Charlotte 49ers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons

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Charlotte 49ers

2-5, 0-3 Away

<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
56 - 80

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

5-3, 3-1 Home

Mucius leads Wake Forest to 80-56 rout of Charlotte

Those kinds of bounces haven't exactly gone Wake Forest's way so far. Maybe this was a sign things are changing.

The Demon Deacons beat Charlotte 80-56 on Thursday night behind 16 points from Isaiah Mucius and a career-high 14 plus nine rebounds for Sarr.

Chaundee Brown also had 14, Brandon Childress scored 13 and Jaylen Hoard finished with 12 for the Demon Deacons (5-3). They shot 44 percent and built a 43-31 rebounding advantage to snap out of a slump of two dispiriting losses to mid-major programs in three games.

"You don't want to go into (an 11-day break for exams) with a bad taste in your mouth," coach Danny Manning said. "Let me take that back. A team does not want to go into the break with its coach having a bad taste in his mouth."

Wake Forest pushed its lead into the 20s with a 16-5 run early in the half keyed by three consecutive buckets from Hoard, after Manning said his star freshman vomited on the court during pregame warmups.

BIG PICTURE

"Remember this feeling," Sanchez said he told his team afterward, "because the only way you don't feel this way (again) is if you are willing to do really hard things. ... That's for each and every one of us, to look at the man in the mirror."

Wake Forest: This was something to build on for the Demon Deacons, whose previous three games included losses at home to Houston Baptist and at Richmond sandwiched by a less-than-inspiring victory over Western Carolina. They had five double-figure scorers for the first time since the opener against North Carolina A&T.

COMING ON STRONG

Mucius' best games have been his last two. The freshman finished one point off the season high of 17 points he set in the loss at Richmond five nights earlier. He's made 12 of 19 shots over his last two games after making just 2 of 9 in the two games before that.

SHOOTING BLANKS

WEIRD STAT

Charlotte: Plays host to South Florida on Sunday.

Wake Forest: Hosts Davidson on Dec. 17.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00	End of Game	56 - 80
2nd 0:00	End of 2nd half	56 - 80
2nd 0:10	Michael Wynn Defensive Rebound.	56 - 80
2nd 0:14	John Kitoko missed Three Point Jumper.	56 - 80
2nd 0:16	John Kitoko Defensive Rebound.	56 - 80

Statistics

CLT		WAKE
22-55	FG	27-61
40	Field Goal %	44
3-18	3PT	6-21
17	Three Point %	29
9-15	FT	20-29
60	Free Throw %	69
31	Rebounds	43
7	Offensive Rebounds	14
24	Defensive Rebounds	29
6	Assists	11
4	Steals	7
7	Blocks	5
14	Turnovers	8
0	Team Turnovers	0
14	Total Turnovers	8
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
5	Points Off Turnovers	12
0	Fast Break Points	17
0	Points in Paint	28
22	Fouls	14
4	Largest Lead	26

Game Information

LJVM Coliseum

Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Attendance: 5,248 | Capacity:

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

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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

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