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Wake Forest goes for sweep of slumping Duke
Feb 22, 2009 - 2:06 PM No. 8 Wake Forest (20-4) at No. 9 Duke (21-5), 7:45 p.m. ESTDURHAM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- North Carolina's loss on Saturday means that the Atlantic Coast Conference could still be up for grabs. Wake Forest and Duke are vying to stay in contention.
The eighth-ranked Demon Deacons hope to sweep the season series when they visit the ninth-ranked Blue Devils on Sunday.
Both Wake Forest (20-4, 7-4 ACC) and Duke (21-5, 7-4) are two games back of North Carolina (10-3), which suffered an 88-85 overtime defeat at Maryland on Saturday.
However, the Demon Deacons and Blue Devils have both endured some hardships over the past couple weeks and have not looked like the teams that played to a last-second thriller on January 28.
Wake Forest has lost three straight road games and Duke has dropped four of seven, which includes its 70-68 setback against the Demon Deacons. James Johnson scored the game-winning layup with under one second to play.
Jeff Teague is averaging a team-leading 20 points per game to lead Wake Forest, which is coming off consecutive home wins over Florida State and Georgia Tech. The Demon Deacons beat the Yellow Jackets, 87-69, on Wednesday.
After back-to-back losses, Duke hopes it got back on track with a 76-69 victory over St. John's on Thursday. Gerald Henderson scored 19 points and Jon Scheyer collected 18.
Wake Forest has not swept the season series since the 1995-96 campaign.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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WAKE FOREST (8) 40 51 91
DUKE (9) 51 50 101 FINAL
Feb 22 9:55 PM - 71
rootsRUWTbot Took away 16 roots (Upset, Ranked Teams)
Wake Forest(8) 82, Duke(9) 93 2nd - 2:52Feb 22 9:38 PM - 87
rootsRUWTbot Added 16 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
Wake Forest(8) 82, Duke(9) 88 2nd - 3:54Feb 22 9:33 PM - NCAA BB
(8) WAKE FOREST 40
(9) DUKE 51 HALFTIME
Feb 22 8:36 PM
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