North Carolina A&T (3-9) vs. Wake Forest (6-5)
Date: December 21, 2019
Time: 12 p.m.
Facility: LJVM Coliseum
Series: Wake leads, 5-0

Aggie Game Notes
 
PROBABLE STARTERS:  G Andre Jackson (6-4, 175, Sr., 5.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg); G Kameron Langley (6-2, 205, Jr., 6.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg); G Tyrone Lyons (6-6, 180, So., 6.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg); F Ronald Jackson (6-8, 205, Sr., 12.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg); C Devin Haygood (6-8, 180, R-Sr., 6.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg).
 
AGGIES OVERVIEW: North Carolina A&T is coming off a tough overtime loss to Kent State, 85-71. A lot of positive came from the game, however. Fred Cleveland, Jr. scored a career-best 21 points and earned all-tournament team honors and the Aggies turned in one of their best shooting performances of the year, shooting 50 percent from 3-point range. N.C. A&T has the second-best scoring defense in the MEAC, allowing just 68.4 points per game. This is in part because they have 36 blocks on the season ranking fourth in the conference at 3.3 per game.
 
WAKE FOREST OVERVIEW: The Demon Deacons won their last game against Xavier, 80-78, on Dec. 14. They return leading scorer Brandon Childress who is averaging 17.1 points per game this season. As members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Wake was projected to finish 15^th in the conference this year. The Demon Deacons do not waste chances at the free throw line shooting over 75 percent as a team, good for first in the conference. Head coach Danny Manning is entering his sixth season at the helm of the program. He has a career record of 71-98 at Wake Forest.
 
News & Notes:

• Wake won the previous meeting, 90-78, on Nov. 10, 2018.
• Wake Forest is 3-1 at home this season.
• The Deacs have the worst scoring defense in the ACC allowing over 73 points per game.
• A&T freshman Fred Cleveland is coming off a Don Haskins Invitational All-Tournament team honor where he averaged 17.5 points per game.