It appeared VanHorn got the ball but the officials looked at a replay and ruled the Flagrant One.
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But 21 turnovers, 34 UNLV points in the paint and a 10-of-19 team performance from the free-throw line put up a hurdle too tall to clear.
Wake Forest: Devin Thomas – 21 points and 9 rebounds.
The Demon Deacons (4-2) had a huge advantage at the line, going 30 of 42 compared to UCLA’s 8 of 14.
In this case, they were good about sharing playing time as well. Isaac Hamilton – 18 points.
Freshman point guard Bry-ant Crawford led the Demon Deacons with 15 points and five assists.
“This was a very hard-fought ballgame”. We brought two guys back from suspension, Rondale Watson and Cornelius Hudson, and they played very good minutes for us today. “But we played with great goal”, Crean said.
Parker missed both of his foul shots, and Wake Forest grabbed a defensive rebound to preserve its lead. But free throw miscues in the game’s final minute nearly cost the Rebels the upset, as Nwamu was 0-for-4 and Seagears was 2-for-3 from the charity stripe.
“I thought our guys competed”.
“We didn’t do enough things to prevent them from having the night that they had”.
NEW YORK – Jajuan Johnson hit the winning free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining and Marquette survived a frenetic finish to hold on and beat No. 22 LSU in the semifinals of the Legends Classic. “I enjoy watching our team fight to the end”, junior safety DeVon Edwards said. “That was the difference in the game”. But on the negative side, the Bruins lost the turnover battle for the fifth time this year as well, committing 11 turnovers compared to the Demon Deacons’ 10. That helped Vandy push their lead to as many as 25 points as the two teams slogged through a second half that seemed to have as many referee whistles as made baskets. Wake Forest is averaging 79.2 points per game and they are shooting 44.5 percent from the floor while defensively they are allowing 82 points and their opponents shoot 44.6 percent.
“I just did whatever Coach asked me to do, ” Hudson said of his return. Blackmon Jr. chipped in 13 points, but no other Hoosier reached double figures.
Wake Forest shot 3-for-18 from beyond the 3-point arc after going 6-for-14 from long range and 35-for-69 from the field overall in Monday’s win over No. 13 Indiana.
It was, in the end, as bad as a trip to Maui could go.
“I’d much rather have a team that you have to slow down some than one that you can’t get to play at a high level of speed”, Crean said. It was mentioned that IN could get past their issues when they shoot lights out, but the question was how they would look on a night where the shoots didn’t fall so easily.
Kyle Dranginis (Skyview High) had 5 points and 11 rebounds for Gonzaga.
Ryan Bowie scored 17 points to lead the UTSA (1-4), which led 41-38 at the half but was outscored 60-43 in the second half.
The Hoosiers made a lot of mistakes in this one, and coach Tom Crean pointed to his players trying for the “home run” and making “plays that weren’t there”.
The final minutes of the Wake Forest vs. UCLA game were not exactly poetry in motion, but it was still a attractive sight to see Wake Forest up 80-77 when the final buzzer sounded. They were suspended from the team on October 31 for violating unspecified athletic department rules. He finished with just two points and four rebounds-by far his least productive outing as a Rebels-but his teammates picked up the slack.
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“For us, we won our first game”, Danny Manning said, downplaying the win.
