Sunday, January 26
Winston-Salem, N.C.
2 p.m.
Wake Forest University
8-12,1-8ACC
69
vs
59
Boston College
12-10,3-6ACC
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2
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4
F
Boston College
17
11
12
19
59
Wake Forest
22
14
13
20
69
Wake Forest Earns First ACC Win, Defeats Boston College 69-59
1/26/2025 5:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Sophomore Guard Rylie Theuerkauf set a new career-high for the second-consecutive game, netting a 21 points on 8-of-16 FG.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Behind yet another incredible game from sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf, the Wake Forest women's basketball team earned its first ACC win of the season as it defeated Boston College, 69-59, Sunday afternoon inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Theuerkauf set a new career-high in points for the second consecutive game as she finished with 21 on 8-of-16 shooting and a 4-for-4 mark from the charity stripe. She has 40 points over the last two games and now averages 10.3 on the season, the second-most on the team.
As a team, the Demon Deacons (8-12, 1-8 ACC) outscored the Eagles in points in the paint (34-18), points off turnovers (25-17) and on the fast break (10-7).
Additionally, Wake Forest won all four quarters of play. After taking the lead less than a minute into the game, Wake Forest held the lead for the remainder of the game, leading for 39:10 of the 40 minutes.
Defensively, Wake Forest held Boston College to its fourth-fewest points in a game this season, second-fewest in ACC play and well under its season-average of 73.6 heading into the game. Of note, the Deacs forced the Eagles into 20 turnovers, the seventh time this season Wake Forest forced at least 20 and fourth time against an ACC opponent.
Redshirt junior forward Malaya Cowles tied a career-high with five steals against the Eagles and added 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting and three blocks for an efficient all-around performance.
Cowles became the first Demon Deacon since Amber Cambell on Dec. 9, 2017 to record five or more steals and three or more blocks in a single game. Additionally, she was the first Wake Forest player to do so in an ACC game since Asia Williams against Georgia Tech on Jan. 31, 2013.
Freshman guard Aurora Sørbye and redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds also recorded double-digits with 11 and 12 points, respectively. Hinds also added five rebounds Sunday afternoon and is now two away from reaching 500 for her career.
How It Happened
"This is a great win. We kept the lead from start to finish. We had four in double figures including a career-high from Rylie. We held them to 34 percent from the field and everyone did their job from the starters to the bench. We need to finish the game a little better at the end. We made our free throws at the end which was crucial. Everyone stepped up in different ways. We forced them to turn it over a lot and scored a bunch off those turnovers which was huge in this one. Defensively, we really played good scout defense and Malaya played well on that end of the floor with three charges, three blocks and five steals. I was really proud how we handled ourselves today. We need to keep this going into Thursday against a really good NC State team." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons are back at home inside of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Thursday night as the Deacs play host to Big-4 rival NC State.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
Theuerkauf set a new career-high in points for the second consecutive game as she finished with 21 on 8-of-16 shooting and a 4-for-4 mark from the charity stripe. She has 40 points over the last two games and now averages 10.3 on the season, the second-most on the team.
As a team, the Demon Deacons (8-12, 1-8 ACC) outscored the Eagles in points in the paint (34-18), points off turnovers (25-17) and on the fast break (10-7).
Additionally, Wake Forest won all four quarters of play. After taking the lead less than a minute into the game, Wake Forest held the lead for the remainder of the game, leading for 39:10 of the 40 minutes.
Defensively, Wake Forest held Boston College to its fourth-fewest points in a game this season, second-fewest in ACC play and well under its season-average of 73.6 heading into the game. Of note, the Deacs forced the Eagles into 20 turnovers, the seventh time this season Wake Forest forced at least 20 and fourth time against an ACC opponent.
Redshirt junior forward Malaya Cowles tied a career-high with five steals against the Eagles and added 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting and three blocks for an efficient all-around performance.
Cowles became the first Demon Deacon since Amber Cambell on Dec. 9, 2017 to record five or more steals and three or more blocks in a single game. Additionally, she was the first Wake Forest player to do so in an ACC game since Asia Williams against Georgia Tech on Jan. 31, 2013.
Freshman guard Aurora Sørbye and redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds also recorded double-digits with 11 and 12 points, respectively. Hinds also added five rebounds Sunday afternoon and is now two away from reaching 500 for her career.
How It Happened
- The Demon Deacons opened the contest on an 8-0 run and didn't allow the Eagles to score until the 7:15 mark.
- Sørbye opened the scoring as converted an and-one following a steal from Cowles 50 seconds into the game.
- Williams made it 6-0 with a three-pointer off of an assist from Theuerkauf.
- On the next possession, Theuerkauf picked off a pass and finished on the other end.
- After Boston College cut it to 8-5, the Demon Deacons went on a 10-0 run started by back-to-back baskets from Hinds and Cowles, respectively.
- Another steal by Cowles set up yet another fastbreak layup for Theuerkauf to make it 14-5 with five minutes to go in the quarter.
- Theuerkauf then added two more layups on constructive possessions and extended the lead to 13 with 3:50 left in the first.
- After a Boston College basket, Theuerkauf continued her hot start to the contest with a pullup jumper as she reached 10 points in the first quarter alone.
- A layup from Hinds closed out the scoring for the Deacs in the first quarter and interrupted a small Boston College run.
- The Demon Deacons led, 22-17 going into the second quarter.
- Cowles connected on a pair of two-point baskets early in the second quarter before Theuerkauf made 28-20 with a perfect trip to the free throw line.
- Theuerkauf continued to control the contest as she grabbed her own miss and put it back in at the 3:51 mark.
- Conley connected from deep to make it 34-26 with 2:35 remaining in the first half.
- Theuerkauf added two more free throws at the end of the half to bring her points total to 16.
- The Demon Deacons went into the locker room up, 36-28.
- Theuerkauf picked up where she left off in the first half, opening the scoring in the second with a layup assisted by Williams.
- The Demon Deacons maintained a decent lead with Hinds going 2-for-2 from the line and Sørbye knocking down a deep two.
- Cowles made it 44-34 with 5:38 to go in the third quarter with a layup off an assist from Conely.
- Sørbye knocked down a three in the dying seconds of the quarter as Wake Forest went into the fourth with a 49-40 lead.
- Cowles and Hinds made it 53-42 with layups to open the fourth quarter.
- Theuerkauf set her new career-high in points with a three-pointer at the 7:11 mark and put Wake Forest up 12.
- Hinds regained a double-digit advantage for the Deacs as she grabbed a blocked attempt from Conley and put it in with three minutes to go.
- Sørbye made it 64-51 with a nice drive and finish under the basket.
- Williams went 4-for-4 from the free throw line over the final few minutes as Wake Forest held a 68-58 advantage with 30 seconds left.
- The Demon Deacons closed out the first conference win of the season, 69-59.
- Theuerkauf set a new career-high in points for the second consecutive game as she finished with 21 on 8-of-16 shooting and a 4-for-4 mark from the charity stripe.
- She has 40 points over the last two games and now averages 10.3 on the season, the second-most on the team.
- It marked her 11th game of the season with double-digit points and fourth with at least 15.
- It was also tied for the most points scored by a Demon Deacon in a game this season.
- With the win, Wake Forest claimed its first ACC victory of the season and improved to 14-9 all-time against Boston College.
- Malaya Cowles became the first Demon Deacon since Amber Cambell on Dec. 9, 2017 to record five or more steals and three or more blocks in a single game. Additionally, she was the first Wake Forest player to do so in an ACC game since Asia Williams against Georgia Tech on Jan. 31, 2013.
- As a team, the Demon Deacons out-scored the Eagles in points in the paint (34-18), points off turnovers (25-17) and on the fast break (10-7)
- Forcing the Eagles into 20 turnovers, Wake Forest forced double-digit turnovers for the 61st time in the last 62 games, with the lone game coming against Syracuse on Jan. 11, 2024.
- It marked the seventh time this season Wake Forest forced 20-or-more turnovers and fourth time against an ACC opponent.
"This is a great win. We kept the lead from start to finish. We had four in double figures including a career-high from Rylie. We held them to 34 percent from the field and everyone did their job from the starters to the bench. We need to finish the game a little better at the end. We made our free throws at the end which was crucial. Everyone stepped up in different ways. We forced them to turn it over a lot and scored a bunch off those turnovers which was huge in this one. Defensively, we really played good scout defense and Malaya played well on that end of the floor with three charges, three blocks and five steals. I was really proud how we handled ourselves today. We need to keep this going into Thursday against a really good NC State team." - Megan Gebbia
Up Next
The Demon Deacons are back at home inside of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Thursday night as the Deacs play host to Big-4 rival NC State.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
Team Stats
BC
WF
FG%
.340
.500
3FG%
.500
.308
FT%
.850
.810
RB
27
29
TO
20
18
STL
9
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
Forward
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