Wake Forest upsets No. 13 IN in Maui

Off the bench, Jeff Roberson played 19 minutes, Camron Justice played 18 and Nolan Cressler and Josh Henderson each played 17.

Day two of the Maui Invitational is now in the books.

UCLA, which opened the tournament with a win over UNLV before losing to No. 5 Kansas in the semifinals, trailed 70-65 after Wake Forest’s last field goal: a rebound tip by Thomas with 5:41 to play.

“It obviously wasn’t something we planned for”, senior forward Max Bielfeldt said.

“We got ourselves in a hole at the beginning with our turnovers, and you’re not going to beat any type of team, let alone one as talented as UNLV, when you’re giving them 22 points”, Crean said. “We didn’t do enough tonight to prevent them from having the night that they had”.

Why You Need To Care A couple of old rivals, Duke and Wake Forest, renew acquaintances this weekend in Winston-Salem.

“We didn’t play the post-up game the right way”, Crean said. We’ve got to get ready to play another tough team tomorrow and go from there.

McCaw secured his fourth straight 20-point game with a dagger-like corner 3-pointer that put UNLV ahead 13 with 4:07 left, but IN quickly countered with two 3s and the end of the game got real sloppy.

“Once we got the ninepoint lead we stopped doing the things that got us that lead”, Crean said.

Damian Jones had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Vandy, which is looking to build a resume that will get it into its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2012. Crawford finished with 13 points and Collins had 10.

Julian Moore led Penn State (2-2) with a career-high 16 points. Well, kind of. After sitting out Tuesday’s win over Chaminade due to an illness, Zimmerman did suit up against IN, but the 7-foot freshman played just 15 minutes due to a combination of foul trouble and ineffectiveness. Yogi Ferrell, James Blackmon Jr, and Troy Williams must find a way to create for each other and spread the floor.

The 13th ranked team in the country does have a major weakness though and it’s at the defensive end of the floor.

After getting pushed around during the first half, IN used a pair of 9-0 runs to swing momentum IN its direction.

I don’t think many people thought Northwestern would be able to keep pace with the Tar Heels, though the Wildcats looked fully capable of hanging with North Carolina throughout the first half.

The Eagles (2-2) were led by Ty Toney’s 18 points and Willie Mangum, who scored 10. MiKyle McIntosh scored 17 points and Paris Lee added 15 for Illinois State.

For almost three decades I have resisted using the phrase “Season on the Brink”, while discussing the Indiana University basketball team.

Wake Forest held off UCLA down the stretch to earn a 80-77 victory in the third place game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Wednesday. IN had 21 turnovers that led to 22 points for the Runnin’ Rebels.

Kansas’ Perry Ellis goes up for two of his 24 points Tuesday against UCLA’s Tony Parker at the Lahaina Civic Center.

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