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Game Story: Wake Forest defeats Fairfield

Takeaways from Wake Forest's win over Fairfield

Key Stats from Wake Forest Basketball's 71-59 win over Fairfield

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Final: Wake Forest wins 81-71

• Daivien Williamson: 24 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb, 7-13 FG, 3-7 3PT
• Tyree Appleby: 22 pts, 6 ast, 6 reb, 6-10 FG
• Davion Bradford: 11 pts, 5-5 FG
• Cameron Hildreth: 8 pts, 11 reb

Second Half, Under 4 (2:07): Wake Forest leads 71-61

• With that foul, that's likely going to do it from the Joel
• Georgia hits a three, immediately fouls; Wake just needs to hit their FTs down the stretch
• Georgia starts to foul; Appleby 2-2 from line
• Appleby immediately draws the offensive foul
• Offensive foul on the inbound; ball goes back to Georgia. Deacons only lead by 9 with under 2 to go
• Bradford fills in for the fouled-out Klintman

Second Half, Under 8 (7:41): Wake Forest leads 63-46

• Georgia has gone on a 14-2 run over the past 4 minutes...and Bobi Klintman fouled out leading into the break
• Another Wake miss and Georgia will come back with the back end of an and-one after the break; that big lead is suddenly just 10 points
• Good look from Taylor to find Klintman back door, Wake desperately needed that bucket
• The Joel did not like that foul call; Georgia on an eight-point run, would be more if they could hit free throws
• And-one opportunity given away by Klintman; UGA can't convert
• Big ovation for Appleby as he goes to bench
• Appleby with an unbelievable move for the layup
• Nifty under-the-hoop finish from Bradford; Deacs offense is humming
• Alley-oop from Appleby to Bradford, great vision

Second Half, Under 12 (11:36): Wake Forest leads 54-40

• Huge defensive stop, Wake gets a three and then another stop; Forbes was halfway on the court with a fist pump of excitement
• Not sure what happened on the carry call, Bradford runs into Williamson, but based on Forbes' reaction perhaps the wrong call
• Wake Forest starting to let up in the paint defensively
• Good patience and knack to get to the inside from Appleby, beautiful play
• Daivien Williamson with a crazy drive and finish as the shot clock expires

Second Half, Under 16 (15:51): Wake Forest leads 48-25

• Bradford 0-2 from line, but Hildreth gets the rebound and hits a three
• Good look inside from Hildreth to Bradford, draws foul
• Loose ball, Georgia 3, Steve Forbes timeout; Wake Forest's once 23-point lead is down to 11
• Another missed shot for Monsanto, who then can't get fully extended to defend a three-pointer; likely Forbes pulls him at next whistle
• Wide-open Appleby three right out of the timeout, Deacs needed that one
• Seven-straight points for the Bulldogs and Steve Forbes calls a timeout
• Open three-pointer right out of the break for UGA

Second Half, First 4 (20:00): Wake Forest leads 41-22

• Another unbelievable pass from Appleby to find Williamson on opposite key for a 3
• Crazy good ball movement from Appleby to find Bradford in paint for layup
• Missed three from Carr and UGA comes back and hits one of their own

Halftime: Wake Forest leads 41-22

• Daivien Williamson: 15 pts, 5-8 FG
• Tyree Appleby: 7 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast
• Bobi Klintman: 5 pts, 2-3 FG
• Cameron Hildreth: 4 reb

First Half, Under 4 (3:29): Wake Forest leads 34-19

• Final possession of the half had the Joel all on their feet and loud; UGA gets the foul with under a second left, much to the chagrin of the fans and Steve Forbes
• Stuff by Bobi on the other end and Hildreth with the nifty finish
• Great job by Carr finding Klintman on back-door cut for easy layup
• Wide open Carr for three from the top of the key
• Something went wrong on that defensive rebound for Wake, Bulldog wide open under hoop for O-reb and put back. Forbes calls timeout immediately

First Half, Under 8 (7:52): Wake Forest leads 26-14

• But then Appleby comes right down and hits a 3 of his own
• Tough 5-point swing: Keller misses easy layup, UGA comes down and hits three-pointer
• Another good defensive stop for the Deacs, worked UGA all the way down on clock and forced a bad shot; quick on counter and draws a foul
• With that Appleby layup, UGA head coach Mike White calls a timeout. The Joel gets to their feet and shows their appreciation. Deacs up by 14
• Put-back dunk by Bradford
• With that sixth team foul for UGA, Wake Forest is now in the single bonus and will go to the line on the next foul

First Half, Under 12 (11:40): Wake Forest leads 16-9

• Make that 15 for Williamson on a goaltending
• Another three for Williamson, he already has 13
• Kick from Klintman to Bradford who throws it down
• Bobi Klintman strikes back with one of his own for Wake
• Good pick play from UGA, gets first three of the game

First Half, Under 16 (15:24): Wake Forest leads 9-8

• Deacs are really pressing on defense, almost force a turnover and then get a shot-clock violation. Crowd voices their approval and bench erupts
• Deacs force another turnover and go quick, another acrobatic layup for Williamson
• Quick 5 team fouls for UGA with over 13 left in the half
• Cool, quick three by Williamson on the kick; looked very comfortable shooting that ball. Gives Deacs their biggest lead of the game
• Second turnover for Keller
• Williamson converts the and-one out of the break

First Half, First 4 (20:00): 0-0

• Spinorama and-one opportunity for Williamson; loudest the Joel has gotten all night. Will go to the line to convert after the break
• Keller checks in and immediately turns the ball over
• Second time Bradford has gotten backed down in paint
• Lot of fight shown by Carr, who was worked to the floor by two Bulldogs defenders; gets the ball out to Williamson who is fouled (2-2)
• Georgia doing a good job of backing Wake down in the paint
• Bad foul by Georgia on an Appleby three-pointer, he'll go to the line for extras; converts 2-3
• Big stop down low by Appleby, then Carr gets the and-one opportunity on the post backdown; converts the and-one

Pregame:

• Wake Forest Starting Lineup
• G Lucas Taylor
• G Tyree Appleby
• G Daivien Williamson
• F Andrew Carr
• C Davion Bradford
• Georgia Starting Lineup
• G Mardrez McBride
• G Terry Roberts
• G Kario Oquendo
• F Kyeron Lindsay
• C Frank Anselem
• Wake Forest G Jao Ituka will once again not play in tonight's matchup due to an injury
• Wake Forest G Robert McCray is also not dressed for tonight's game