NCAAB Game Recap - Houston Christian at Wake Forest
Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:00 PM EST

Tenn
81
Kansas
87
F(OT)
Wisc
46
UVA
53
F
UMass
87
Nev
110
F
UNC
94
UCLA
78
F
Chat
55
Mich
83
F
TNSt
62
KY
77
F
Tex
68
MSU
78
F
LSU
76
FSU
79
F(OT)
Clev
62
OhSt
89
F
RobM
46
Purd
84
F
Okla
65
Dayt
54
F
Vill
77
OkSt
58
F
South
70
W MI
85
F
ORU
66
NIU
87
F
(N/A)
46
Woff
97
F
VMI
87
Stetsn
79
F(OT)
Canis
63
Mem
71
F
Mia-FL
78
Fres
76
F
(N/A)
59
UMassL
88
F
Boston
44
Rut
54
F
CBU
107
ArkPB
115
F(3OT)
HCU
93
Wake
91
F(OT)
Alc
54
Lib
76
F
JMU
69
Oakl
77
F
Nich
77
NCC
63
F
Denv
63
Seatt
82
F
Copp
67
ChaSo
93
F
Gram
74
Niag
68
F
PVAM
54
GaTec
65
F
LaSal
74
NW
91
F
(N/A)
84
FIU
104
F
GWebb
78
E IL
79
F
Kent
77
Vand
75
F
How
76
ArkLR
97
F
Marsh
67
MD
104
F
Fairf
65
Longw
67
F
ULM
73
TNTec
79
F
Lou
74
Marq
77
F(OT)
Stan
67
MTSU
54
F
StFNY
48
IUPUI
68
F
Samf
74
IPFW
66
F
UCDav
62
Ind
76
F
UNCG
84
Del
65
F
GMas
55
Cin
71
F
PorSt
69
UCSB
76
F
NrthIA
65
ODU
72
F
Charl
74
UAB
51
F
USA
62
TAMU
74
F
AlaAM
66
NWSt
70
F(OT)
(N/A)
42
McNee
80
F
TxSt
82
USC-Up
50
F
UNCW
78
ArkSt
64
F
Lamar
75
UTRGV
77
F
Albany
70
WIMil
79
F
TexAr
60
Ark
78
F
AbCh
73
Pacif
71
F
GrCan
66
Utah
75
F
Fla
54
Butl
61
F
Baylor
70
Miss
78
F
(N/A)
77
Ida
73
F
CAPoly
67
Portl
72
F
S UT
71
UNLV
76
F
UCRiv
77
Elon
64
F
Seton
64
HI
54
F
SIU
79
Tuls
69
F

Nov 23, 2018, 2:00 PM EST

Final (OT)

1

2

OT

T

Houston Christian

35

48

10

93

Wake Forest

39

44

8

91

Houston Baptist rallies late, shocks Wake Forest 93-91 in OT
Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:25 PM

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Down by 14 points with about nine minutes remaining in regulation, Houston Baptist seemed to be headed for another defeat on Friday in the midst of a brutally difficult nonconference schedule. But their sophomore leader's shooting, paired with a suddenly stingy defense, instead left Wake Forest stunned.

Ian DuBose scored 18 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds remaining in regulation, and HBU beat the Demon Deacons 93-91 in overtime.

"I'm as proud as I can be of our team," Huskies coach Ron Cottrell said. "I thought our guys really laid it on the line at every turn. Every time we needed a critical stop, we got one. Every time we needed a big-time basket, we got one."

Jalon Gates had 20 points to lead Houston Baptist (2-2). Brandon Childress scored a career-high 27 points and Jaylen Hoard added 22 for Wake Forest.

HBU trailed 71-57 with 8:58 to play after Wake Forest's Sharone Wright, Jr. scored a layup. But the Huskies defense stiffened down the stretch.

The Demon Deacons (3-2) failed to make another field goal in regulation and committed 10 of their 22 turnovers after Wright's layup - six in regulation and four in overtime. It was enough to cost Wake Forest the game in spite of a torrid 65 percent shooting performance from the field in the second half.

"All losses are tough," Demon Deacons coach Danny Manning said. "This one definitely stings."

DuBose made the most of a chaotic final possession of regulation, stepping back to hit a contested shot and send the game to overtime.

"He doesn't care if it's him or somebody else who gets the accolades," Cottrell said. "It just so happened it fell into his lap to hit the 3 to send it to overtime. But he's a special guy, and one of our real leaders as a sophomore."

Wake Forest appeared to regain control early in the extra period, building a 91-87 lead with 1:15 to play. But Gates made his sixth 3-pointer, and the HBU defense forced yet another turnover before Edward Hardt's layup gave the Huskies a 92-91 lead they would not relinquish.

"I feel great, man," said Hardt, who atoned for missing five of six free throws earlier in overtime by making the decisive basket. "I go to war with these guys every day. There's always been a lot of doubt around our program, and it feels good to kind of prove some people wrong.

"We were fighting. We brought that intensity in the second half. And we didn't let up."

BIG PICTURE

Houston Baptist: The Huskies overcame a power conference opponent after falling in blowout fashion on the road at Arizona (90-60) and Wisconsin (96-59). "They kicked our tails," Hardt said of those matchups. "They definitely humbled us, going up against bigger teams from bigger conferences. They definitely got us ready (for Wake Forest)."

His team gets almost a month before visiting another Atlantic Coast Conference foe, Miami on Dec. 19, in their final crack at such opposition this season.

Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons did little to assuage the notion that this could be a long season. The team was picked to finish next-to-last in the ACC, and even that might be a lofty goal if improvement doesn't come rapidly.

NORTH CAROLINA CONNECTION

The Huskies' upset win was especially sweet for the four players on the HBU roster who hail from North Carolina. DuBose is from Durham, and forward Benjamin Uloko grew up close to Wake Forest in the Winston-Salem suburb of Clemmons.

"It was great to see those guys enjoy and celebrate this win in the locker room," Cottrell said. "We as coaches were worried about, `are they too high?' We were 1 for 9 to start the game, and I'm like, `We're a little too jacked up. We've got to calm down a little bit."'

"The North Carolina guys have had this circled for a long time, believe me."

KEY DECISION

Manning opted to have his team play defense in the final seconds of regulation while holding an 83-80 lead. He said he considered sending an HBU player to the free-throw line instead, but ultimately opted against doing so.

"I didn't think we were rebounding well enough," Manning said, a legitimate concern after his team yielded 16 offensive rebounds to HBU. Ultimately, DuBose made Wake Forest pay with his 3-pointer to send the game to overtime.

UP NEXT

Wake Forest: Hosts Western Carolina on Tuesday. The Catamounts, coached by the late Demon Deacons coach Skip Prosser's son Mark, entered the weekend with a 1-5 record.

Houston Baptist: Hosts UTSA on Monday, which began the season 0-5 before knocking off Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

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Leaders

Houston Christian PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
J. Gates 20 0 1 1 0 0
I. DuBose 18 0 3 3 2 0
Wake Forest PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
B. Childress 27 0 5 5 4 0
J. Hoard 22 0 2 15 3 2

Team Comparison

HCU Wake
Points For 93 91
Field Goals 32/72-44% 31/55-56%
Three Pointers 12/28-43% 8/18-44%
Free Throws 17/32-53% 21/34-62%
Offensive Rebounds 16 15
Defensive Rebounds 17 32
Rebounds 37 53
Blocks 1 6
Steals 8 9
Turnovers 10 22
Personal Fouls 29 27
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2018-19 Reg Season - HCU Leads Series 1-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Fri Nov 23 HCU 93 @ Wake 91 J. Gates 20 B. Childress 27

Game Information

Stadium: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Attendance: 5,109
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