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March 8 Sheet

Wake Forest (+1) at NC State - Game 729-730 - 10:30am Pacific
The Demon Deacons are having a magical season. They are 22-4 overall and have won 10 of their last 11 ACC games. Their only four losses of the season came at Duke, at Virginia, at Maryland, and at Marquette. They are a proven commodity on the road this year with quality wins at Wisconsin, at Richmond, at Georgia Tech, at North Carolina, at Clemson, and at Florida State. Wake Forest leads the nation in rebounding margin at +10.0 per game and is #8 in the nation in field goal percentage defense at .389!

This team is led by national player of the year candidate senior Josh Howard (19.8ppg, 8.0rpg, 2.0apg, 2.2spg, 1.4bpg) but he is not a one man show. Freshman guard Justin Gray has shown incredible poise and toughness since returning from a broken jaw seven games ago. He has averaged 13.8ppg and the team has gone 6-1 since his return. They have only lost two games with Gray in the lineup all season (at Duke, at Maryland). Sophomores forward Vytas Danelius (12.9ppg, 7.5), forward Jamaal Levy (7.2ppg, 6.7rpg), and point guard Taron Downey (10.0ppg, 3.5rpg, 4.4apg) have all progressed as well as anyone could have hoped from their freshman seasons. Freshman center Eric Williams (8.5ppg, 4.4rpg) gives them an inside power presence.

NC State has been on pins and needles for several weeks now. The Wolfpack have gone just 5-5 in ACC games since starting conference play at 4-1. The five wins have come against Clemson (twice), at North Carolina (OT), Georgia Tech at home, and Florida State at home. Nothing really to write home about. This will be their third tough game in a 6 day span. They played Maryland here last Sunday down to the wire in a loss and then played at Clemson Wednesday without 6th man Levi Watkins (groin injury, "?" to play today) so all 5 starters were forced to play extended minutes in a narrow 3 point win. They were beaten soundly at Wake Forest in first meeting and I do not believe home court will be enough for them to turn the tables on one of the elite teams in the country.

Wake head coach Skip Prosser has pressed all the right buttons this season. The Deacons have owned this series of late winning seven in a row. A win here will give Wake Forest its first outright ACC regular season championship since 1962 and will set a school record for ACC wins. Howard & company have come this far and will not be denied.

Wake Forest 1 UNIT

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