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Jones scores 23 to lead Duke past Wake Forest

January 12, 2020 Cory Lavalette

DURHAM — Duke started fast and picked up the pace. There would be no need to survive a last-second shot this time. Tre Jones scored 23 points and the second-ranked Blue Devils handled Wake Forest […]

College Basketball Roundup: Jones leads Penn State over Wake Forest

December 5, 2019 The Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Myreon Jones lived up to his nickname on Wednesday night. The Penn State sophomore, dubbed “Buckets” by his teammates, drained a career-best 22 points to lead Penn State over Wake Forest […]

Manning brings back familiar faces, hopes to get Deacons back to respectability

November 6, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — One of the last things Ron Wellman did before retiring as Wake Forest’s athletic director last spring was announce the return of basketball coach Danny Manning for the 2019-20 season. It was a […]

Second half drought leaves Deacons feeling blue against Orange

March 2, 2019 Aaron Beard | The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — The schedule gave Syracuse a bit of a break after a tough run of games. The Orange handled it well, too, simply by not turning in a flat performance against a struggling […]

Childress bounces back to lead Deacons past Notre Dame

February 19, 2019 admin

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brandon Childress bounced back from dismal shooting performance against North Carolina on Saturday to score 20 points Tuesday as Wake Forest pulled away from Notre Dame late for a 75-68 […]

Deacons hold on in overtime to snap five-game losing streak

February 6, 2019 admin

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — After getting bailed out on his first shot with the game on the line Tuesday night, Chaundee Brown came through on his second chance to give Wake Forest a 78-76 overtime victory […]

Virginia continues dominance of struggling Deacons

January 23, 2019 Hank Kurz Jr. | The Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia came into its first game since a loss at No. 2 Duke wanting to show that nothing has changed. The third-ranked Cavaliers wasted little time making that point, using sharp […]

New faces highlight Wake Forest’s reboot

October 31, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Brandon Childress has started only five games in his two seasons at Wake Forest. But because of graduation, transfers and two early departures to the NBA Draft, he’s already the team’s elder statesman. […]

Deacons add fifth freshman for 2018-19 basketball season

July 11, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The extreme makeover of Wake Forest’s basketball roster continued Wednesday with the addition of three-star wing Mike Wynn. A 6-foot-7 forward from Charlotte, Wynn originally committed to East Carolina before re-opening his recruitment after the […]

Manning has Wake Forest basketball moving forward

July 3, 2018 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — Danny Manning spent the past few weeks as an assistant to Kansas’ Bill Self working to transform a group of talented individuals into the U.S. national team that won a gold medal at […]