Wake Forest Extends Winning Streak with Midweek Victory Over Longwood

Wednesday, December 17

Winston-Salem, N.C.

7 p.m.

Wake Forest University

9-3,0-0ACC

Longwood

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Longwood

Wake Forest

Wake Forest Extends Winning Streak with Midweek Victory Over Longwood

12/17/2025 10:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Junior guard Myles Colvin hit a clutch three with 49 seconds remaining to help Wake Forest secure a win over Longwood.

By: Stephen Czarda, Keion Robinson and KJ Smith

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Junior guard Myles Colvin hit the go-ahead three with just 49 seconds remaining in the contest, as the Wake Forest men's basketball team (9-3, 0-0 ACC) extended its winning streak to three games on Wednesday evening, defeating Longwood (6-7, 0-0 Big South) 71-68 at LJVM Coliseum.

Sophomore guard Juke Harris led the Demon Deacons with 19 points while going 11-of-14 from the free-throw line. The Salisbury, N.C., native also recorded a team-high eight rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Senior guard Nate Calmese finished the game with 12 points while making all but one of his six field-goal attempts. Meanwhile, Colvin added 11 points, five rebounds and a team-best three assists.

Senior forward Tre'Von Spillers recorded nine points, six rebounds, a block and a steal, while junior forward Cooper Schwieger notched six points and three rebounds in just under 17 minutes off the bench.

Defensively, the Deacs limited Longwood to just 35.5 percent from the field, including holding them to 9-of-34 (26.5 percent) during the second half. Additionally, Wake Forest forced 13 turnovers and totaled nine steals.

How It Happened

After winning the opening tip, senior forward Tre'Von Spillers opened the scoring with a dunk off the assist by junior guard Myles Colvin.
- Colvin added another assist two possessions later, finding senior guard Nate Calmese for a three-pointer after the Indianapolis native blocked a shot on the defensive end.
Sophomore guard Juke Harris opened his account with a tough layup to put the Demon Deacons within a point early.
Calmese gave the Deacs the lead back with a three-pointer off the find from Colvin.
Senior guard Mekhi Mason drilled a deep three from the wing to put Wake Forest ahead by two points at the 13:01 mark.
- Junior forward Cooper Schwieger hit a pair from the line to extend the lead to 15-11.
Following an offensive rebound, freshman guard Isaac Carr found sophomore guard Sebastian Akins for a triple from the top of the key, making it a four-point game.
Longwood went on a 6-0 run.
Coming out of a timeout, Harris found Spillers underneath the basket for an easy dunk to tie the game at 20-20.
Harris went on a 6-0 individual run to give Wake Forest a four-point lead.
- The Salisbury, N.C., native tied the game once again after hitting a pair from the free throw line.
- Harris gave Wake Forest the lead on the next possession on a tough finish at the rim.
- He added two more from the charity stripe to make it 26-22 with 4:10 left in the first half.
Colvin recorded his first points of the night with a turnaround jumper in the lane, ending a short run by the Lancers.
- Spillers added a putback layup moments later to tie it 30-30 with just over a minute left in the half.
Wake Forest entered halftime trailing, 34-30.
- Harris led the Demon Deacons with eight points in the first half.
The Deacs began the second half with a 10-2 run to take a 40-36 lead.
- Calmese opened the half with a floater in the lane to cut the deficit down to two.
- The Gilbert, Ariz., native found junior forward Omaha Biliew for a transition layup moments later.
- Spillers gave the Demon Deacons the lead back with an emphatic slam dunk off an assist by Biliew.
- Calmese entered double figures with a transition layup to force a Longwood timeout at the 16:42 mark.
- Mason added one from the line.
Harris moved into double figures after sinking a pair of free throws, giving Wake Forest a three-point lead.
- Harris added a tough fadeaway jumper a few possessions later to make it 44-39 with 13:42 left to play.
Calmese hit a floater in the lane, as the Deacs reclaimed a four-point advantage.
Coming out of a timeout, redshirt sophomore forward Marqus Marion got on the score sheet as he made one of his two attempts from the line.
- Colvin sank both of his attempts from the line to extend the lead to four points.
Schwieger recorded his first bucket of the half at the 9:48 mark.
- Colvin knocked down a turnaround jumper to give Wake Forest a 53-47 lead on the next trip down the court.
Harris hit a tough jumper in the lane to extend the lead to seven with 8:18 remaining.
Schwieger slammed it home to put the Demon Deacons up by nine.
Akins blew past a defender for an easy layup to make it 60-52.
- Colvin added two more from the free throw line to extend the lead to double-digits.
Harris sank a pair from the charity stripe to give Wake Forest a 10-point lead again after the final media timeout.
The Lancers went on an 11-1 run to tie the game.
- Harris gave the Demon Deacons the lead back with a pair of free throws.
Colvin buried a three to make it 70-67 with 49 seconds left to play.
- Biliew made it a four-point game as he made one of his two attempts from the line.
The Demon Deacons defeated Longwood, 71-68.

Stat of the Game

Under sixth-year head coach Steve Forbes' direction, Wake Forest is 36-1 in home non-conference, regular-season games.
- 2025-26: 6-1
- 2024-25: 6-0
- 2023-24: 7-0
- 2022-23: 6-0
- 2021-22: 8-0
- 2020-21: 3-0

Key Moment

With the game tied at 67-67, junior guard Myles Colvin knocked down a clutch three-pointer from the corner to give the Demon Deacons a 70-67 lead with 49 seconds left to play.
- The Wake Forest defense also held strong as they kept Longwood without a field goal over the final 1:49 of play.

Coach's Comments
"We try really hard to play complementary offense and defense, and in the first half I thought our offense completely hurt our defense. We shot too many threes. We didn't put any pressure on the rim. When we did put pressure on the rim, we were 5-for-10 in the first half, and then only 6-for-11 at the rim in the second half. That's 11-for-21 at the rim. That's not good, and because we didn't play good complimentary offense, they got in transition. We had terrible matchups on defense. We had guards on bigs, and bigs on guards. That really messed us up in the half court. Our ball screen defense was not very impactful in the first half at the line of scrimmage, and then our low man was not aggressive trying to come up and get the ball. We weren't aggressive on the roller. We had some bad mojo at halftime."

"I thought in the second half, we were much more aggressive on defense, and more tough minded on offense. We got in the lane more and we didn't have many threes. Juke [Harris] drew nine fouls. At around under four minutes to go, we had the game around where we wanted it. Then, we come down and take a really bad shot on offense early in the possession, go down, get pancaked on the screen and give up a three. They then made another three and then we started missing free throws. It was a bad combination. I'm disappointed in the fact that we were not only outscored in the paint, but we also got outscored off turnovers and second chance points. Those are things that we have been pretty good at all year long. Now, it's better to win than lose. A lot of teams lose these kinds of games. We definitely need to play a hell of a lot better than what we did tonight to beat Vanderbilt on Sunday. But, when I go to bed tonight, it'll still be a win when we wake up in the morning. We'll take it, we'll learn from it, and then we'll move on." - head coach Steve Forbes

Up Next
Wake Forest will close out the non-conference slate on Sunday, hosting undefeated No. 13 Vanderbilt at LJVM Coliseum. Tip-off for the contest is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will air nationwide on The CW.