Ishmael Smith News

GAME NOTES: The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are making their first visit to Trask Coliseum since 1989, as they lock horns with the UNC Wilmington Seahawks in non-conference play tonight.

Wake Forest guard Ishmael Smith assessed some of his few bumps and bruises the other day.

NC State travels to Wake Forest tonight for a 'big' game for both teams. Although this is a conference game, it is one of three defining games the Wolfpack will play - Wake, @ Arizona, vs Florida - before the conference season kicks into high gear in January.

As a new college basketball season approaches, most of the early talk around the Atlantic Coast Conference this year has again centered around perennial favorites Duke and North Carolina.

Those are the first two words that enter my mind after watching UNCW lose to Wake Forest 80-69 on Wednesday night.

L.D. Williams scored a career-high 23 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu had 17 points, 13 rebounds and the highlight-reel play in Wake Forest's 80-69 victory over North Carolina-Wilmington on Wednesday night.

It's no wonder Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio likes the contributions from the bench.

GAME NOTES: Non-conference foes will collide in Winston-Salem on Sunday, as the Wake Forest Demon Deacons play host to the Elon Phoenix.

The UNCG Men's basketball team is off to a promising start early in the season with a big victory over Samford this weekend the Spartans will head into the winter break with high confidence.

The ACC meets the West Coast Conference this evening, as the Wake Forest Demon Deacons make their way to the Pacific Northwest to tangle with the 17th-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs in Spokane.

Typically, the only thing tougher than Gonzaga's non-conference basketball schedule in November is December.

Never mind that Purdue's men's basketball team is undefeated. The Boilermakers would like to keep their record unblemished for another reason.

David Schneider and Danny Sumner both tallied 16 points as the William & Mary Tribe tripped up Wake Forest, 78-68, in non-conference action at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. WINSTON-SALEM Ishmael Smith and C.J. Harris scored 16 points apiece to help Wake Forest cruised to 76-52 win over Winston-Salem State on Tuesday night.

Al-Farouq Aminu had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help Wake Forest pull away early in the second half and beat High Point 83-60 on Wednesday night.

Dierdre Naughton scored 20 points and topped 1,000 points in her DePaul career and the 17th-ranked Blue Demons beat North Dakota State 77-65 on Sunday night.

Al-Farouq Aminu scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to an 89-58 win over the East Carolina Pirates in a non-conference bout at Greensboro Coliseum.

Soon after the Wake Forest mascot motored in amid the dimmed house lights atop his customary Harley Davidson, the Demon Deacons' season-opening intentions were on full display.

Entering his third season at the helm of the Wake Forest basketball program, Dino Gaudio has posted a 41-20 record... after a 17-13 mark in 2007-08, Gaudio's Deacons burst onto the national scene in 2008-09, finishing 24-7 overall and 11-5 in the ACC... Wake Forest spent the entire season ranked in the top 25, including a No.

SALEM As basketball recruits made the rounds and toured Wake Forest last weekend, a man stepped into Dino Gaudio's office and raised a question.