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Game preview · Saturday, Nov 21 · 7:00 PM ET

#147Western Carolina

1-1 · SoCon · Away

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#107Wake Forest

1-1 · ACC · Home

Statboy projection

Wake Forest by 8 (80-72)

76% to win

Western Carolina 24%Wake Forest 76%

From the Statboy Power ratings, with home court counted.

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Projection, key ratings and a player to watch for each team.

Ratings

Western CarolinaWake Forest
+0.8#147Power rating+7.8#107
108.9#127Offense109.6#117
108.1#204Defense101.7#91
70.0#220Tempo70.6#163
1-1Record1-1
#189Preseason rank#93

Small numbers are national ranks (1 = best). The better team in each row is bold; tempo is a style, so neither is bold.

Team stats

Western CarolinaWake Forest
49.7%#219Shooting (eFG%)51.1%#148
48.7%#99Opponents' eFG%48.1%#77
15.2%#14Turnover rate15.8%#27
17.8%#228Turnovers forced17.9%#206
32.9%#118Offensive rebounding29.3%#267
49.0%#5Free throw rate34.8%#241
35.3%#743-point %30.3%#261
32.3%#174Opponents' 3-point %34.2%#253
42.0%#156Shots from three42.0%#160

This season so far, not adjusted for opponents. Small numbers are national ranks.

Players to watch

Western Carolina

  • Samuel Dada#482 · F

    This season: 8.5 pts · 7 reb · 1.5 ast (2 games)

  • Isaiah Manning#647 · G

    This season: 8 pts · 5.5 reb · 0.5 ast (2 games)

  • Jaxon Prunty#1296 · G

    This season: 18.5 pts · 1.5 reb · 3 ast (2 games)

Wake Forest

  • Kevair Kennedy#285 · G

    This season: 17 pts · 7 reb · 4 ast (2 games)

  • Gavin Placide#457 · F

    This season: 15 pts · 7.5 reb · 1 ast (2 games)

  • Ring Nyeri#783 · F

    This season: 3 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast (1 game)

Each team's top three in the Statboy player rankings (#rank · position).

Recent results

Western Carolina

  • Nov 7at UNC AshevilleW83-75
  • Nov 2at North CarolinaL72-80

Wake Forest

  • Nov 5at VanderbiltL51-74
  • Nov 2vs Maryland Eastern ShoreW83-62