Wake Forest vs Illinois State NIT Showdown

Wake Forest Mens Basketball Secures NIT Second Round Victory, Hosts Illinois State This Sunday

Wake Forest mens basketball team secured their postseason run alive in the NIT second round with an eighty-two to seventy-two win over Navy. The Demon Deacons will host Illinois State this Sunday at four thirty p.m. at LJVM Coliseum, airing on ESPN2. This marks the second meeting ever between the two teams.

In their first-round win, Wake Forest showcased a balanced offense with five players hitting double figures in scoring, led by sophomore guard Juke Harris with twenty-six points, six rebounds, and five assists. The team also demonstrated strong defense, holding Navy to forty-three percent shooting and forcing eleven turnovers.

Wake Forest boasts one of the best home-court edges in college hoops, with seventy-four wins at LJVM since twenty twenty-one, ranking second in the ACC. Theyve forced four hundred twenty-five turnovers this season, ranking fourth in the conference. Juke Harris has had an outstanding season, earning all-ACC second-team honors and becoming just the fourth player in school history to score over seven hundred points in a season.

Illinois State comes in with twenty-one wins this year, their second straight twenty-win campaign. Three Redbirds average double figures, topped by Chase Walker at thirteen point seven points per game. Wake Forest lost their only prior matchup to them back in nineteen seventy-six, eighty-one to seventy-nine.

If the Demon Deacons advance, theyll face the winner of Dayton versus UNCW next. Fans can grab tickets online or by phone, with parking updates available on the teams site to beat the construction traffic.

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