WAKE FOREST 97, GEORGE WASHINGTON 76: Wake Forest moves on
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Defense -- a foreign concept to Wake Forest last season -- was the key in the Deacons&#39; raucous, season-opening 97-76 men&#39;s basketball victory Monday against George Washington at Joel Coliseum.
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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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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Virginia Commonwealth nearly cut short No. 2 Wake Forest&#39;s NCAA Tournament run last season.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Chris Paul racked up  26 points and Wake Forest shot 32-of-32 from the free-throw  line as the fourth-ranked Demon Deacons posted an impressive  95-82 victory over No. 3 North Carolina in a battle between two  Atlantic Coast Conference powers at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
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Mistie Williams had a season-high 22 points after going scoreless in her previous game, and Alison Bales added 21 to help top-ranked Duke hold off Wake Forest 99-86 Wednesday night.
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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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WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Pops Mensah-Bonsu led the way in the first half and reserve Ricky Lucas dominated the second as No. 22 George Washington reaped the benefits of a complete team effort against Towson.
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Wake Forest, which is ranked No. 1 for the first time in the 99-year history of its program, could have picked up a nose bleed from the altitude, but 6-2 junior guard Justin Gray, a first-team
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Wake Forest's first game at No. 1 seemed just like the ones they played this season when ranked one spot lower.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Chris Paul scored 16  points to lead No. 2 Wake Forest over Virginia Commonwealth,  81-67, in the quarterfinal round of the Preseason NIT.
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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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Wake Forest has not generated this much buzz since Tim Duncan was still in school. Despite a No. 2 ranking _ its highest ever in the preseason poll _ the Demon Deacons know they still have a lot to prove as
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Wake Forest completed the finest road performance in Atlantic Coast Conference history against a team it had trouble beating anywhere.
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Reyshawn Terry scored 23 points, Tyler Hansbrough added 16 and No. 5 North Carolina routed Wake Forest 104-67 on Saturday.
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Chris Paul scored 21 points and Justin Gray had six in a 13-0 run early in the second half and No. 5 Wake Forest won its seventh straight game, 89-70 over No. 25 Virginia on Sunday.
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Wake Forest finally won with defense, even if it wasn&#39;t how Coach Skip Prosser would like to draw it up. His man-to-man didn&#39;t work, and neither did a triangle-and-two.
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In the end, it wasn&#39;t about holding on to the No. 1 ranking or the Preseason NIT title or even the game. For Wake Forest&#39;s Eric Williams, it was just about holding on to the ball.