Live Updates: Wake Forest Basketball vs Utah Valley
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Wake Forest wins 68-65
- Tyree Appleby: 23 pts, 6 ast, 7 reb, 12-14 FT
- Andrew Carr: 15 pts, 14 reb
- Daivien Williamson: 10 pts
Overtime (5:00): Game tied 59-59
- The pass to Marsh in the middle and Appleby hits the buzzer-beater three; Wake Forest wins in overtime
- Woodbury knocks down the two and the game is tied; Deacs will have the ball with just over 3 seconds remaining
- Appleby with the roll on the rim and the Deacs take the lead, timeout Steve Forbes; with 25.5 left on the clock, Utah Valley trails by 2 with the ball
- Timeout Utah Valley with 58 left on game clock, 15 on shot; game is tied at 63
- Carr with the bucket and the game is tied, the Joel is LOUD
- Wake forces the turnover
- Appleby goes 2/2 from line, Wake within 2
- Utah Valley 2/2 from line, Wake trails by 4
- Wake forces a turnover, gets the ball back
- Utah Valley gets the opening two on a nice jumper
Second Half, Under 4 (3:51): Utah Valley leads 55-51
- Utah Valley misses the shot, Wake Forest can't get the bucket; we are going to overtime
- Utah Valley will have the ball out of the timeout with 23 seconds left on shot clock, 25 on game; game tied at 59
- Utah Valley evens it up
- The Joel erupts; Carr three-pointer and the Deacs have the lead
- Big charge drawn by Appleby, Wake Forest ball with an opportunity to take the lead
- Offensive rebound and three-pointer for Hildreth, Forbes timeout; Deacs within one
- Easy layup for Utah Valley
- Appleby 2/2 from line
Second Half, Under 8 (7:51): Utah Valley 48-43
- Appleby will go to line for one-and-one after break
- Wake Forest can't hit the three, then commits a defensive foul; 1/2 from line, Deacs trail by 4
- Cam Hildreth gets to the line on a nifty spin in the paint; 2/2 from the line, immediate Forbes timeout
- Utah Valley 2/2 from line
- Williamson three after a big defensive stop, loudest the Joel has gotten all night; Deacs within one
- And-one opportunity for Andrew Carr, good eyes on the pass from Appleby; converts and-one, Deacs within 4
Second Half, Under 12 (11:34): Utah Valley leads 42-40
- Klintman airball on a three the Deacs really needed
- Utah Valley offensive rebound and two
- Appleby misses both shots from the line
- Keller turnover and an easy two
- Nice jump stop shot by Hildreth for two; Deacs back in the lead
- Wake gets a defensive stand with a shot-clock violation
- Appleby hits the free throw portion of the and-one; Deacs within one
Second Half, Under 16 (15:52): Utah Valley leads 38-34
- Appleby will shoot the free throw after the break
- And-one for Appleby; really nice fake and re-cut back to the basket
- Tip-in on the offensive rebound for Utah Valley; Deacs struggling to hit shots on offense
- Immediate turnover from a double-team on the inbound
- Second tech of the night assessed to Utah Valley; Appleby 2-2 from line, and Wake gets the ball back
- Appleby puts an end to the scoring drought with a nice layup
- Big lack of movement for Wake Forest on offense
Second Half, First 4 (20:00): Wake Forest leads 30-29
- Beautiful alley-oop for Utah Valley; Deacs fans wanted a tech for hanging off the rim
- Wolverines knock down a three from the right wing on a nice passing set
- Technical foul for a flop on the Bradford basket
- Good back down and score by Bradford
- Offensive rebound for Utah Valley and put-back dunk; Carr shaken up on play
- Bradford goes 1/2 from line
Halftime: Wake Forest leads 30-29
- Daivien Williamson: 7pts
- Tyree Appleby: 6 pts, 4 ast
- Andrew Carr: 7 pts, 8 reb
- Damari Monsanto: 6 pts, 2-4 3PT
First Half, Under 4 (2:30): Wake Forest leads 28-27
- Williamson 2/2
- Wake races down and draws blocking foul
- Posterizing dunk from Utah Valley with second left
First Half, Under 8 (4:07): Utah Valley leads 23-22
- Good find from Appleby, Williamson hits a nice three; showing how fast the Deacs can put up points when they hit their shots
- Monsanto hits another three, heating up
- Utah Valley 1/2 on free throws out of timeout, but hits three on second possession
First Half, Under 12 (11:34): Game tied 11-11
- Really nice transition layup by Williamson, lots of speed and decisiveness
- Dunk by Marsh
- Utah Valley retakes the lead on a three-pointer
- Monsanto pulled after a turnover
- And-one opportunity for Utah Valley after a late slide by Marsh; converts
- Damari hits his first three-pointer of the season and Utah Valley calls a timeout
- Carr fakes the three-pointer and drives for a big dunk
- Wake Forest takes first lead of game off Appleby's free throws
First Half, Under 16 (14:53): Utah Valley leads 11-2
- Appleby will go to the line after the timeout
- Damari Monsanto enters the game for the first time
- Appleby ties game on nice layup off the roll
- Wake Forest defense forces a shot-clock violation, has chance to take lead
- Appleby hits both shots, 11-9 Utah Valley
- Appleby steals the inbound and draws a foul; good fight from the Deacs
- Carr with a three-pointer on a nice kick
- Carr with the tip-in finish on an offensive rebound
First Half, First Four (20:00): 0-0
- Cam Hildreth gets an offensive rebound and put back; Deacs are on the board
- Keller is down with a leg injury
- Keller and Hildreth come in after the timeout
- Utah Valley gets two offensive rebounds and puts home the dunk; takes a 9-0 lead and Steve Forbes calls a timeout
- Make that a 7-0 run
- Utah Valley opens on a 4-0 run
Pregame Notes:
- Wake Forest Starting Lineup
- G Lucas Taylor
- G Tyree Appleby
- G Daivien Williamson
- F Andrew Carr
- C Davion Bradford
- Utah Valley Starting Lineup
- G Justin Harmon
- G Le'Tre Darthard
- G Trey Woodbury
- F Tim Ceaser
- C Aziz Bandaogo
- Jao Ituka will be out until after Wake Forest's upcoming trip to Jamaica.
- Rob McCray will redshirt this year, per Steve Forbes.
- Utah Valley is 2-1 this year, coming off back to back wins over Western Colorado and Northern Arizona.
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