Wake Forest Falls to Boston College as Juke Harris Scores Career-High 38 Points

Wednesday, February 25

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

6 p.m.

Wake Forest University

14-14,5-10ACC

Boston College

10-18,3-12ACC

Wake Forest

Boston College

Wake Forest Falls to Boston College as Juke Harris Scores Career-High 38 Points

2/25/2026 9:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Sophomore guard Juke Harris led the Demon Deacons with a career-high 38 points on the night, most by a Demon Deacon in 20 years.

By: Stephen Czarda, Keion Robinson & KJ Smith

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Wake Forest men's basketball team (14-14, 5-10 ACC) dropped an ACC road contest to Boston College (10-18, 3-12 ACC) by a final score of 68-67 on Wednesday night at the Conte Forum. Sophomore guard Juke Harris led the Demon Deacons with a career-high 38 points to go along with six rebounds and an assist. The mark is the most points scored by a Demon Deacon in the Steve Forbes era and the most since Justin Gray scored 38 points against Maryland on Jan. 15, 2006.

Freshman guard Isaac Carr made his first career start, as the Portland, Ore., native finished the game with seven points, five rebounds, three steals and a pair of assists.

Junior forward Omaha Biliew registered nine points, four rebounds, an assist and a steal, while senior forward Tre'Von Spillers led the Deacs with 11 rebounds, as well as four points, three assists, two steals and a block.

How It Happened

Sophomore guard Juke Harris knocked down a catch-and-release three to give Wake Forest the early lead.
After Boston College took the lead, Harris hit a floater to make it 8-5.
- The Salisbury, N.C., native buried a deep three off the find by senior guard Nate Calmese to make it a three-point game with 12:33 remaining in the half.
The Demon Deacons responded with an 11-0 run to take a six-point lead following a media timeout.
- Calmese connected on a three of his own to cut the Boston College lead down to 13-11.
- The Deacs reclaimed a one-point lead on their next possession on a three-pointer by Harris.
- Harris extended the lead to 17-13 after connecting on all three of his free throw attempts.
- Senior Mekhi Mason sank a mid-range jumper a few possessions later to push the advantage up to six.
Harris fought through contact for a tough layup to make it 21-15 with 7:18 left in the half.
- Calmese converted a turnaround jumper moments later to keep Wake's six-point advantage.
Harris continued his stellar first half as he knocked down a three from the top of the key to make it 26-19.
Junior forward Omaha Biliew hit a three from the corner for his points of the game to give Wake Forest a seven-point lead.
The Demon Deacons headed into halftime leading the Eagles, 29-22.
- Harris recorded 19 points to lead all scorers in the first half.
After Boston College grabbed the lead off the backs of a 14-1 run, Harris finished a fast break layup for Wake Forest's first field goal of the second half.
Senior forward Tre'Von Spillers cleaned up the offensive glass with a putback layup at the 12:07 mark.
Harris added a pair from the line to make it 45-36.
- Harris knocked down a pullup jumper on the next trip down the court to cut the Boston College lead down to seven.
Spillers added a driving layup at the 8:25 mark to bring the Deacs within nine.
- Harris converted a tough layup of his own on the next possession to make it 49-42.
- Biliew responded to a Boston College three with a triple of his own at the 6:32 mark.
Harris converted a pair of free throws to move the Demon Deacons within five points.
- Freshman guard Isaac Carr cut the deficit down to 52-49 after turning defense into offense with a fastbreak layup following a steal.
- Biliew added two from the free throw line to keep the Deacs within three with 4:48 remaining.
Mason connected on a pair from the charity stripe to make it a six-point game with 2:48 left to play.
- Harris eclipsed his career high on a turnaround jumper to make it 62-56.
Carr buried a three to move the Deacs within five with 1:24 left.
- The Portland, Ore., native made it a one score game as he blew by his defender for a wide open layup.
Harris sank a deep three-pointer with 24.4 seconds remaining to make it 66-64.
After forcing a turnover, Harris gave the Demon Deacons the lead with his sixth three-pointer of the game.
The Demon Deacons fell, 68-67.

Stats of the Game

Sophomore guard Juke Harris 38 points resulted as a career-best mark on Wednesday evening. He finished on 12-for-19 shooting, also going 6-for-12 from three-point distance and 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. Harris pulled down six rebounds as well.
- Harris' 38 points were the most by a Demon Deacon since Justin Gray's 38 at Maryland on Jan. 15, 2006.
- The Salisbury, N.C., native is averaging 23.2 points per game in ACC play, the most in the conference.

Coach's Comments
"I thought that Earl [Grant's] team did a great job responding in the second half. We held them to 22 points in the first half and were up seven. They went at us in the post and caused us to foul. Then, they got easy baskets, got into the lane and got some confidence going. I just thought they were really physical defensively. They are a really good defensive team – I don't think that's pretty common knowledge. So all the credit to them, and they made the play when they needed to make the play.

"On the last play, we switched one through five just to keep them in front and make them shoot a two. But their guard turned the corner on our guy, and then we came across to challenge it and made him miss – our one guy checked down on [Boden] Kapke, got him out of there, but the wings didn't come in there. And [Aiden Shaw] flew in there and tipped it in. So, they made the play.

"I'm disappointed that our defense gave up 46 points in the second half. I think they scored 22 points in the first nine minutes. That's what they scored the whole first half. We had four kills in the first half, which is three stops in a row. Usually, if you get seven or eight, you win a game pretty much every time. We had zero in the second half. Offensively, we were 7-for-19 at the rim. We just can't win that way.

"It's too bad because we had a guy have a great night. Juke [Harris] is one of the best players in this league and one of the best sophomores in the United States. He had 38 points on only 19 shots. He willed us. We didn't really have anybody else show up on offense, except at the end there – Isaac Carr made a couple of big plays as a freshman. But all in all, it's a disappointing loss for us to have given up that many points to them in the second half."- head coach Steve Forbes

Up Next
Wake Forest will be back at home for a Saturday matchup against Syracuse as part of both Hall of Fame and Alumni Weekend festivities.

Tip-off is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. and the game will air nationally on The CW.