The Wake Forest Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Wakefield Wolverines at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Wake Forest is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Last Wednesday, Wake Forest was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 42-37 to Broughton.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wakefield). They blew past Franklinton, posting a 90-11 victory. The Wolverines have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five games by 29 points or more this season.
Wakefield had a senior duo take command as Jaya Hamilton posted 17 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals and Sydney Conti had 15 points and three steals. That's the most steals Conti has posted since back in January of 2024. Another player making a difference was Aly Schaffer, who put up 12 points.
Wakefield is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points per game. As for Wake Forest, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-5.
Wake Forest might still be hurting after the 64-40 loss they got from Wakefield in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Wake Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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