Wake Forest defeated N.C. State 59-54 in the opening round of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday, the first tournament victory for the Lady Deacons since 2005. The ninth-seeded Deacons advance to play top-seed Maryland on Friday afternoon.
Freshman Al-Farouq Aminu scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and 10th-ranked Wake Forest won its third game in six days with a 65-63 come-from-behind win over Maryland Tuesday night.
Long-hidden letters from the Holocaust brought two Wake Forest professors — one whose parents were Jewish and one whose parents were German — together to bond over a shared tragedy.
The ninth-seeded women’s basketball team faces eighth-seeded N.C. State in the opening round of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament today at 3 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum. The game will be televised on Fox Sports South.
In a column in the Winston-Salem Journal, two Wake Forest students say that Duke Energy’s plan to break the link between profits and energy usage would lead to increased energy efficiency and energy conservation, less dependence on foreign oil and a reduced carbon footprint.
James Johnson had career highs with 28 points and 18 rebounds to lead No. 13 Wake Forest past N.C. State 85-78 on Thursday night. Ishmael Smith added a season-high 18 points and Chas McFarland had 15 for the Demon Deacons (21-5, 8-5 ACC).
