Late First-Half Run Propels Wake Forest Past QU Men's Basketball

Saturday, November 18

Lynchburg, VA

2:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-3

Wake Forest University

1-3

Quinnipiac

Wake Forest

Late First-Half Run Propels Wake Forest Past QU Men's Basketball

11/18/2017 5:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Wake Forest men's basketball team closed out the first half on a 17-4 run to take a 44-22 lead at the break and went on to capture a 72-55 win over Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon in the consolation bracket of the Paradise Jam at the Vines Center in Lynchburg.

SCORE
Wake Forest 72 / Quinnipiac 55

LOCATION
Vines Center / Lynchburg, Va.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-3) / Wake Forest (1-3)

GAME NOTES

The Bobcats were playing their second straight game against a Power 5 Conference school in a span of 18 hours, after falling at the buzzer to Colorado 70-69 last night.
A lay-up from senior forward Chaise Daniels (Meriden, Conn.) with 6:13 left in the first half had the Bobcats within 25-18, but Wake Forest closed out the half on a 17-4 run to take its largest lead of the half on a put-back from sophomore forward Donovan Mitchell.
After holding Colorado to just 4-20 shooting from three-point territory yesterday (with three of the makes coming in the final two minutes), Wake Forest shot 8-14 from three in the first half. The Demon Deacons finished the game 10-24 from beyond the arc.
Wake Forest led by as many as 26 early in the second half. The Bobcats were able to get as close as 13 points (63-50) with 6:50 left on a jumper from junior forward Abdulai Bundu (Upper Marlboro, Md.), but could come no closer.
Bundu was 7-8 from the foul line, missing his last one after starting the year a perfect 11-11. Daniels, who had a team-high 12 points, was 6-6 at the line, while senior guard Cameron Young (Los Angeles, Calif.) was 4-4.
Junior Andrew Robinson (Takoma Park, Md.) had three three-pointers and a two-pointer at the buzzer to reach double figures for the first time this season with 11 points. One of his threes came in the second half on a pass from his twin brother Aaron, who made his first appearance of the season after redshirting last year.
The first ever Robinson-to-Robinson basket came one year to the day after their mother's funeral, who passed away last November after a long battle with numerous illnesses.
Quinnipiac finished the game shooting 28.8 percent from the floor, including 23.8 in the first half (5-21). Daniels had

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Points: Chaise Daniels 12, Andrew Robinson 11
Rebounds: Abdulai Bundu 6
Assists: Isaiah Washington 3, Rich Kelly 3
Blocks: Chaise Daniels 2

WAKE FOREST STAT LEADERS
Points: Bryant Crawford 17, Chaundee Brown 16
Rebounds: Chaundee Brown 7
Assists: Brandon Childress 4

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac will face Liberty tomorrow in the seventh-place game of the Paradise Jam at 12 noon. The Bobcats will then have a week off for Thanksgiving, before returning to action at home on Sunday, Nov. 26 for a 2 p.m. contest with Maine.