Top Ranked Duke Travels To Winston Salem To Take On Wake Forest

On Tuesday Duke who is ranked number one in the country will make the short trip to Winston Salem where they will take on Wake Forest who unlike Duke is unranked.

Duke comes into the game with a record of 12-1 1-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference while Wake Forest comes into the game with a record of 7-6 0-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

As for Duke’s previous game, they defeated Clemson in Durham in their league opener.

Freshman Zion Williamson had 25 points, 10 rebounds and a spectacular 360-degree dunk, and No. 1 Duke beat Clemson 87-68 on Saturday night in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener.”according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211785688&DB_OEM_ID=4200

RJ Barrett, the ACC's leading scorer, finished with 13 points while freshman point guard Tre Jones had 10 points and a season-best nine assists. Jack White added 12 points and Marquise Bolden had 11 for the Blue Devils (12-1, 1-0), who shot 48 percent and turned 19 Clemson turnovers into 27 points. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211785688&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Playing their first game in 16 days, they needed roughly 20 minutes to shake off the rust before scoring the first 14 points of the second half to break it open and cruise to their seventh straight win. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211785688&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Marcquise Reed scored 15 points, Elijah Thomas finished with 14 and Shelton Mitchell had 11, but the Tigers (10-4, 0-1) had their four-game winning streak snapped. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211785688&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Williamson -- who was recruited hard by Clemson with his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina, is an hour's drive from the Tigers' campus -- put on a show after halftime with a pair of slick drives down the lane for layup immediately before Barrett's jumper gave Duke its first 20-point lead with just under 17 minutes left. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211785688&DB_OEM_ID=4200

The best slam of Williamson's highlight-filled freshman season came a few minutes later, with his steal from Mitchell near midcourt leading to his breakaway 360. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211785688&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Unlike Duke Wake Forest lost their league opener as they lost to Georgia Tech on Saturday.

Brandon Childress sparked a late comeback with a career-high seven threes, but Wake Forest opened ACC play on the road, falling to Georgia Tech, 92-79. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
Childress led the Deacs with career-highs of 28 points and seven threes, the most triples in a game since Dinos Mitoglou hit eight against LSU in 2016-17. Jaylen Hoard and Chaundee Brown each posted double-figure scoring with 19 and 10, respectively. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
The first 10 points of the game were captured by freshmen, as Hoard opened the game with the first six. Sharone Wright, Jr., forced a turnover on the other end and finished with the fast break dunk to cut the deficit to four, forcing Tech to call a timeout and followed with a layup out of the break. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
Both teams traded baskets, but Brandon Childress connected on back-to-back threes to put the Deacs within one, 22-21 with 4:10 remaining in the half. Georgia Tech finished the half, hitting six of its last eight, but Childress silenced the crowd with his third triple of the frame. The Yellow Jackets held on to a 33-28 advantage heading into the locker room. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
Tech opened the second half on a 6-0 run, but three free throws from Childress and an And-1 for Hoard put the Demon Deacons back within five, 39-34. The Jackets connected on the other end, but Wake Forest responded with back-to-back triples from Torry Johnson and Chaundee Brown, pulling within four with under 13 minutes remaining. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
Georgia Tech went on an 8-0 run until Ikenna Smart ended the Deacs' scoring drought with a jumper at the 7:39 mark. Sparked by a layup from Hoard, the Deacs went 4-for-4 and added another And-1, getting back within five, 63-58 with just under five minutes on the clock. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
After allowing the Jackets to go 7-for-9 and regain a 10-point lead, Brown notched the steal and drew the foul to cut the lead to eight with three minutes to play. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
Childress hit his career-high fifth three of the contest with 48 seconds on the clock and added two more with under 30 seconds to put Wake within nine. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx
 
The Yellow Jackets capped the action going 4-for-4 from the field, and finished the game 28-34 from the line. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/1/5/mens-basketball-wake-forests-late-rally-falls-short-at-georgia-tech.aspx

Tip-off is set for 7:00pm from Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The game will be televised on ESPN.