The Wake Forest Cougars struggled with assists on Friday (the Wakefield Wolverines had eight more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Wake Forest ended up on the wrong side of a tough 64-40 walloping at the hands of Wakefield. Wake Forest has struggled against Wakefield recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Several Cougars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Chiquora Miles, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds. Audra Hillman was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Wakefield got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Johara Walker out in front who scored 11 points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Lyla Bagwell, who scored seven points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Wake Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Wakefield, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Wake Forest will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Millbrook at 6:15 p.m. Hopefully Millbrook focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Friday. As for Wakefield, they will head out on the road to take on Knightdale at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Wakefield is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in North Carolina (they are ranked 93rd, while Knightdale is ranked 235th).
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