Hunter Sallis scored in bunches on his way to 30 points as Wake Forest overcame visiting Stanford for an 80-67 victory Wednesday night in Atlantic Coast Conference play at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (11-4, 3-1 ACC) at Miami Hurricanes (4-11, 0-4 ACC) Coral Gables, Florida; Saturday, 5:15 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Demon Deacons -3; over/under is 144 BOTTOM LINE: Wake Forest visits Miami (FL) after Hunter Sallis scored 20 points in Wake Forest's 77-59 victory against the NC State Wolfpack.
Cameron Hildreth scored 31 points, Hunter Sallis added 22 points, half of them in a key stretch of the second half, and Wake Forest defeated Miami 88-78
Visiting Wake Forest’s hot shooting in the second half carried it to an 88-78 win over Miami on Saturday.
Having returned to Wake Forest for his senior season, Hunter Sallis has experienced an up-and-down year but seems to have found his footing in conference play.
Wake Forest led for the last 26:51 and cruised to an 88-78 win over Miami on Saturday. Miami lost its fifth straight game overall, dropped to 0-5 in the ACC, lost its 15th consecutive conference game and 17th in a row versus a power conference team. Miami is now 4-12 this season.
Wake Forest is playing efficient basketball, while Miami, having already lost its coach, is spiraling downward. Two teams on entirely different trajectories will meet Saturday when the Demon Deacons v
Miami seeks to end long losing streaks versus ACC and Power Conference opponents when it hosts Wake Forest on Saturday.
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Hunter Sallis added 22 points, 15 in the second half for the Demon ... Wake Forest also got 17 points from Tre'Von Spillers on 8-for-11 shooting. Matthew Cleveland led Miami with 22 points, and teammate Brandon Johnson grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.
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