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Justin Gray sets the pace for No. 1 Wake Forest as it overcomes a sluggish first half to defeat No. 18 Arizona, 63-60, in the Preseason NIT championship game.
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Trent Strickland makes sure No. 6 Wake Forest avoids a loss to Temple Monday night by scoring nine points in the last nine minutes in the Demon Deacons' 67-64 win.
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Chuck Hayes scored 18 points and Kelenna Azubuike added 17 as No. 8 Kentucky won its fourth straight game, routing William &amp; Mary 92-47 on Wednesday night.
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Rashad Anderson scored 27 points and went 7 for 8 from the free throw line over the final two minutes, leading Connecticut to an 81-72 victory over Rice yesterday in Hartford. Josh Boone added a career-high 20 points and dominated inside with 14 rebounds for the 11th-ranked Huskies (5-1), who were coming off their first loss -- a 61-59 upset ...
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A poor first half and an off night from its star guard were not enough to derail the No. 1 team in the country. Wake Forest proved a couple of things last night at Madison Square Garden: that
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Maryland finally earns its first ACC road win of this season, holding off a late charge by Wake Forest to notch a 79-72 victory over the Demon Deacons on Saturday.
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Williams finished with 16 points...Wake Forest advanced to a second-round home game Thursday against Virginia Commonwealth. VCU defeated American, 82-76.
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Sherron Collins scored 18 points and No. 3 Kansas finished the first half on a 15-2 run after an outburst by coach Bill Self and beat Loyola of Maryland 90-60 on Tuesday night.
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There were moments when No. 1 Wake Forest looked every bit like the best team in the country in its semifinal victory over Providence in the Preseason NIT.
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Wayne Ellington had 17 points and fellow freshman Brandan Wright added 16 to lead No. 7 North Carolina to a 75-63 victory over Kentucky on Saturday in a game between college basketball's winningest schools.
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Wake Forest completed the finest road performance in Atlantic Coast Conference history against a team it had trouble beating anywhere. Now, after defeating Maryland 38-24 Saturday night, the No. 20 Demon Deacons will take their successful road show to Florida to play for the league championship.
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Bulldogs with 17 points apiece in a 67-78 win over Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday night at Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs (5-3) held off the Wildcats&#39; solid shooting by forcing 23 turnovers to their own 12.
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For more than 25 minutes last night, the No. 1 team in the nation looked awfully ordinary, awfully ripe for the taking. But with the national ranking the Wake Forest basketball program
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Arizona couldn't have had much worse of a shooting performance than it did in the second half Tuesday night, and the 14th-ranked Wildcats still left Madison Square Garden with another victory.
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Justin Gray leads Wake Forest with 21 points despite suffering a gashed face as the top-ranked Demon Deacons beat Providence, 79-67.
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Justin Gray scored 21 for the second straight game as No.1 Wake Forest beat No.18 Arizona 63-60 for the Preseason NIT title Friday.
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No. 1 Wake Forest used a 19-5 second half run to take the lead and then held off Arizona 63-60 to win the preseason NIT. Mustafa Shakur had a chance to take the lead in the final seconds, but he missed a runner in the lane.