National Basketball Association
Wake Forest 65, Richmond 63
When: 4:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 28, 2014
Where: Robins Center, Richmond, Virginia
Officials:
# Roger Ayers, # Bryan Kersey, # Gary Prager
Attendance:
6279
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Wake Forest 65, Richmond 63: Devin Thomas tipped in Codi Miller-McIntyre's last-second heave to hand the visiting Demon Deacons their second consecutive victory over the Spiders.
Miller-McIntyre led the way with 17 points and Thomas pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds while scoring nine points for Wake Forest (7-6), which trailed by four with 40 seconds left. Konstantinos Mitoglou tallied 11 points off the bench, including three clutch 3-pointers while Greg McClinton scored 10 for the Demon Deacons, who survived a 7-of-12 performance from the free-throw line.
T.J. Cline poured in a career-high 22 points for Richmond (7-5), which couldn't overcome 7-of-13 shooting from the foul line. Kendall Anthony scored 11 of his 21 points in the final seven minutes and Deion Taylor grabbed a personal-best 10 rebounds for the Spiders.
Rondale Watson scored five straight points to put Wake Forest on top 43-34 before ShawnDre' Jones scored on three consecutive possessions and Anthony converted a three-point play to give Richmond its first lead of the second half at 49-46. Terry Allen's dunk made it 63-60 before Miller-McIntyre banked in a 3-pointer to even the score at 63 with 20 seconds left and Thomas tipped in his missed jumper to win it at the buzzer.
Miller-McIntyre scored five points during a 9-2 spurt as Wake Forest jumped out to a 24-17 lead and took a 33-25 advantage into intermission. Cline scored seven points as part of a 9-0 burst to trim the deficit to one before Mitoglou nailed a 3-pointer to end a scoring drought of more than six minutes to put Wake Forest in front 38-34.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wake Forest has won 19 of the last 22 meetings with Richmond. … McIntyre has scored in double figures in eight straight games while Thomas went over 600 rebounds for his career. … The Spiders have gone 26-of-47 from the foul line in their last three outings.
Top Game Performances
Wake Forest |
|
Richmond |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 17 |
Scoring |
T.J. Cline 22 |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 6 |
Assists |
Terry Allen 3 |
Devin Thomas 13 |
Rebounds |
Deion Taylor 10 |
Rondale Watson 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Kendall Anthony 3 |
Codi Miller-McIntyre 2 |
Steals |
Trey Davis 3 |
Greg McClinton 1 |
Blocks |
Terry Allen 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Wake Forest
|
65 |
43.1 |
8-18 |
7-12 |
15 |
35 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
Richmond
|
63 |
46.6 |
2-19 |
7-13 |
15 |
33 |
5 |
9 |
10 |