Wake Forest answered any questions about having a letdown following its big win over North Carolina. The second-ranked Demon Deacons have another huge game coming up this weekend.
Three days after stunning the Tar Heels, Wake Forest remained unbeaten with an 83-63 victory at Boston College, and again it was Jeff Teague leading the way with 29 points.
It was the first win ever for the Demon Deacons (15-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) over the Eagles, a team they lost to last season by 39 points.
“I told them, ‘We’ve never beaten Boston College, and pretty soon you’ve got to say: Enough’s enough,”’ Demon Deacons coach Dino Gaudio said. “We rubbed salt in that wound this week.”
Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 points and eight rebounds for Wake Forest, which tied the 1926-27 team for the best start in school history.
“I thought it was a quality win for us on the road, especially coming off an emotional win on Sunday against Carolina,” said Gaudio, who earned his 100th career victory.
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M 84, No. 21 Baylor 73; and Illinois 66, No. 25 Michigan 51.
At Boston, Tyrese Rice and Joe Trapani both had 20 points for Boston College (13-5, 1-2), which has lost three straight – all at home and one to Harvard – since a win over then-No. 1 and unbeaten North Carolina on Jan. 4.
“This is the ACC and you have to expect that every night. But we can’t let anybody come into our house and beat us by 20 points,” Trapani said.
The Eagles trailed by 25 points early in the second half before cutting the deficit to 64-55 on Rice’s 3-pointer with 8:06 left. But James Johnson scored two baskets and Teague scored on a fast break and BC never came within 10 points again.
Johnson finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.
“I thought he was the player of the game,” Gaudio said.
Teague had a career-high 34 points against North Carolina.
“There was no hangover from North Carolina. We were too focused on this game,” Teague said. “They beat us by more than 30 points last year. We remember that. We came out early and set the tone.”
No. 1 Pittsburgh 75, South Florida 62
ed 13 points and 18 rebounds for the Panthers (16-0, 4-0 Big East), who matched the third-best start in school history.
Dominique Jones and Augustus Gilchrist scored 22 points each for the Bulls (6-10, 1-3), who were outrebounded 37-23.
The start of the game was delayed 20 minutes by a rush-hour snowstorm that clogged city streets and caused South Florida’s bus and the game officials to arrive late.
No. 3 Duke 70, Georgia Tech 56
At Atlanta, Gerald Henderson and Kyle Singler scored 19 points each and the Blue Devils (15-1, 3-0 ACC) overcame their worst shooting game of the season for their seventh straight victory. Duke was 23-of-59 from the field (39 percent).
Zachery Peacock had 13 points for the Yellow Jackets (9-7, 0-3), who had 18 turnovers, went 7-of-19 from the free throw line and started with three straight conference losses for the second straight season.
No. 7 Michigan St. 78, Penn St. 73
At State College, Pa., Raymar Morgan scored 17 points and Kalin Lucas had 15, including going 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the final 2 minutes for the Spartans (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten), who won their 10th straight and are off to their best conference start since 1977-78.
Jamelle Cornley had a career-high 26 points for the Nittany Lions (13-5, 2-3), who trailed by 17 points with 13:39 left. They got within 71-70 with 1:30 left on an off-balance 3 from Talor Battle.
. 13 Georgetown 88, No. 8 Syracuse 74
At Washington, DaJuan Summers scored 21 points and Austin Freeman added 19 for the Hoyas (12-3, 3-2 Big East), who tied their season high for 3-pointers and hit a season-best 57.1 percent from behind the arc (12-for-21).
Georgetown used a 21-4 run starting midway through the first half to take a 37-18 lead.
Eric Devendorf had 20 points for the Orange (16-2, 4-1), who had won seven straight.
M 84, No. 21 Baylor 73
At College Station, Texas, Chinemelu Elonu and Bryan Davis both scored 17 points and Elonu had 16 rebounds for the Aggies (15-2, 1-1 Big 12).
M made 10 free throws to secure the win.
The last time these teams met in College Station, it took five overtimes for Baylor to get a 116-110 victory in the longest game in Big 12 history.
Illinois 66, No. 25 Michigan 51
At Champaign, Ill., Mike Tisdale scored 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting and Demetri McCamey added 17 for the Illini (15-2, 3-1 Big Ten).
Manny Harris had 20 points for the Wolverines (13-4, 3-2), who were 6-of-29 from the field in the second half.
The teams played 10 days earlier, a 74-64 win for Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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