Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
· ACC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND
69 - 81
Wake Forest tops Notre Dame at ACC tournament
Devin Thomas added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Williams hit four 3-pointers for the 12th-seeded Demon Deacons (17-15).
Wake Forest will play fifth-seeded Pittsburgh (23-8) on Thursday in the second round.
Pat Connaughton scored 19 points for the 13th-seeded Fighting Irish (15-17), who lost their ACC tournament debut. The league newcomers shot 40 percent and had won at least one game in their previous five Big East tournaments.
Zach Auguste added 14 points, Eric Atkins had 13 and Garrick Sherman finished with 12 for the Irish, who briefly made things tense in the final moments when Atkins spun in a 3-pointer to make it 68-62 with 2:10 left.
Senior Travis McKie and Adala Moto each hit two foul shots, the last of which pushed the lead back to double figures at 74-64 with 1:22 remaining.
Notre Dame didn't get closer than eight the rest of the way.
The Demon Deacons went one-and-done in each of the past six years but used a big first-half run in just their third victory over an ACC team away from Winston-Salem in four years under coach Jeff Bzdelik.
Williams scored 12 points in the first half and hit three 3-pointers from the same spot in the right corner. The last of them came midway through a 14-3 run and stretched Wake Forest's lead to 33-20.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 69 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:27 | Travis McKie Defensive Rebound. | 69 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:27 | Demetrius Jackson missed Three Point Jumper. | 69 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:31 | Coron Williams made Free Throw. | 69 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:31 | Coron Williams made Free Throw. | 69 - 80 |
Statistics
 ND |
 WAKE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-60 | FG | 25-41 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 61 |
| 6-20 | 3PT | 7-10 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 70 |
| 15-19 | FT | 24-32 |
| 79 | Free Throw % | 75 |
| 23 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 15 | Assists | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 6 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 24 | Fouls | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Greensboro, NC
Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-3 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 30-6 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 26-9 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-14 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-14 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 18-17 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |