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Deacs Capture Road Win at Stanford for Regular-Season Sweep
2/6/2025 2:01:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Wake Forest earned its fourth ACC road victory on Wednesday night.
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Playing at Stanford for the first time in program history, Wake Forest men's basketball (17-6, 9-3 ACC) showed collective grit on Wednesday en route to a 79-73 win over the Cardinal (15-8, 7-5 ACC). The victory secured a regular-season sweep for the Demon Deacons, as the team downed Stanford at home last month on Jan. 15.
Wake Forest impressed with a balanced scoring attack, as Cameron Hildreth led all individuals in scoring for a second straight outing. The Worthing, England, native finished with 22 points while shooting 7-for-10 from the floor. It was his sixth performance of the season in which he has scored 20-plus points.
Hunter Sallis came up big in the second half, totaling 19 points for the night on a strong 60.0 field goal percentage. He displayed an all-around showing with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in 32 minutes played. Ty-Laur Johnson also did a bit of everything to tally 14 points, a season-high six rebounds, four assists and two steals.
In the frontcourt, Tre'Von Spillers made five of his eight field goal attempts for 12 points while pulling down five rebounds. Efton Reid III chipped in eight points and six rebounds, going a perfect 6-for-6 at the free-throw line.
For the game, Wake Forest shot 52.1 percent from the field. The team showed noteworthy focus at the free-throw line in the final 20 minutes, making 15 of 16 attempts. The Deacs finished with the rebounding advantage over Stanford (22-17) and outperformed the Cardinal in paint points, 34-32.
Defensively, Wake Forest forced 17 turnovers while collecting eight steals. The Deacons scored 20 points off Stanford's turnovers and limited the host to 6-of-24 shooting from three-point distance (25 percent).
How It Happened
Stats of the Game
Key Moment
Coach's Comments
"This was our best road win of the year. I have a lot of respect for Kyle and his team, they are a really good offensive team. We're the first team to come in here in league play and win, so we are very proud of that. It was a back-and-forth game, like I knew it was going to be. You have to give them a lot of credit, we tried to get away from them a couple of times but couldn't do it. Ultimately, we got stops when we needed them. Our defense has been solid all year long and we made free throws down the stretch. We didn't shoot free throws very well in the first half, and one thing about Stanford is that they are not going to miss free throws.
We did a good job on Raynaud and Sellers. We mixed it up with the double team and it got to the point where he played point guard more than he did in the post. We got stops in seven of our last 11 possessions, which was huge. We shared the ball on offense and got in the lane 46 times, scoring 67 points. When you do that and get 1.45 points per possession, that's pretty good. Again, we're ecstatic to win here. It is a tough place to play and it's the first time I've ever been here." - head coach Steve Forbes
Up Next
Wake Forest stays on the west coast for a Saturday contest against the California Golden Bears. Tip is set for 2 p.m. ET inside Haas Pavilion and the game will air live on ACC Network.
Wake Forest impressed with a balanced scoring attack, as Cameron Hildreth led all individuals in scoring for a second straight outing. The Worthing, England, native finished with 22 points while shooting 7-for-10 from the floor. It was his sixth performance of the season in which he has scored 20-plus points.
Hunter Sallis came up big in the second half, totaling 19 points for the night on a strong 60.0 field goal percentage. He displayed an all-around showing with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in 32 minutes played. Ty-Laur Johnson also did a bit of everything to tally 14 points, a season-high six rebounds, four assists and two steals.
In the frontcourt, Tre'Von Spillers made five of his eight field goal attempts for 12 points while pulling down five rebounds. Efton Reid III chipped in eight points and six rebounds, going a perfect 6-for-6 at the free-throw line.
For the game, Wake Forest shot 52.1 percent from the field. The team showed noteworthy focus at the free-throw line in the final 20 minutes, making 15 of 16 attempts. The Deacs finished with the rebounding advantage over Stanford (22-17) and outperformed the Cardinal in paint points, 34-32.
Defensively, Wake Forest forced 17 turnovers while collecting eight steals. The Deacons scored 20 points off Stanford's turnovers and limited the host to 6-of-24 shooting from three-point distance (25 percent).
How It Happened
- Reid started the scoring for Wake to make it 3-2 Stanford in the first minute.
- The Deacs took the 4-3 lead off a drive and a bucket from Hildreth.
- A steal from Johnson on the next play led to another Hildreth basket for the 6-3 lead.
- A bucket from Spillers three plays later tied it at 8-8.
- Two possessions later Hildreth sank his first three of the game to get Wake within one, 12-11.
- Johnson drove the baseline two possessions in a row to tie back up at 16-16.
- Hildreth's second three of the game gave the Deacs the 20-18 lead while the defense held Stanford without a field goal for over three minutes of game time.
- A steal from Harris on the next play led to a Hildreth basket for the 22-20 lead.
- Two free throws from Hildreth put Wake back in front by one on the next offensive possession, 24-23.
- Harris tied it at 25 with a free throw with eight minutes to go in the half.
- A jumper from Sallis out of the timeout put Wake back in front by two.
- Hildreth found Spillers at the rim on the next play to extend the lead to three.
- Two free throws from Reid made it a five-point game, 31-26 Deacs.
- The Wake Forest defense held Stanford without a field goal for over six minutes of game time.
- A Sallis layup and an and-one conversion put Wake on a 8-0 run and gave the Deacs the nine-point lead.
- A few possessions later Spillers dropped a back-down bucket to keep the eight-point lead.
- A dunk from Spillers off an under-out-of-bounds put Wake back up by five.
- The Deacs went into halftime with the 40-37 lead.
- Hildreth led all scorers with 15 first-half points on 5-of-6 shooting and 2-of-3 from deep.
- Sallis led Wake with five rebounds in the opening 20 minutes.
- After Stanford tied it at 40 to start the half, a baseline jumper from Sallis put Wake back in front by two.
- Hildreth extended the lead to three on the next possession with a free throw.
- Two more free throws from Spillers made it a five-point lead.
- After a short Stanford run, a jumper from Sallis gave the Deacs the 47-45 lead.
- A jumper from Hildreth out of the timeout put Wake back in front by one, 49-48.
- Another jumper from Sallis on the next possession made it a three-point lead.
- A steal and a layup from Johnson put Wake on a 6-0 run with a five-point lead.
- Johnson hit his first three-pointer of the game to keep Wake in front by four, 56-52, with 11 minutes left to play.
- A jumper from Sallis put the Deacs back in front by two, 58-56, with 8:30 to go.
- After Stanford jumped in front by three, Reid hit two free throws to get Wake back within one, 61-60, with under 7:30 to go.
- On the next possession Sallis found Spillers at the rim for the 62-61 lead.
- Two free throws from Stanford put them back in front by one, 63-62.
- Reid hit two free throws to make it 65-64, Stanford, with five minutes left to play.
- Hildreth drove the lane and dropped one in for the 66-65 lead.
- Wake took back the lead two possessions later with Johnson's second three of the game, 69-67.
- Stanford tied it at 69 with 1:41 to go.
- Hildreth hit two free throws with 1:20 on the clock to go up 71-69.
- Two more from Sallis with 1:01 on the clock made it a four-point game.
- Johnson hit two with :43 on the clock to go up 75-69.
- Sallis hit two more with 28.6 to go to keep the six-point lead.
- Wake Forest defeated Stanford, 79-73.
Stats of the Game
- Ty-Laur Johnson had his second-highest scoring output in league play, contributing 14 points.
- With a game-high 22 points over the Cardinal, Cameron Hildreth has now scored 20 or more in four of his last six appearances.
- His 15 first-half points were a game high, leading all scorers.
Key Moment
- With 3:16 left in the game, Wake was down one and Johnson hit his second three-pointer of the game to put Wake up two. The Deacs never lost the lead after that, going on a 6-0 run of free throws before defeating Stanford, 79-73.
Coach's Comments
"This was our best road win of the year. I have a lot of respect for Kyle and his team, they are a really good offensive team. We're the first team to come in here in league play and win, so we are very proud of that. It was a back-and-forth game, like I knew it was going to be. You have to give them a lot of credit, we tried to get away from them a couple of times but couldn't do it. Ultimately, we got stops when we needed them. Our defense has been solid all year long and we made free throws down the stretch. We didn't shoot free throws very well in the first half, and one thing about Stanford is that they are not going to miss free throws.
We did a good job on Raynaud and Sellers. We mixed it up with the double team and it got to the point where he played point guard more than he did in the post. We got stops in seven of our last 11 possessions, which was huge. We shared the ball on offense and got in the lane 46 times, scoring 67 points. When you do that and get 1.45 points per possession, that's pretty good. Again, we're ecstatic to win here. It is a tough place to play and it's the first time I've ever been here." - head coach Steve Forbes
Up Next
Wake Forest stays on the west coast for a Saturday contest against the California Golden Bears. Tip is set for 2 p.m. ET inside Haas Pavilion and the game will air live on ACC Network.
Team Stats
WF
Stan
FG%
.521
.429
3FG%
.333
.250
FT%
.758
.905
RB
31
29
TO
15
17
STL
8
10
Game Leaders
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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