National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 82, Duke 72
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Roger Ayers, # Pat Driscoll, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
12036
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Wake Forest 82, No. 4 Duke 72: Tyler Cavanaugh had a career-high 20 points and powered the host Demon Deacons' late rally past the Blue Devils.
Travis McKie added 19 points and Codi Miller-McIntyre had 13 points for Wake Forest (16-14, 6-11 ACC), which snapped an eight-game losing streak to Duke. Arnaud-William Adala Moto and Coron Williams each chipped in 12 points for the Demon Deacons.
Jabari Parker had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Duke (23-7, 12-5) and Rodney Hood added 16 points. Rasheed Sulaimon added 14 points for the Blue Devils, who had 15 turnovers and hit just 6-of-27 from the 3-point line.
Duke took its first lead of the night during a 10-0 run late in the first half, which was capped by Quinn Cook's 3-pointer for a 33-29 lead with 2 1/2 minutes left. The Demon Deacons answered with a 7-0 run, including Miller-McIntyre's layup at the buzzer, for a three-point halftime advantage.
Sulaimon and Hood hit early 3s to put Duke back ahead and the Blue Devils led by seven after Parker's dunk with just under six minutes left. Wake Forest held Duke scoreless the next five minutes and used a 17-0 run - including three buckets by Cavanaugh - to build a 76-66 lead with just over a minute left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wake Forest won home games against in-state rivals Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State in the same season for the first time since the 2008-09 season. ... Hood finished 1-of-6 from the 3-point line to extend his streak of games with a made 3-pointer to 27. ... It was only the second time Duke trailed at halftime this season. The other was by three points to Syracuse before losing in overtime to the Orange.
Top Game Performances
Duke |
|
Wake Forest |
Jabari Parker 19 |
Scoring |
Tyler Cavanaugh 20 |
Rodney Hood 4 |
Assists |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 8 |
Jabari Parker 10 |
Rebounds |
Devin Thomas 8 |
Jabari Parker 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Cavanaugh 10 |
Quinn Cook 2 |
Steals |
Coron Williams 3 |
Marshall Plumlee 2 |
Blocks |
Devin Thomas 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Duke
|
72 |
42.9 |
6-27 |
12-18 |
14 |
33 |
4 |
6 |
15 |
Wake Forest
|
82 |
46.4 |
5-11 |
25-34 |
13 |
32 |
3 |
8 |
10 |