For the second straight season, Wake Forest has been blown out by the Vanderbilt Commodores, this time by 23 points.
The Deacs kept it close for a while—with 3:27 left in the first half, Justin Ray hit a pair of free throws to bring Wake back within 3 points. Vanderbilt responded and ended the half on a 9-0 run to take a 12 point lead into the break. Every time Wake would fight back to within 6 points, the Commodores would go on another run and push the lead back out to double digits. The Deacs hung around for a bit, but ultimately, Vandy finished the final 6 minutes of the game on an 18-4 run to win by 23 points.
The Wake Forest defense actually played pretty well in this one, but it didn't matter because the offense was abysmal. Despite holding Vanderbilt to 38% shooting for the game, the Deacs got blown out because they scored just 51 points and were 6-26 from beyond the arc—it is nearly impossible to pull off a road upset over a Top 25 team without being able to put the ball in the basket. It also didn't help that Wake was once again outrebounded by double digits. Kevair Kennedy was really the only Deac who had a decent game on offense, finishing with 20 points on 7-15 shooting...