Wake Forest started strong in the game against Notre Dame, leading 11-3 early on. They maintained their lead with solid defense and efficient scoring, holding a 40-34 lead at halftime. Despite Notre Dame's efforts to stay close, Wake Forest extended their lead to 64-51 with 5:10 left in the game. Wake Forest capitalized on turnovers, scoring 15 points off them. The Deacons displayed resilience and effective defense, ultimately winning the game.
Toit as a tiger down here. Wake's 19-punt deficit is now 5. Was as low as 3. Deacons keep the small lineup on the court.
I will forever hold a grudge on Ish Leggett, just crushing Wake all over all game. Helluva player. Deacs down 5 with the ball, just under 3 mins left
Fantastic pass from Hunter Sallis down the lane to Carr, who finishes and will get the and-one opportunity. Deacs within 5!!
Carr AND ONE from Sallis. Deacs have some juice now. 5 point game!
Three-point play by Carr gets Wake back to within 61-56. Game on.
Oh boy. Wake Forest continues to chip away. A three-point play makes it 61-56 with 6:58 left. Can the Panthers hang on?
Deacs down 10 at the under 8 with Boopie going to the line. Plenty of time left, keep the pressure on and see if they tighten up
9-0 run, Deacs down 8 with 9 to go
9-0 Wake run gets the Deacons back to within 8 with 9 minutes still to play
Ish Leggett is just torching Wake on switches all game. Cam keeping the Deacs in the game. Chip away here but we are going to have to make some 3s eventually to win
A few stops there but Wake couldn’t take advantage. It’s oddly comforting to be the one fighting back instead of trying to hold the lead. Gonna have to break through and grab some confidence here soon though. Let’s get it 6 or fewer by half.
Little bit of life. After Carrington went up and down, steal by Miller, layup for Cam Hildreth who will go to the line after the UNDER 8, Wake down 9
Deacs getting some shots up, tipping off in a little under 10 minutes https://t.co/iqZcTM19At
Deacs +11 at the final tv timeout with Sallis going to the line for 2 Defense has been extremely good in the second half. Fouling a bit too much though, as that’s the only way the Irish have been able to score
Wake Forest leads 64-51 with 5:10 left. It's not like ND has been careless, only 10 turnovers. But they've led to 15 points for WF, which also has 15 fast-break points. Not *every* point off turnover has been a fast break, but they're closely intertwined.
Parker yet again on defense. Leads to a Sallis layup after a very frustrating sequence before that. Missed dunk, unnecessary goal tending, three pointer that was 2/3 down and popped out. Anyway, Deacs still up 13. Way to be resilient.
Last 8 minutes for Wake (up 12) is just managing fouls. Both your guys in foul trouble and the fact that Notre Dame is shooting 3-15 in the second half, 0-6 from deep
Deacs up 12 at the under 8 as AC picks up his 4th. Just can’t seem to put them away. Burton is so tough, have to take it to him and try to pick up his 5th. They are hiding him on Parker
Cam three! Deacs up 16. Burton has 4 fouls. LFG
Wake Forest leads 54-43 at the under-12. There was either a "Keep fighting!" or "Keep grinding!" going into this huddle, if my ears didn't deceive me. WF has done a nice job of pushing the lead back to double digits. Got their third kill of the game about 3 minutes ago.
Deacs up 11 at the under 12. AC already with a double double. Put them away here.
Deacs +7 at the under 16 with Keller going to the line. Solid opening segment but Irish getting all their points from the line
Wake leads 40-34 at the break
Deacs hold Notre Dame to just 37.5 percent shooting in the first half, but have just a six-point edge at intermission. https://t.co/gTc69F8djI
AC keeps cleaning up the plays. Deacs back up 9 on the Boop steal. They just refuse to call Burton for his third foul.
Wake Forest has 2 kills -- one to start the game, and one around the middle of the first half, when it went up 23-9. ND has scored on 6 of its last 9 possessions.
Deacs by 9 still at the under 4. Irish with 6 3s already is keeping them in the game.
Wake Forest is scoring 1.47 points per possession *before* these Hunter Sallis free throws.
Deacs up 9 with Carr going to the line after the under 8. A bit of a lull here, let’s get back to taking shots within the flow of the offense.
9 of ND's 12 points have come on 3s. Think only one of the three 3s elicited much of a disappointed reaction from Wake's bench. The others were contested, just good shots.
AC with a big o rebound, Hunter gets in there and converts an and-one. Deacs lead 20-9
Wake is playing like it's season is on the line (which it is) ... Deacs are 5 of 6 from the floor and are defending with intensity. Wake leads 16-6
Wake Forest leads 11-3 at the first media TO. Shouts out to Owen Kmety, Kevin Dunn and RJ Kennah for forming the walk-on wall to prevent those of us close enough to be the bench to basically be in the huddle.
Deacs up 11-3 at the under 16 with Sallis going to the line for 2. Excellent start
Sallis and Boopie with back-to-back 3s on the first 2 possessions and Wake is off to a hot start.
Confident start on both ends for Wake Forest, albeit one possession in.