Colvin’s Second Career 30-Point Game Helps Push Wake Forest Past Syracuse

Saturday, February 28

Winston-Salem, N.C.

5:45 p.m.

Wake Forest University

15-14,6-10ACC

Syracuse

15-14,6-10ACC

Syracuse

Wake Forest

Photo by: Bryce Mitchell / Wake Forest Athletics

Colvin’s Second Career 30-Point Game Helps Push Wake Forest Past Syracuse

2/28/2026 8:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Indianapolis native finished the game with 32 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 7-of-8 from three-point range.

By: Stephen Czarda, Keion Robinson & KJ Smith

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Junior guard Myles Colvin recorded his second career 30-point game to help lead the Wake Forest men's basketball team (15-14, 6-10 ACC) to an 88-83 win over Syracuse (15-14, 6-10 ACC) on Saturday night at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Indianapolis native finished just one point shy of his career high as he recorded 32 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including 7-of-8 from three-point range. Colvin also logged a team-high eight rebounds, three assists and a block.

Senior forward Tre'Von Spillers reached double figures for the seventh time in ACC play as he tallied 16 points while going 8-of-12 from the floor. The Charleston, S.C., native added four assists, three rebounds, three blocks and two steals.

Sophomore guard Juke Harris extended his double-digit scoring streak to 29-straight games as he totaled 13 points, five rebounds and two steals while setting a career-high with five assists.

Junior forward Cooper Schwieger and sophomore guard Sebastian Akins combined for all 21 of the Deacs' bench points on Saturday. Schwieger connected on all five of his field goal attempts as he registered 11 points, four rebounds and two assists, while Akins totaled 10 points, three assists, two rebounds, a block and a steal.

Overall, the Demon Deacons went 33-for-57 (57.9 percent) from the field, including a 56.3 percent clip from three-point range.

How It Happened

Wake Forest won the opening tip.
- After Syracuse took an early 3-0 lead, sophomore guard Juke Harris scored the Deacs' first point of the evening on a made free throw attempt.
Junior guard Myles Colvin recorded the first field goal of the game for the Demon Deacons on a driving layup at the 16:49 mark.
- Harris connected on a turnaround jumper on the next possession to make it 6-5.
Senior forward Tre'Von Spillers followed his own shot for a putback layup to cut the Syracuse lead down to four.
- Colvin added the Deacs' first three-pointer of the game the next trip down the court to make it a one-point game with 14:20 left in the first half.
- Freshman guard recorded his first points on a layup to make it 13-12.
The Demon Deacons took a one-point lead at the 12:38 mark on a putback slam by Spillers.
Junior Cooper Schwieger found Spillers underneath the basket for another slam to make it a two-point game.
Colvin responded to a three-pointer by the Orange with a three of his own to cut the deficit to 24-19.
Schwieger added his first points of the contest to make it a three-point contest coming out of the under-eight media timeout.
- Sophomore guard Sebastian Akins cut the Syracuse advantage to one point with a layup on the next possession.
- Colvin converted an and-one to make it 27-26.
Colvin continued his stellar start to the game by burying a triple to tie the game at 29-29.
Harris fought through contact to finish a tough layup before finishing the three-point play at the line following a timeout.
- Colvin knocked down his fourth three-pointer of the half to make it 37-35 with 2:59 left in the opening half.
Spillers hit a hook shot from the lane to make it 41-37.
- Schwieger buried a wide open three-pointer from the top of the key on the next possession to put the Deacs within three.
- Colvin sank a pair from the free throw line moments later.
Wake Forest headed into halftime trailing Syracuse by a score of 46-42.
- Colvin led all scorers in the first half with 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including hitting all four of his three-point attempts.
Colvin picked up right where he left off as he connected on another three for the Demon Deacons' first points of the second half.
- Harris hit two from the line on the next trip down the court to move Wake Forest back within one.
Carr ended a short spurt by the Orange with a jumper at the 16:04 mark.
- The Portland, Ore., native made it 56-51 on the next possession off the assist by junior forward Omaha Biliew.
- Colvin sank his sixth three-pointer of the game to put the Demon Deacons back within two.
Schwieger finished a tough layup to cut the deficit down to two points with 12:20 remaining.
- The Overland Park, Kan., native added another layup to make it 60-58 on the next Wake Forest possession.
Colvin matched his career high with his seventh three of the game to put the Deacs within a point.
- Harris gave Wake Forest the 64-62 lead with his first three-pointer.
The Deacs extended their run to 8-0 as Colvin hit a pair from the line to make it a three-point game.
Harris finished off a nice pass from Akins at the rim to push the Wake Forest lead to 68-65.
- Akins added a turnaround jumper on the next possession to make it a five-point game.
Colvin connected on two from the free throw line to extend the lead to seven.
After blocking a shot on the defensive end, Spillers finished at the rim to move into double figures and reclaim a seven-point advantage
- The Charleston, S.C., native flew down the lane on the next possession for a ferocious slam.
- Spillers added another dunk the next trip down the court to make it 78-70.
Akins converted a layup at the 3:52 mark as the Demons Deacons held onto their eight-point lead.
- Spillers finished a left-handed layup following a nice entry pass by Harris to extend the lead to double figures.
Following the final media timeout of the game, Akins made it 84-77 with a layup at the 2:31 mark.
Spillers found Schwieger for an easy layup to give Wake Forest a six-point lead with 31 seconds left to play.
Akins sank a pair from the line to move the Deacs up by eight.
The Demon Deacons defeated the Orange, 88-83.

Stats of the Game

Junior guard Myles Colvin reached double-figures for the seventh time in ACC play, finishing the game with 32 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a block.
- This marked the Indianapolis native's second-career 30-point game, with his only other coming earlier this season in a 33-point effort against Queens on Dec. 14, 2025.
- Nineteen of his points came in the first half, marking the third-straight half a Demon Deacon has scored 19 (Juke Harris had 19 in both halves against Boston College on Wednesday).
- Colvin went 7-for-8 from three-point distance against the Orange, tying the fifth-best single game three-point percentage mark with at least five makes in school history.

Rank	Name	Percentage	Opponent (Date)
T1.	C.J. Harris	100.0 (6-6)	Virginia Tech (3/10/13)
T1.	Daivien Williamson	100.0 (5-5)	Notre Dame (3/9/21)
T1.	C.J. Harris	100.0 (5-5)	Miami (2/23/13)
T1.	Randolph Childress	100.0 (5-5)	Florida State (1/8/94)
T5.	Myles Colvin	87.5 (7-8)	Syracuse (2/28/26)
T5.	Myles Colvin	87.5% (7-8)	Queens (12/14/25)
T5.	Jonah Antonio	87.5 (7-8)	Florida State (2/13/21)

Key Moment

The Demon Deacons outscored the Orange 30-21 over the final 11:10 of the second half to secure the win.
- The Deacs went 11-of-15 during that stretch, including hitting eight shots in a row over a six-minute period.

Coach's Comments
"We had a happy locker room, rightfully so. One thing I shared with them is that joy delayed is joy lost forever. They came out and played a high level of offense for the whole game. We didn't defend well in the first half. They made 10 threes. We didn't guard the ball very well. I thought we were not very physical at the point of attack and getting on the ball screen. Our guards were getting caught in the ball screen behind the player which caused us to over help, and they kicked it out and hit their threes. We adjusted that at halftime. We switched one through four some. We switched one through five some. We went under [JJ] Starling instead of trying to get over because he was getting down inside of us. We guarded the ball better, rebounded the ball better in the second half. Offensively, we got in the paint 38 times for the game to score 59 points. I'm a big believer in ball and body movement.

"Myles Colvin is a testament to resiliency and belief in yourself. I think he was one for 16 in the last two games coming in here, but the shot quality today was pretty good. He's got a tight spin on that thing. He's got confidence. He missed one three, and that was at the end when he was wide open, What a great comeback for him. I thought Sebastian Akins played outstanding down the stretch. I thought he was able to get inside of their defense. I thought him and Isaac [Carr] together were good, but Seb was great, especially in the second half. I thought Cooper [Schwieger] was great. He went 5-for-5 and got a big offensive rebound. I thought Tre'Von [Spillers] was great.

"Overall, I feel really good, but I felt good once we got the lead. I wasn't feeling good in the first half when we were struggling to get stops, but in the second half we got more things going defensively. Once we got the lead, we never looked back."- head coach Steve Forbes

Up Next
Wake Forest will play its final road game of the regular season on Tuesday night when the Demon Deacons travel north to face No. 11 Virginia.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the matchup will air nationally on the ACC Network.