first Wake Forest points of the second quarter with a pull-up jumper at the 9:21 mark.
- Moore knocked down a triple and Jones connected on a two-point jumper on the following possession to keep the Deacs within 10.
- Jones cut it to 26-18 with a great move and finish at the rim with 6:39 remaining in the second quarter.
- Conley made it a 7-0 Wake Forest run as she knocked down another three pointer and brought the Deacs to within five (21-26).
- She came back with another three with two minutes to go in the half and ended an 8-0 Stanford run.
- Sørbye got on the board with a three of her own on the following possession and made it 37-27 Stanford.
- The Norwegian then closed out the first half scoring for the Deacs with a layup as Wake Forest went into the locker room trailing, 41-29.
- Williams got the second half started with a three at the 8:26 mark.
- Theuerkauf connected on a pull-up jumper with 6:49 remaining in the third.
- Continuing a strong season at the line, Williams went 2-for-2 from the stripe after drawing a foul in the paint.
- Sørbye battled her way inside and finished a tough shot inside and Conley knocked down her fourth three-pointer of the night on the following possession to close out the third quarter.
- Wake Forest trailed, 58-42.
- Williams reached double-figures for the fourth-consecutive game with a driving layup to open the fourth quarter.
- Hinds made her first basket of the night after a great pass from Sørbye set her up for a layup with 7:53 to go in the game.
- Williams cut the deficit to nine after converting an and-one at the 6:47 mark followed by a pull-up jumper on the next possession.
- Wake Forest held Stanford to without a field goal in the fourth quarter until the 4:46 mark and forced the Cardinal into five turnovers during that span.
- Conley answered a Stanford three with one of her own as she set a new career-high with five triples on the night.
- The Deacs made it a eight-point game (59-67) after a Hinds layup and a Williams three-pointer as the contest entered the final two minutes.
- Hinds answered a pair of Stanford free throws with yet another finish at the rim and made it 69-61 with 1:44 to go.
- Sørbye cut it to six with a perfect trip to the free throw line with just over a minute left.
- After a Stanford basket, great ball movement earned Sørbye another trip to the line with 31 seconds left and once again knocked them both down to make it 71-65.
- Conley connected from deep yet again after Stanford split free throws on the other end as Wake Forest cut it to four with 23 seconds left.
- Three free throws from Theuerkauf with less than a second to go were not enough as Wake Forest fell to Stanford, 74-71.
- Forcing the Cardinal into 17 turnovers, Wake Forest forced double-digit turnovers for the 58th time in the last 59 games, with the lone game coming against Syracuse on Jan. 11, 2024.
- The 59-game stretch goes back to January of 2022.
- Through 17 games this season, Wake Forest has totaled 163 steals including 11 on Thursday which was the ninth time this season Wake Forest has recorded 10 or more steals in a game.
- With high-scoring performances from Elise Williams (19) and Reagyn Conley (18), it marked the first time since Nov. 6, 2023 against Wofford that the Deacs had two or more players with at least 18 points.
- Wake Forest only turned the ball over eight times against the Cardinal, the fewest against an ACC opponent since Jan. 29, 2023 against Miami (also eight).
- For the first time this season, senior guard Raegyn Conley had recorded double-digit points in back-to-back games as she finished Thursday's contest with a career-high 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc.
- Her six three-pointers set a new career high and she has now made at least three triples in five games this season.
- It marked the first time in the HerHoopsStats era that a Demon Deacon has made at least six three pointers on 60 percent or better shooting from deep.
"We have continued to show a bunch of fight and battled back to get into it late. We lost this one in the first quarter. We had opportunities to score in the first quarter and didn't. It's a lesson learned that we can't just come out slow cause we won the rest of the game after the first quarter. We shot 94 percent from the line and 43 percent from three but just struggled in the paint. Elise led us in four categories and Raegyn had a career-high in threes and points scored. I am proud of our seniors. The seniors have to carry us down the stretch and they are showing up here late. No one can ever take that away from us and this kind of effort will end in wins here soon. Now we need to take this effort into practice this week. We need to be ready to go from the jump Sunday against a nationally-ranked team. We are at home and we have to come ready to go." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons close out the weekend at LJVM Coliseum as Wake Forest plays host to nationally-ranked Cal on Sunday afternoon.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
Team Stats
Stan
WF
FG%
.472
.411
3FG%
.462
.435
FT%
.800
.938
RB
37
24
TO
17
8
STL
4
11
Game Leaders
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
6
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Players Mentioned
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