
Western Carolina Catamounts at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
· NCAA Men's BasketballSallis scores 20, Hildreth adds 18 and 6 assists; Wake Forest beats Western Carolina 82-69

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

Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Attendance: 8,468 | Capacity:
2024-25 Southern Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Chattanooga | 15-3 | - | 29-9 |
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 |