Wake Forest was playing its first game on the mainland since beating UCLA in the third-place game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on November 25. Ten of Holmes’ points came in the fourth quarter rally where AU outscored Wake Forest 22-9 after entering the period down by 14, and Holmes said she noticed a difference in her team’s attitude and determination as the end of the game neared. “Looking back we could have been a little sharper, but we were unsafe when we got the ball
30-40 yards from goal”. However, it was a Wake Forest player, redshirt junior midfielder Ricky Greensfelder, who made his shot count as he blasted the ball into the goal in the 88th minute. Wake did a decent job of being patient in the zone, and took solid shots from the perimeter, but they just didn’t fall.
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“We’re disappointed in the results and disappointed in some areas down the stretch, ” Jordan said, “but that’s what young teams do”. The Deacons led Rutgers at the half 34-29 as sophomore guard Mitchell Wilbekin scored a game-high nine points in the opening 20 minutes. They went on a 16-2 run and took a 62-60 lead with 3:55 remaining in the contest. Devin Thomas led the game in scoring with 21 points on 6-for-12 shooting.
“Andrew’s had a great freshman year and Jack’s got a great freshman year”, Wake Forest Coach Bobby Muuss said. Second half they told me to be more aggressive.
Rutgers: Patrick Hobbs, who was named Rutgers’ Athletic Director on Sunday, was introduced during a first-half timeout and got a loud ovation from the crowd.
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“We just wanted the ball to move”, Manning said. The win over Rutgers gives the Deacons four non-conference road/neutral wins for the first time since 2009-10.
