NCAAB

Western Carolina Catamounts at Wake Forest Demon Deacons

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
69 - 82

Sallis scores 20, Hildreth adds 18 and 6 assists; Wake Forest beats Western Carolina 82-69

Hunter Sallis skies for big flush

Parker Friedrichsen hit four of the Demon Deacons' 12 3-pointers and finished with 14 points. Each team shot 43% from the field but Wake Forest (5-1) scored 22 points off 21 Western Carolina turnovers.

Cord Stansberry and Ice Emery scored 20 points apiece for Western Carolina (2-2).

The Demon Deacons hit four 3s, two by Friedrichsen, and Hildreth converted a three-point play before Sallis hit a jumper to cap a 22-3 run that gave them the lead for good and made it 36-20 with 5:24 left in the first half. Stansberry scored eight points — including two 3-pointers — as Western Carolina answered with a 12-3 spurt that trimmed its deficit to seven before Wake Forest took a 44-34 lead into halftime.

Stansberry made a 3-pointer that pulled the Catamounts to 48-46 with 17:23 to play but they got no closer. Sallis hit a jumper in the lane to spark a 20-5 run over the next 9 minutes and Churchill Abass scored in the paint to give the Demon Deacons the biggest lead at 74-50.

Sallis, who spent his first two seasons at Gonzaga, hit a jumper with about 5 minutes to go in the first half to give him 1,000 career points and now has 1,015, 714 at Wake Forest.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 69 - 82
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 69 - 82
2nd 0:19 Cord Stansberry made Free Throw. 69 - 82
2nd 0:19 Cord Stansberry made Free Throw. 68 - 82
2nd 0:19 Foul on Ty-Laur Johnson. 67 - 82

Statistics

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24-56 FG 27-63
42.9 Field Goal % 42.9
11-32 3PT 12-31
34.4 Three Point % 38.7
10-11 FT 16-19
90.9 Free Throw % 84.2
37 Rebounds 28
12 Offensive Rebounds 11
25 Defensive Rebounds 17
14 Assists 17
4 Steals 6
2 Blocks 4
21 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
21 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 22
6 Fast Break Points 9
26 Points in Paint 24
17 Fouls 14
3 Largest Lead 24

Game Information

LJVM Coliseum

Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Attendance: 8,468 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Chattanooga 15-3 - 28-9
UNC Greensboro 13-5 2 20-12
Samford 12-6 3 22-11
East Tennessee State 12-6 3 19-13
Furman 11-7 4 25-10
Wofford 10-8 5 19-16
VMI 7-11 8 15-19
Mercer 6-12 9 14-19
Western Carolina 4-14 11 8-22
The Citadel 0-18 15 5-25

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 19-1 - 35-3
Clemson 18-2 1 27-7
Louisville 18-2 1 27-8
SMU 13-7 6 24-11
Wake Forest 13-7 6 21-11
North Carolina 13-7 6 23-14
Stanford 11-9 8 21-14
Georgia Tech 10-10 9 17-17
Florida State 8-12 11 17-15
Pittsburgh 8-12 11 17-15
Virginia 8-12 11 15-17
Notre Dame 8-12 11 15-18
Virginia Tech 8-12 11 13-19
Syracuse 7-13 12 14-19
California 6-14 13 14-19
NC State 5-15 14 12-19
Boston College 4-16 15 12-19
Miami 3-17 16 7-24
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