National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 77, St. Bonaventure 62
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Roger Ayers, # Brian Dorsey, # Joe Lindsay
Attendance:
7291
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Wake Forest 77, St. Bonaventure 62: Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 20 points and the host Demon Deacons rallied from 11 points down late in the first half to win their third in a row.
Devin Thomas added 18 points and Travis McKie scored 16 for Wake Forest (9-2), which moved ahead for keeps on Thomas’ layup with 8:55 remaining. The Demon Deacons closed the game on a 27-11 run.
Andell Cumberbatch scored 19 points with seven rebounds and six steals for the Bonnies (7-4). Leading scorer Matthew Wright, who missed Saturday’s game at Iona with an injured ankle, did not start, but scored nine points off the bench.
Wake Forest trailed 51-50 with 11 minutes left, but took control with a 13-2 run. After Thomas’ layup, Coron Williams hit back-to-back 3-pointers, pushing the Demon Deacons’ lead to 58-51 with 7:46 left, and McKie’s layup made it 63-53 with 5:40 to go.
The Bonnies ran out to a 16-8 advantage, but Wake Forest closed within 20-17 before they were outscored 12-4 as St. Bonaventure moved ahead 32-21 on Cumberbatch’s 3-pointer with three minutes left in the first half. The Demon Deacons whittled the deficit to 36-28 at intermission, and pulled even at 43-all on two McKie free throws with 14:54 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wake Forest has committed 36 turnovers in its past two games after recording 95 in its first nine contests. … Wright, who averages 17.3 points, was 4-of-12 from the field. … Cumberbatch is averaging 18.3 points in his past four contests.
Top Game Performances
| St. Bonaventure |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Andell Cumberbatch 19 |
Scoring |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 20 |
|
Charlon Kloof 7 |
Assists |
Madison Jones 6 |
|
Andell Cumberbatch 7 |
Rebounds |
Tyler Cavanaugh 8 |
|
Charlon Kloof 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Cavanaugh 5 |
|
Andell Cumberbatch 6 |
Steals |
Travis McKie 2 |
|
Chris Dees 1 |
Blocks |
Devin Thomas 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| St. Bonaventure
|
62 |
39.7 |
5-15 |
7-16 |
12 |
29 |
4 |
11 |
14 |
| Wake Forest
|
77 |
49.1 |
3-9 |
18-27 |
17 |
37 |
6 |
6 |
15 |
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