Recap: Wake Forest Stuns Memphis at the Buzzer 69-68

What a finish! Wake managed to pull off the improbable buzzer beating 3-point shot with 1 second on the clock—for the second night in a row! The Deacs ran the exact same play they ran last night against Texas Tech and got the exact same result, only this time, the shot actually mattered. Down by 2 with 1.5 seconds remaining, Isaac Carr launched the ball to Tre’Von Spillers, who found Colvin in the corner to win it at the horn for Wake.

That shot saved the Deacs from a loss in what was overall a pretty sloppy game from Wake. The Deacs shot 38% from the floor, 29% from beyond the arc, turned the ball over 14 times, and had several stretches where they went multiple minutes without scoring a basket. It is nice to be on the other side of the 1-point game after the past couple of weeks, but the outlook of this game is wildly different if that shot doesn’t go in.

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Wake got off to yet another slow start in this one. Juke Harris gave the Deacs a quick 6-3 lead with 5 points in the first 3 minutes, and then Wake just forgot to score for over 6 minutes of game time. That allowed the Tigers to go on a 16-0 run behind some hot 3-point shooting from Dug McDaniel, and once again the Deacs were behind double digits in the first half. At this point, Forbes probably needs to consider switching up the starting lineup, because the Deacs continue to start every game in a double-digit hole. Wake eventually caught up after back-to-back 3-pointers from Tre’Von Spillers got them going. The trio of Spillers, Myles Colvin, and Juke Harris led the way in the first half with 7 points apiece. The Deacs went into the half down 33-27, largely due to Memphis shooting 7-15 (47%) from beyond the arc in the half–the Tigers entered the game shooting below 30% from 3 on the season.

The second half didn’t get much better, with both teams shooting under 50% from the floor and 30% from beyond the arc. Last game it was Juke Harris and Myles Colvin carrying the Deacs in the 2nd half, tonight…

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Publish date : 2025-11-22 03:13:00

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