National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 72, Yale 71
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 29, 2011
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
#0 Sean Corbin, # Sean Hull, # Ray Perone
Attendance:
8183
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Wake Forest exploded for scoring runs to start each half and held off Yale 72-71 at home Thursday night.
C.J. Harris and Travis McKie combined for 37 points and proved to be too athletic for a Yale team that had won six straight and four in a row on the road. Wake Forest (9-4) has won three straight overall with one game remaining before opening up ACC play.
Harris drove the lane at will as the Demon Deacons took an early 11-2 lead. Wake Forest then went on a 14-2 spree after halftime to eventually build a 19-point advantage. Yale (8-3) had a late rally of its own but the deficit was too deep to overcome.
Wake looked much improved against an impressive inside-outside combination. It entered the game ranked second-to-last in the ACC in points allowed but shut down Yale from the perimeter, holding it to five 3-pointers.
Even though big man Greg Mangano had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Yale, the Ivy League’s leading long-range shooter, Austin Morgan, tied his worst shooting night of the season, missing six of his first seven attempts beyond the arc. It was a positive sign for a Wake team that was dominated by a similar style team in a 14-point loss to Seton Hall earlier this month.
Top Game Performances
| Yale |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Greg Mangano 20 |
Scoring |
C.J. Harris 23 |
|
Reggie Willhite 4 |
Assists |
Tony Chennault 6 |
|
Greg Mangano 12 |
Rebounds |
Carson Desrosiers 10 |
|
Austin Morgan 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Nikita Mescheriakov 7 |
|
Reggie Willhite 3 |
Steals |
C.J. Harris 3 |
|
Greg Mangano 3 |
Blocks |
Carson Desrosiers 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Yale
|
71 |
40.9 |
5-22 |
12-18 |
10 |
33 |
5 |
8 |
15 |
| Wake Forest
|
72 |
47.2 |
5-10 |
17-24 |
12 |
26 |
7 |
8 |
14 |
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