TULSA WORLD HOMEPAGE | WIRELESS

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on RSS
Sports Extra! Sports Extra Tulsa World Follow us on ...


SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS
    Sports Editor
Mike Strain

Sports Columnist
Dave Sittler

The Picker
Entertaining & Infuriating

LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

TULSA WORLD

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA

National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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


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