National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 91, Charlotte 74
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Ron Groover, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
6791
By The Sports Xchange
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- John Collins scored 22 points and pulled in 15 rebounds as Wake Forest maintained a big lead throughout most of the game in pummeling Charlotte 91-74 Tuesday at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
Bryant Crawford's 15 points, Keyshawn Woods' 12 points and Dinos Mitoglou's 11 points also helped Wake Forest (7-2).
Woods, a redshirt sophomore guard, is a transfer from Charlotte, and the game marked the first time in history that a Wake Forest player competed against his former team.
Braxton Ogbueze scored 20 points, while Jon Davis had 16 points and Anthony Vanhook supplied 13 points for Charlotte (6-3), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.
Ogbueze reached the 20-point mark for the third time this season, but the 49ers committed 16 turnovers (eight in each half).
Charlotte shot 7 of 25 on 3-pointers, while Wake Forest made 6 of 14 long-range efforts.
Collins, a sophomore who scored 11 first-half points, has led the Demon Deacons in all except for two games this season. He didn't play in the final five minutes Tuesday.
Wake Forest used a 17-0 run to bolt to a 22-5 lead on the way to a 20-point advantage in the opening 10 minutes.
The margin ballooned to 22 points before settling at 45-27 at halftime.
With Wake Forest leading 73-52 with 8:23 remaining, emotions boiled between the teams after a whistle, and each team drew two technical fouls. There were no additional incidences.
Wake Forest is 4-0 in home games, but this was its only home outing during a five-game stretch.
Top Game Performances
| Charlotte |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Braxton Ogbueze 20 |
Scoring |
John Collins 22 |
|
Jon Davis 4 |
Assists |
Mitchell Wilbekin 5 |
|
Jon Davis 5 |
Rebounds |
John Collins 15 |
|
Jon Davis 5 |
Free Throws Made |
John Collins 8 |
|
Jon Davis 3 |
Steals |
Mitchell Wilbekin 3 |
|
Najee Garvin 1 |
Blocks |
John Collins 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Charlotte
|
74 |
45.0 |
7-25 |
13-20 |
11 |
25 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
| Wake Forest
|
91 |
54.7 |
6-14 |
27-34 |
16 |
36 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
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