NC State, Wake Forest Have Already Opposed One Another Once This Season In Raleigh! As NC State, Wake Forest Play Their Rematch Tonight They Are Opposing One Another In Winston -Salem!
NC State, Wake Forest have already opposed one another once this season in North Carolina’s state capital!
As NC State, Wake Forest play their rematch tonight they are opposing one another in Winston-Salem!
NC State comes into the rematch with Wake Forest with a record of 11-18 4-18 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and last in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve lost two straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including their previous game verses North Carolina on Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital by a score of 74-84. North Carolina jumped out to a 20-3 lead and while the Pack closed within nine, 36-27, with 3:25 left in the first half, but UNC closed the half on a 10-2 run to take a 46-27 advantage into the break.
North Carolina shot 60 percent in the opening 20 minutes compared to just 25.8 percent for NC State to help the Tar Heels jump out to its large lead.
NC State scored the first six points of the second half to get within 13, North Carolina rattled off the next seven to effectively put the game out of reach. The Pack closed the game on a 9-0 run to get within 10.
“according to an article on gopack.com”
Wake Forest comes into the game with a record of 22-8 12-8 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because won their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game unlike NC State and beat Louisville 99-77 on Saturday in Winston -Salem!
In Wake Forest 99-77 win over Louisville Jake LaRavia as he scored his 1000th career point, the Wake Forest men's basketball outran Louisville, 99-77, in the Deacs' penultimate home game of the season.
Wake Forest (22-8, 12-7 ACC) leaned on a group effort in the win as all five starters scored in double figures. Meanwhile, LaRavia became the 55th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career points when he tallied his ninth point of the game at the charity stripe in the first half. Overall for the game, the junior from Indianapolis poured in 23 points, seven rebounds, five assists, a block, and a steal on 5-of-8 shooting from the field and 13-of-14 shooting from the free throw line.
Four other players finished in double figures in the victory, led by Dallas Walton's career-high-tying 22 points, Daivien Williamson's 15 points, Isaiah Mucius' 12 points, and Alondes Williams' 11 points.
The Deacs earned their third win in program history over Louisville and the first since March 1, 2017.
Wake Forest has now reached 12 ACC wins in a single season for the seventh time in program history and first time since the 2008-09 season. Additionally, Wake Forest can tie its single season record of 13 ACC wins on Wednesday night against NC State that it previously set during the 2004-05 and 2002-03 seasons.
Louisville (12-16, 6-12 ACC) fell behind quickly as the Deacs opened the game on a 17-2 run. Wake Forest broke down the Cardinal defense as it shot 58.2 percent from the field (32-of-55) and 48.1% (13-of-27) from downtown on Saturday night.
After Louisville made a run in the first half to cut the team's lead to eight points (44-36) at halftime, Wake Forest came out roaring in the second half and ballooned its lead to as large as 32 with 6:01 remaining in the game.
Wake Forest will face NC State on Senior Day in the team's regular season finale on Wednesday, March 2 at 9 p.m. Several men's basketball student-athletes being honored on Wednesday have remaining eligibility and following this season those individuals will assess the potential of returning for the 2022-23 season.
How It Happened
Louisville scored the game's first basket, but Wake Forest responded with 17 unanswered points to command an early 17-2 lead at the 14:51 mark of the first period.
Six Deacs found the net during the run, highlighted by a pair of makes from downtown by Isaiah Mucius.
Dallas Walton's first triple of the evening extended the team's lead to 16 (20-4) with just over 14 minutes remaining in the opening half.
Mucius and Walton connected on back-to-back triples to give Wake Forest a 20-point advantage (34-14) with 10:17 to go until halftime.
Jake LaRavia's jumper ended an 11-1 Cardinal run and gave the Deacs a 41-29 lead with 4:29 remaining in the first half.
Wake Forest entered halftime with a 44-36 lead over Louisville.
Seven of eight Demon Deacons to see the floor in the first half scored, led by Jake LaRavia's 12 points and Dallas Walton's 10 points.
Wake Forest shot 51.7 percent (15-of-29) from the floor in the opening period, including 46.2 percent (6-of-13) shooting from downtown.
A trio of free throws from Cameron Hildreth and Daivien Williamson put the Deacs on the board in the second half and extended their lead to nine (47-38) with just over 18 minutes left to play.
Hildreth and Alondes Williams netted a pair of triples and LaRavia slammed down an alley oop as part of an 8-0 Wake Forest run that restored the team's double-digit lead (55-39) with 16:28 remaining in the contest.
Mucius' fourth triple of the evening extended the team's lead to 17 (60-43) with 13:18 left in regulation.
Williamson converted a three-point play at the stripe to cap off an 11-1 Wake Forest run that extended the team's lead to 25 (73-48) with just under 10 minutes to play.
Williamson connected on his second triple to give the Deacs a 27-point lead (80-53) with just over eight minutes left in the final half.
Walton scored in the post, blocked a shot, and netted his second three-pointer of the night all within a 17-second window to extend the lead to 32 (86-54) with 6:28 on the clock.
Moments later, Walton drained his third three-pointer to tie his career-high with 22 points.
Miles Lester's second three-pointer of the season iced the game and secured a 99-77 Wake Forest victory over Louisville.
“according to an article on godeacs.com”
Tip off is set for 9:00pm from Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum!
The game is going to be televised on the Regional Sports Network