National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
N.C. State 76, Wake Forest 40
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 14, 2012
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials: # Bernard Clinton, # Karl Hess, # Bryan Kersey
Attendance: 11101

Lorenzo Brown scored 20 points as N.C. State never trailed in defeating Wake Forest 76-40 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

Wake Forest (10-7, 1-2 Big East) made just 16 of 55 shots from the field and 2 of 22 on 3-point attempts. The Demon Deacons trailed by as many as 39 points.
N.C. State (13-5, 2-1 ACC) allowed its fewest points since giving up 37 to Coppin State in November 2002.

Travis McKie and C.J. Harris, who came into the game Nos. 2 and 3 in the ACC in scoring, were held to a combined 12 points for Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons shot 6 of 30 from the field in the first half and went nearly seven minutes without scoring.
Nikita Mescheriakov had a layup at the 6:50 mark to end the drought and McKie followed with his first points to make it 21-14. But N.C. State ended the opening half on a 12-3 run, thanks in large part to Brown, who scored all eight of his first-half points in the final five minutes to put N.C. State up 33-17 at halftime.

C.J. Williams added 15 points and Richard Howell had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the visiting Wolfpack.
Top Game Performances
 
N.C. State   Wake Forest
Lorenzo Brown 20 Scoring C.J. Harris 10
Lorenzo Brown 6 Assists Tony Chennault 3
Richard Howell 12 Rebounds Ty Walker 7
Lorenzo Brown 2 Free Throws Made C.J. Harris 4
Lorenzo Brown 4 Steals C.J. Harris 1
Scott Wood 3 Blocks Ty Walker 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
N.C. State 76 44.8 8-21 8-10 18 42 4 11 9
Wake Forest 40 29.1 2-20 6-8 7 30 5 2 17