National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 60, Bucknell 53
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 22, 2014
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Tim Ebersole, # Anthony Franklin, # Jamie Luckie
Attendance:
9739
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Wake Forest 60, Bucknell 53: Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the host Demon Deacons survived against the Bison.
Miller-McIntyre added five steals and four assists for Wake Forest (6-6), which persevered through a 36.2 percent shooting performance. Darius Leonard added 11 points, Greg McClinton had 10 and Devin Thomas scored eight to go with a game-high 11 rebounds for the Demon Deacons, who controlled the glass 41-35.
Chris Hass totaled 26 points, including 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, to lead the offense for Bucknell (5-7), which saw its two-game winning streak stopped. Dom Hoffman added seven points and five rebounds off the bench for the Bison, who shot a woeful 28.6 percent.
Wake Forest started hot, getting a 3-pointer from Leonard right off the bat and scoring the game's first eight points as part of a 21-4 run off the opening tip. The Demon Deacons answered six straight points from Bucknell with an 8-3 spurt but the Bison had some fight in them, ending the half on a 7-2 run that included a 3-pointer from Hass to hit the locker room down 31-20 at halftime.
After the break, Miller-McIntyre kicked things off with a 3-pointer and it looked like Wake Forest was well on its way to coasting to the win but Bucknell had other plans, scoring 12 unanswered points as part of a 14-1 run to pull to within 38-37 with just under 12 minutes remaining. The Demon Deacons took control, using a 12-4 jolt capped by a three-point play from McClinton to open up a 53-43 advantage with 4:38 left, and after Hass pulled the Bison back within 53-48 with just over two minutes left, a 3-pointer from Cornelius Hudson ended any comeback hopes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wake Forest has beaten Bucknell in each of the six meetings between the two teams. ... Bison starters outside of Hass shot 1-of-13. ... The Demon Deacons finished with 13 turnovers and forced 16 Bucknell miscues.
Top Game Performances
| Bucknell |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Chris Hass 26 |
Scoring |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 19 |
|
Chris Hass 2 |
Assists |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 4 |
|
Dom Hoffman 5 |
Rebounds |
Devin Thomas 11 |
|
Chris Hass 10 |
Free Throws Made |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 7 |
|
Chris Hass 2 |
Steals |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 5 |
|
Chris Hass 1 |
Blocks |
Aaron Rountree III 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Bucknell
|
53 |
28.6 |
5-22 |
20-26 |
8 |
29 |
2 |
4 |
16 |
| Wake Forest
|
60 |
36.2 |
6-18 |
20-35 |
9 |
38 |
9 |
11 |
13 |
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