March 3, 2007

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Postgame Notes
Wake Forest vs. Virginia
March 3, 2007

Wake Forest's win today gives the Deacons...
... a record of 14-15 overall a final mark of 5-11 in the ACC
... the No. 11 seed in next week's ACC Tournament
(Wake will playe the No. 6 seed Thursday night at approximately 9:20 p.m.)
... its fifth win this season after trailing at halftime
... a record of 1-0 in March this season and a 17-12 record in march under Skip Prosser
... four consecutive homecourt victories
... a record of 12-5 at home, including a record of 3-5 at home in ACC games
... a record of 81-17 at home under Prosser
... a record of 226-53 all-time in Joel Coliseum
... an overall record of 125-67 in six seasons under Skip Prosser
... a record of 64-59 all-time vs. Virginia
... a 13-3 record vs. Virginia in Joel Coliseum
... a record of 6-5 vs. Virginia under Skip Prosser
... an all-time program record of 1,362-1,038

Miscellaneous
... The Deacons had two players with double-doubles, not including Ishmael Smith, who approached a triple-double with 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 7 points
... Wake Forest has made a three-point field goal in 488 consecutive games

Senior Kyle Visser
... earned his seventh double-double of the season and the eighth of his career
... scored in double figures for the 27th time this season and the 41st time in his career
... pulled down double-digit rebounds for the seventh time this season and the ninth time in his career
... played in his 125th career game, which ranks as the 12th-most games played in Wake Forest history
... started for the 53rd time in his career

Freshman Ishmael Smith
... his ninth rebound tied a career high -- the third time this season the little guy has pulled down nine boards
... his sixth assist, his 168th of the season, moved him past Randolph Childress (1995) for the ninth-most single-season assists in Wake Forest history
... dished out at least five assists for the 21st time this season
... started for the 28th time -- only nine freshman in Wake history, inlcuding teammate L.D. Williams, have started more games

Freshman L.D. Williams
... made his 29th consecutive start; his 29 starts tie for the fifth-most by a Deacon freshman (only Josh Howard, Tim Duncan, Chris Paul and Eric Williams started more games as freshmen)
... had a career-high number of assists (previously 3)
... recorded the second double-double of his career
... pulled down double-digit rebounds for the second time
... scored in double figures for the 12th time this season

Freshman Jamie Skeen
... scored in double figures for the ninth time

Senior Michael Drum
... entered today's game having made 5 consecutive 3-point field goals over multiple games; today he made his first three attempts to extend that streak to eight games
... scored in double figures for the ninth time this season, the 16th time in his career
... when he missed a free throw today it marked just his second missed free throw since Jan. 18th
... made his first start since Jan. 24 vs. North Carolina
... started for the 24th time and played in his 62nd career game

Sophomore Harvey Hale
... has made at least two 3-point field goals in eight of the last 12 games
... fouled out for the first time in his career

Freshman David Weaver
... made a career-high number of free throws by going a perfect 6-of-6 from the line.