Wake Forest Demon Deacons Face Off Against BYU Cougars at George Q. Cannon Activities Center in Women's Basketball Showdown
In a recent women's basketball game at the George Q. Cannon Activities Center, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons faced a challenging opponent in the BYU Cougars. The home team, Wake Forest, ended with a 44-67 scoreline against the visiting Cougars.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons started off slow in the first quarter with only five points compared to sixteen by the Cougars. The second quarter saw a slight improvement for Wake Forest, scoring ten points but still trailing behind BYU who put up seventeen additional points. After halftime, the third quarter was tough for both teams; however, Wake Forest managed to add eight points to their tally while BYU scored fourteen. In an attempt to close the gap during the final quarter, Wake Forest showed their best performance of the night scoring twenty-one points but it wasn't enough as BYU secured twenty more.
Despite falling short on overall points, Wake Forest demonstrated notable defensive efforts with fourteen steals and two blocks throughout the game. Their offensive rebounds stood at twelve and they made nine free throws out of fifteen attempts which translated into a sixty percent success rate from the line.
On offense, field goals were not falling as desired for Wake Forest; they made sixteen out of sixty-two attempts resulting in an approximate twenty-six percent shooting accuracy from field goal range and an even lower sixteen percent from beyond three-point line where they made just three shots out of eighteen attempts.
The Cougar’s performance was marked by impressive shooting accuracy with forty-eight percent from field goal range and an outstanding sixty percent from three-point territory where they successfully made nine shots out of fifteen attempts. They also dominated rebounding with fifty total rebounds compared to thirty-five by Wake Forest.
Looking ahead for fans of The Demon Deacons is another opportunity to support their team when they take on Saint Louis Billikens at George Q. Cannon Activities Center on November 21st at 6:00 PM local time (HST). This upcoming game will be available for fans to follow along as it happens without any live broadcast networks covering this event.