National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 80, Princeton 66
When: 1:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Tony Greene, # William Humes, # Tim Nestor
Attendance:
9245
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Wake Forest 80, Princeton 66: Codi Miller-McIntyre just missed a triple-double and five Demon Deacons scored in double figures against the visiting Tigers.
Wake Forest, which tips off ACC play with huge tests against No. 5 Louisville on Sunday and No. 2 Duke on Jan. 7, got 15 points off the bench from Konstantinos Mitoglou while winning its third straight. Miller-McIntyre finished with nine points, nine rebounds and 11 assists and Mitchell Wilbekin returned from an NCAA-imposed three-game suspension to score 12 for the Demon Deacons (8-6).
Steven Cook led Princeton (5-9) with 17 points and Hans Brase finished with 13. Amir Bell added 11 points and four rebounds for the Tigers who had their two-game winning streak snapped.
Princeton led on two brief occasions in the first half. But with Wake Forest trailing 14-13, Mitoglou followed a pair of free throws with a 3-pointer to key a 9-0 run and the Demon Deacons never trailed again.
Wake Forest, which led 32-20 at the break, opened up an 18-point lead with 11:24 to play but Princeton closed the gap with a 15-4 run. The Demon Deacons responded with a jumper by Miller-McIntyre and a slam dunk by Devin Thomas and the Tigers never got closer than eight the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cornelius Hudson had 12 points and seven rebounds for Wake Forest. ...Princeton sharp-shooter Spencer Weisz scored just four points and went 0-for-3 from 3-point range. ...Thomas had 11 and Darius Leonard had 10 points for Wake Forest.
Top Game Performances
| Princeton |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Steven Cook 17 |
Scoring |
Konstantinos Mitoglou 15 |
|
Spencer Weisz 4 |
Assists |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 11 |
|
Spencer Weisz 6 |
Rebounds |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 9 |
|
Spencer Weisz 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Madison Jones 4 |
|
Steven Cook 2 |
Steals |
Madison Jones 2 |
|
Pete Miller 3 |
Blocks |
Konstantinos Mitoglou 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Princeton
|
66 |
45.6 |
8-27 |
6-12 |
16 |
23 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
| Wake Forest
|
80 |
42.6 |
10-23 |
18-24 |
21 |
44 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
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