January 28, 2025
#25 Wake Forest (14-3, 3-2 ACC) at #6 Florida State (15-2, 4-1 ACC)
TEAM: FSU|WFU
OVR: 93|90
OFF: 93|90
DEF: 92|89
SHT: 95|93
REB: 90|94
COA: 91|86
Wake lost their first two ACC games, vs Ga Tech and at Miami, and have since rolled off 3 solid wins, at #2 Clemson(88-85 win), vs #11 UNC, and vs Duke (notice how a win over Duke is now a good win since they've beaten me
)
Scouting
PG Bobby Patrick – SO – 80 OVR – 90 speed/86 quickness. 87 defense/79 steals. 91 hands/81 passing, a great ball handler. 78 close/77 med/83 3, 85 off the dribble. Not great but with the other starters on the team he looks like a good distributor. 8.9 ppg/4.4 apg.
SG Tre Almanson – JR – 87 OVR – 90 speed/86 quickness. 90 defense/79 steals. 91 close/75 med/87 3. A great 3 point shooter. 82 off the dribble/86 in traffic. Very good awareness(83 off/79 def), just an average athlete. 14.4 ppg, only 3
rd on the team.
SF Luol Crenshaw – JR – 86 OVR – 6'5” SG – 91 speed/89 quickness. 87 defense/76 steals. 85 close/78 med/85 3. 85 off awareness/82 def awareness. Good leaper but not strong or a good hustler. His great on ball defense is going to be tough for Mayer. 15 ppg.
PF Boo Gregory – JR – 84 OVR – 6'7” SF – 78 orb/75 drb. 69 post off/70 post def. 83 close/85 in traffic. 85 med/85 3, a really strong SF, but not strong in the post. 10.3 ppg/5.9 rpg.
C Bracey Boddie – SR – 80 OVR – 7 footer, 83 orb/80 drb. 84 post off/79 post def. 85 close/89 in traffic. Good ratings and those ratings + 7 foot height makes him great. 94 str, which is incredible (A+). Boddie averages 21.2 ppg, easily leading the team. He has a career high of 35 points.
Depth is an issue here, they only have one backup rated 80 OVR(backup SF, surely a backup post guy here though, 6'9” SF Holloway). We have an inside edge over Gregory but Boddie inside might be such a presence that it won't matter.
Wake has a new coach I believe, they're now a team that runs a 2-1-2 zone defense, with a 2-3 as their backup D. That's going to be a problem.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| WFU
| Notes
|
1
| 17:30
| 2
| 9
| Wake seems more athletic than us and I'm already struggling against the zone. This is going to suck. They're doubling inside very fast and giving me problems.
|
1
| 15:00
| 6
| 14
| We scored 4 straight and then Wake follows with a deuce inside and an open trey. Urgh!
|
1
| 13:00
| 8
| 21
| Yeah this isn't just the zone... Wake Forest is destroying us in every facet of the game. I call a timeout to get the backups in. If Wake isn't going to miss any shots from anywhere on the floor I can't run at all and I really need fast break points here.
|
1
| 10:00
| 19
| 24
| There's some defense! Dearman hits a 3 in the half court set, a couple near turnovers break down their defense and give us some freak buckets, and two turnovers give us easy buckets, and we're right back in it.
|
1
| 8:25
| 22
| 24
| Carlisle hits a 3 and Wake has gone cold.
|
1
| 7:40
| 24
| 26
| Starters are back in.
|
1
| 3:55
| 30
| 29
| And we finally take the lead on a Mayer layup in transition. We're on a 22-8 run in the last 9 minutes now after almost giving the game away in the opening minutes.
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| HALF
| 39
| 37
| The biggest story, potentially at least, is that Mayer picks up his 3rd foul with 3 seconds left in the first half. We do go into the locker room with the lead, which I would not have guessed after our start.
Mayer leads everyone with 13, Black scores 8, another surprise with their big man inside. Carlisle 7, and no one else has more than 3 for us. We're 3-8 from 3 but doing great inside, 14-26 overall.
Wake is 13-31, which is absolutely stunning. They were 10-14 early on. That's really the difference in the game. Boddie only has 4 points/4 boards, he's not getting a lot of shots for Wake (just 2-4). PG Patrick and SF Crenshaw both have 9 to lead them.
I'm going to sit Mayer for a few minutes to start the second half just to make sure he doesn't pick up foul #4 early on.
|
2
| 15:30
| 45
| 45
| We went up by 6 and Wake has scored 6 straight. Boddie is up to 10 and has come out very strong this half.
|
2
| 13:30
| 49
| 49
| Backups are in. Mayer hasn't been on the court yet. I bring in Naymick at SF.
|
2
| 9:20
| 59
| 56
| Wake runs off 5 straight, then we score 8 straight and we lead by 3. Carlisle and Porter hit threes for our last 6. Porter's 3 earns us a 6th man boost.
|
2
| 7:50
| 64
| 61
| Wake with a timeout after another Porter three.
|
2
| 7:00
| 64
| 62
| Starters, including Mayer, are back in.
|
2
| 5:00
| 67
| 66
| We lead by 1 with 5 minutes left
|
2
| 3:40
| 67
| 71
| Wake with a 3, mayer has a shot blocked inside and they score again, Wake by 4.
|
2
| 2:30
| 68
| 71
| Modica goes 1 for 2 at the line and Day misses an open layup... ugh!! shoulda been tied here.
|
2
| 1:35
| 70
| 73
| Day gets a bucket driving to the basket, Wake misses a 3, but they get a putback and still are up by 3.
|
2
| 1:15
| 72
| 73
| Modica misses an open 3 but Mayer is there for the board and putback.
|
2
| 1:00
| 72
| 75
| Very easy bucket for Wake.
|
2
| 0:25
| 72
| 75
| We struggle hard to get a shot, Mayer takes a not so great 3 and misses. We have to foul.
|
2
| 0:19
| 72
| 77
| We only had 4 fouls so it takes a bit... Their PG hits both.
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Modica misses a 3 and we lose.
#25 Wake Forest 78
#6 Florida State 72
After the early lead for Wake and our comeback, we couldn't ever pull far ahead, and Wake puts together just a little 5-0 run around the 4 minute mark and they hold that small lead the rest of the game.
SF Crenshaw leads them with 17, C Boddie ends up with 13 points/13 boards, PG Patrick and SG Almanson both score 13.
Modica: 2 points
Day: 11 points
Mayer: 16 points(5-14 FG/1-5 from 3)
Millar: 2 points/4 boards
Black: 10 points/9 boards
Carlisle: 10 points
Porter: 8 points
As always against a zone, Mayer struggles a bit. We did better here than we have against teams that play the 2-3 primarily, but there were definitely stretches where we struggled a lot.