Sørbye Records Career-High, Brown with Third Consecutive Double-Double in Win at SMU

Thursday, February 5

Dallas, TX

7:30 p.m.

Wake Forest University

13-11,3-9ACC

SMU

8-15,1-10ACC

Wake Forest

SMU

Sørbye Records Career-High, Brown with Third Consecutive Double-Double in Win at SMU

2/5/2026 10:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Wake Forest women’s basketball team was led by freshman guard Milan Brown who had her third-straight double double and sophomore guard Aurora Sørbye posted a career-high 18 points.

By: Andrew Kovar and Kaitlyn Stocum

DALLAS, Texas. – With outstanding offensive performances from sophomore guard Aurora Sørbye and freshman guard Milan Brown, the Wake Forest women's basketball team claimed another ACC road win, defeating SMU 70-65, Thursday night at Moody Coliseum.

With tonight's victory, the Demon Deacons (13-11, 3-9 ACC) marked the most conference wins since the 2022-23 season. The Deacs also improved to 5-1 all-time against the Mustangs (8-15, 1-10 ACC) including winning both games since SMU joined the ACC last season.

Wake Forest was led by its young trio of guards including Sørbye posting a new career-high with 18 points in the victory. She helped pace the offense with a team-high eight points in the first half.

The Norwegian ended the night going 6-of-8 from the field including going 3-of-5 from behind the arc.

For the third-consecutive game, Brown posted a double double with 15 points to go along with a team-high 10 rebounds. She ended the night going an efficient 6-of-9 from the field while also hitting three free throws.

Across the past three games, Brown is averaging 19.3 points and 12.7 rebounds.

Also for the third-consecutive game, freshman guard Caitlyn Jones tallied double-digit points, recording 16 points including going 5-of-6 from the line.

Over the last three games, Jones is averaging 14.67 points per game.

Wake Forest tallied 17 total assists on the night on 25 made baskets (68.0 percent). In 24 games this season, the Demon Deacons have totaled 408 assists on 607 field goals (67.2 percent) which would mark the highest percentage in the Megan Gebbia era.

With 32 on the night, the Deacs outrebounded the Mustangs and claimed 10 second chance points off of the extra opportunities.

How It Happened

The Mustangs got off an early start, but the Demon Deacons kept within closing distance, at 11-7 with 4:52 in the first quarter.
- Sophomore guard Aurora Sørbye began scoring for the Deacs with a free throw and a jumper.
- Freshman guard Milan Brown made it 5-9 with a driving layup.
With 3:23 in the quarter, Sørbye knocked back a huge three from beyond the arc to get the Deacs within a point of SMU.
At the 1:38 mark, freshman guard Caitlyn Jones tied the contest up with two in the paint.
- The rookie took Wake Forest's first lead of the night with three from the right corner.
The Demon Deacons led SMU, 17-16 into the second quarter.
Johns kept the Deacs ahead with a pair of free throws.
A pullup jumper from junior guard/forward Mary Carter kept the match tied as the Mustangs tried to retake the lead with 4:58 in the half.
The Deacs trailed seven in the final two minutes of the second quarter, but back-to-back buckets from Brown sparked the Wake Forest offense on a 7-0 run.
- Sophomore forward Kennedy Moore drained three to pull the Demon Deacons within a basket with 0:47 to go.
A driving layup from Brown as time expired tied the game up, 30-30 at the half.
Jones extended the Deacs' run into the second half with a perfect trip to the stripe.
The squads traded points into the third quarter, as SMU led Wake Forest 41-37 through the first four minutes.
- Sørbye launched another massive three to make it 37-34, just under two minutes out of the locker room.
Wake Forest cut the Mustang advantage to three with a hookshot jumper from Moore and an and-one from Jones.
Brown worked a turnaround jumper with 0:44 to go.
Wake Forest trailed the Mustangs, 50-45 headed into the final quarter.
The Demon Deacons regained the lead with an 8-0 run out of the break, set off by a jumper from Jones just twenty seconds into the fourth.
- A free throw from Brown followed by a layup from freshman forward Opal Bird tied the contest at 50-50.
- Sørbye made it 53-50 with a basket from downtown.
Despite SMU regaining a short lead, Sørbye put the Deacs back out in front, going 2-for-2 at the free throw line.
- Brown extended the Wake Forest lead to 57-54 with a driving layup at the 3:58 mark.
- Jones followed with an and-one to give the Demon Deacons their biggest lead of the night, at 60-54.
With 2:19 remaining, Sørbye made a layup to set a new career-high and make it 62-58.
At under a minute to go, Bird put up a massive three to extend the Deacs' lead.
Brown was perfect at the stripe to make it 68-63 with 0:35 seconds in the contest.
A final Mustang turnover allowed Moore to put up two points in the closing minutes and secure the 70-65 victory for the Demon Deacons.

Standout Stats

With career-high 18 points, sophomore guard Aurora Sørbye led the Deacs from three and went 6-of-8 from the field.
For the third consecutive game and the fourth time this season, freshman guard Milan Brown finished the game with a double-double, leading the Demon Deacons on the glass and tying freshman Grace Galbnavy with three steals.
- She posted 10 rebounds in the game while also ending the afternoon with 15 points in the win.
- Across the past three games, Brown is averaging 19.3 points and 12.7 rebounds.
  - Thursday against Virginia, she recorded a career-high 30 points to go along with 11 rebounds.
Freshman guard Caitlyn Jones was just shy of a career-high, with 16 points against the Mustangs.
- She was a team-best 5-of-6 from the stripe and went 5-for-8 from the field.

From Gebbia
"Super proud of this team. Everyone who played today stepped up in different ways. Our young team figured it out. I'm proud of Aurora was huge with a career high. Opal had a huge three there at the end. Caitlyn and Milan were clutch as well. We needed this one and I'm so happy we are going home with a win. We got over the hump with late game situations after so many close calls. Now we need to keep building on this with some confidence. It's hard to win on the road in this league no matter who we're playing and I can't overstate how big this is for us in February." - Megan Gebbia

Up Next
The Demon Deacons return home Sunday for a Big-4 matchup against North Carolina. This game will also be the Play 4 Kay Pink Game as well as honoring National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on ACC Network.