National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 83, Coastal Carolina 77
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 18, 2015
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Tim Kelly, # Jamie Luckie, # Tim Nestor
Attendance:
8107
By The Sports Xchange
Freshman guard Bryant Crawford connected on five 3-point baskets on his way to 19 points to boost Wake Forest in an 83-77 victory over Coastal Carolina on Friday night at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Forwards Dinos Mitoglou and Greg McClinton added 13 points apiece and forward John Collins had 12 points for the Demon Deacons (8-2), who won their fifth game in a row for their longest winning streak in three seasons.
Guard Codi Miller-McIntyre, in his second game since a preseason injury, scored 10 points for Wake Forest.
Coastal Carolina closed a 13-point deficit to 77-75. Mitoglou responded by making two foul shots with 1:09 to go.
Crawford also had nine assists for the Demon Deacons.
Forward Badou Diagne's 24 points and guard Jaylen Shaw's 21 points paced Coastal Carolina (6-5). The duo combined to made 16 of 22 shots from the field.
Coastal Carolina was within 64-57 before four consecutive points from Collins. It was 71-66 with less than five minutes left.
Wake Forest led 22-11 and it was 36-23 until Diagne scored two baskets in the final minute of the first half as the Chanticleers closed within 36-27 at the break.
Wake Forest was hurt by 5-of-13 free throw shooting in the first half.
Demon Deacons forward Devin Thomas, the team's scoring and rebounding leader, fouled out with six points and six rebounds with 4:40 remaining.
It was the first meeting between the teams in 17 years.
Top Game Performances
| Coastal Carolina |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Badou Diagne 24 |
Scoring |
Bryant Crawford 19 |
|
Jaylen Shaw 7 |
Assists |
Bryant Crawford 9 |
|
Badou Diagne 7 |
Rebounds |
Devin Thomas 6 |
|
Jaylen Shaw 5 |
Free Throws Made |
John Collins 4 |
|
Badou Diagne 2 |
Steals |
Bryant Crawford 3 |
|
Kevin Holmes Jr. 1 |
Blocks |
Konstantinos Mitoglou 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Coastal Carolina
|
77 |
49.1 |
8-20 |
15-22 |
14 |
24 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
| Wake Forest
|
83 |
55.4 |
9-24 |
12-22 |
23 |
29 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
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