National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Wake Forest 77, Southern California 63
When: 3:30 PM ET, Friday, November 29, 2013
Where: Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau
Officials: # Darron George, # Keith Kimble, # Rick Randall
Attendance: 1538


Wake Forest 77, USC 63: Coron Williams scored 15 points as the Demon Deacons cruised past the Trojans in a consolation game at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.

Tyler Cavanaugh had 11 points for Wake Forest (6-1), which is off to its best start since winning 16 in a row to begin the 2008-09 season. Madison Jones and Devin Thomas each added 10 points for the Demon Deacons, who will square off against Tennessee in the fifth-place game on Saturday.

Byron Wesley tallied 12 points – seven below his season average – and Pe'Shon Howard totaled 10 points for USC (4-3), which will meet Xavier in Saturday’s seventh-place game. Roschon Prince added 10 points - all in the second half - for the Trojans.

After trading blows with USC throughout the first six minutes, Wake Forest held the Trojans without a field goal for over seven minutes. The Demon Deacons took advantage and blew the game open as Andre Washington bookended a 23-6 surge with a pair of baskets that turned a one-point deficit into 34-18 lead.

The onslaught continued after the break as the Demon Deacons expanded the margin to as much as 24 points on two occasions. USC, which missed 12 of its 13 3-point attempts in the first half, finished the game shooting 20 percent beyond the arc – the third time it has shot that poorly from long range.

GAME NOTEBOOK: This game marked only the second all-time meeting between the schools and first since 1954. … USC is a combined 13-for-62 beyond the arc in its three losses. … Wake Forest, which recorded 22 assists on its 30 field goals, will face Tennessee for the first time since the 1969-70 campaign.

Top Game Performances
 
Southern California   Wake Forest
Byron Wesley 12 Scoring Coron Williams 15
Julian Jacobs 9 Assists Codi Miller-McIntyre 4
Omar Oraby 9 Rebounds Devin Thomas 8
Nikola Jovanovic 2 Free Throws Made Tyler Cavanaugh 7
Byron Wesley 2 Steals Madison Jones 3
Omar Oraby 3 Blocks Tyler Cavanaugh 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Southern California 63 39.3 5-25 10-19 15 36 3 4 14
Wake Forest 77 52.6 5-18 12-22 22 35 3 7 13