NCAAB

Louisville Cardinals at Wake Forest Demon Deacons

· NCAA Men's Basketball
12-16, 2-9 Away
Final
77 - 99

LaRavia, Walton lead Wake Forest to 99-77 rout of Louisville

Wake Forest rolled through the second half, turning an eight-point halftime lead into a 95-64 advantage after LaRavia scored with 3:40 remaining. At that point, Wake Forest had made 72% of its shots in the second half. Soon after that the Demon Deacons emptied the bench.

Daivien Williamson scored 15 points, Isaiah Mucius 12 and Alondes Williams 11 for Wake Forest (22-8, 12-7 ACC). LaRavia had seven rebounds, five assists and made 13 of 14 free throws. Walton was 8 of 9 from the field, including 4 for 4 from 3-point distance.

Sydney Curry led Louisville (12-16, 6-12) with 28 points. He made 13 of 18 shots and had seven rebounds off the bench. Noah Locke added 14 points.

Wake Forest broke out to a 22-5 lead in the first eight minutes of the first half. The Demon Deacons made 4 of 5 3-pointers in that run and 9 of 12 overall while Louisville made just 2 of 10 shots.

Louisville recovered and trailed 44-36 at halftime. The Cardinals finished the half at 52% from the field despite making only 2 of 10 3-pointers. Wake Forest finished the half at 52% overall with 6 of 13 3-pointers.

For the game, Wake Forest shot 58%, made 13 of 27 3-pointers and went 22 for 27 from the free-throw line.

With one regular season game remaining — vs. NC State on Wednesday — Wake Forest trails fourth-place Miami (12-6) by half a game in the ACC standings. Miami plays at Boston College on Wednesday and at Syracuse on Saturday.

Louisville plays at Virginia Tech and Tuesday and hosts Virginia on Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

Wake Forest: 84.6%
Louisville: 15.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 77 - 99
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 77 - 99
2nd 0:08 Dre Davis made Layup. 77 - 99
2nd 0:08 Dre Davis Offensive Rebound. 75 - 99
2nd 0:13 Brad Colbert missed Three Point Jumper. 75 - 99

Statistics

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31-61 FG 32-55
50.8 Field Goal % 58.2
3-18 3PT 13-27
16.7 Three Point % 48.1
12-21 FT 22-27
57.1 Free Throw % 81.5
32 Rebounds 29
12 Offensive Rebounds 6
20 Defensive Rebounds 23
6 Assists 15
6 Steals 5
1 Blocks 3
14 Turnovers 10
1 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 10
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 19
0 Fast Break Points 15
0 Points in Paint 34
22 Fouls 19
2 Largest Lead 32

Game Information

LJVM Coliseum

Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Attendance: 8,139 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 15-1 - 24-3
Clemson 14-2 1 22-5
Louisville 14-2 1 21-6
SMU 11-5 4 20-7
Wake Forest 11-5 4 19-8
North Carolina 10-6 5 17-11
Stanford 9-7 6 17-10
Florida State 7-9 8 16-11
Pittsburgh 7-9 8 16-11
Georgia Tech 7-9 8 13-14
Virginia Tech 7-9 8 12-15
Virginia 6-10 9 13-14
Notre Dame 6-10 9 12-15
California 5-11 10 12-15
Syracuse 5-11 10 11-16
Boston College 4-12 11 12-15
NC State 4-12 11 11-16
Miami 2-14 13 6-21
Full Standings