Miami Hurricanes at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
· NCAA Men's Basketball
79 - 96
Collins leads Wake Forest past Miami, 96-79
Collins scored a career-high 27 points and the Demon Deacons held on to beat Miami 96-79 on Wednesday night.
"I felt we, as a team, tonight ... buckled down and said, `We're not going to blow this one," Collins said.
Keyshawn Woods added 20 points and the Demon Deacons (11-7, 2-4) shot nearly 58 percent against one of the league's stingiest defenses to build a 23-point lead, then used a timely 13-0 run to put the game away and snap a two-game losing streak.
Wake Forest entered averaging more than 80 points and had no trouble cracking that number against a unit that ranked in the ACC's top four in five key defensive stat categories.
"I feel good about our offense," coach Danny Manning said. "We've got to continue to get better on the defensive end."
"Everything they tried to execute worked," coach Jim Larranaga said.
The Hurricanes chipped away at that huge deficit and drew within six points when Reed's free throws with 3:50 to play made it 83-77.
But they missed five 3-pointers during their next four possessions while the Demon Deacons gave themselves some breathing room by hitting six straight free throws. Collins hit back-to-back buckets before Woods hit a 3 in the final minute to make it 96-77.
Miami shot 43 percent but made just 8 of 23 3-pointers.
"We need a number of guys to really shoot the ball well," Larranaga said, "and we didn't."
Bryant Crawford finished with 14 points and Mitchell Wilbekin added 10 for the Demon Deacons.
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Among games that didn't go into overtime, this was Wake Forest's highest-scoring conference game since the 2009 regular season finale, when they also scored 96 in a victory against then-No. 18 Clemson. "We can score with anybody in the country," Woods said.
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Miami: The Hurricanes take on another Tobacco Road team when they visit No. 18 Duke on Saturday night.
Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons visit instate rival North Carolina State on Saturday. They have lost 25 straight road games in conference play and have not won in Raleigh since 2005 when Chris Paul was their star guard.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 79 - 96 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Mitchell Wilbekin Turnover. | 79 - 96 |
| 2nd 0:35 | Davon Reed made Layup. | 79 - 96 |
| 2nd 0:37 | Davon Reed Offensive Rebound. | 77 - 96 |
| 2nd 0:37 | Davon Reed missed Layup. | 77 - 96 |
Statistics
 MIA |
 WAKE |
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|---|---|---|
| 26-60 | FG | 30-52 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 58 |
| 8-23 | 3PT | 9-19 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 47 |
| 19-25 | FT | 27-33 |
| 76 | Free Throw % | 82 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 18 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 34 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 26 | Fouls | 25 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 23 |
Game Information
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
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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 |