Wake Forest Falls Short on the Road Against Cal

BERKELEY, Calif. – Despite working its way back from a 16-point deficit, the Wake Forest women's basketball team fell 61-52 against Cal, Sunday afternoon at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif.

The Demon Deacons (12-6, 2-4 ACC) had another excellent game in the paint, with 32 points posted inside, while allowing Cal (10-8, 1-4 ACC) to score just 22, a 10-point deficit. Across 18 games, the Deacs have totaled 558 points in the paint (31.6 per game).

The Deacs in the second half especially were strong in the paint, scoring 24 of the 32 points in the paint in the final 20 minutes of the game.

With a team-high 14 points, junior guard/forward Mary Carter spearheaded the Wake Forest offense. Additionally, the Rocklin, Calif.-native tied sophomore guard Grace Oliver with seven rebounds. Oliver finished with nine points in the game.

Freshmen guards Milan Brown and Caitlyn Jones tallied double-digit performances for the Deacs. Brown went 6-for-14 from the field, while Jones posted a career-best seven assists.

How It Happened

The Golden Bears took an early lead over the Deacs but baskets from freshmen guards Caitlyn Jones and Milan Brown helped move the Demon Deacon offense forward.
- Junior guard/forward Mary Carter nailed a turnaround jumper to cut into Cal's seven-point lead.
Wake Forest trailed, 13-6 entering the second quarter.
Jones drove her way up to the basket for two in the paint with 6:31 remaining.
With help from Brown, Carter knocked back three as Cal held its lead, 24-11.
Brown capitalized off a Golden Bear turnover with a layup at the 2:58 mark.
Cal led the Demon Deacons, 28-14 at halftime.
A layup from sophomore guard Grace Oliver cut the Deacs' deficit under double-digits.
Two consecutive buckets from Jones made it 29-24 with six minutes to go in the third quarter.
- The Rolesville, N.C.-native found Brown through traffic to make it 34-29, with the Golden Bears still in the lead.
Carter launched three from the left corner with 1:28 left.
Three from Oliver and a fast break layup from Brown cut the game to a basket.
Cal led 43-37 headed into the final quarter.
- Jumpers from Brown and Jones made it 46-41 less than a minute in.
Oliver went 2-for-2 at the line to respond to a Golden Bear basket.
At the 2:25 mark, Carter launched three to make it 57-48.
Jones fed Bird at the rim to bring the deficit back under double-digits.
Despite a final jumper from Jones, Wake Forest fell on the road, 61-52 to Cal.

Standout Stats

The Demon Deacons had another excellent game in the paint, with 32 points posted inside, while allowing Cal to score just 22, a 10-point deficit. Across 18 games, the Deacs have totaled 558 points in the paint (31.6 per game).
Junior guard/forward Mary Carter led the Wake Forest offense with 14 points and seven rebounds, shooting 3-for-4 on three point field goals.
With a career-high seven assists, freshman guard Caitlyn Jones went 5-of-12 from the field for a double-digit game for the Deacs.
- In four games of ACC play, Jones is averaging 9.8 points per game and shooting over .500 from the field.

From Gebbia
"We needed to do a better job in both of these games finishing at the rim. The big difference as well was the free throws taken differential. They got there 23 times and we only got there six times. In both of these games, we didn't start well enough offensively in the first half. It's tough to come back from double digits especially in the second half. We need to figure out what it is and why it's not clicking to begin the game. We need to find a way to get to the line more and foul less and we're going to be basically even with them on the scoreboard. There are just a few physically and mentally to mature in. We are showing moments and now we need to keep putting them together in stretches. Our resiliency showed on this trip and now we get to go back home and continue to get better." - Megan Gebbia

Up Next
The Demon Deacons return home Thursday to face in-state rival NC State at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

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Team Stats

Mary Carter

Milan Brown

Caitlyn Jones

Grace Oliver

Players Mentioned

Milan Brown

Mary Carter

Caitlyn Jones

Grace Oliver

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