Wake Forest has mostly flown under the radar in coach Steve Forbes’ second season, but the Demon Deacons made a loud statement on Saturday night with a 98-76 win over North Carolina. The loss marks just the second time since the 1954-55 season and the first time since 2001-02 that the Tar Heels (12-6, 4-3 ACC) have lost consecutive games by 20 or more points after they lost 85-57 at Miami on Tuesday.
Indiana State transfer Jake Laravia scored 31 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for Wake Forest (16-4, 6-3), which has won five of its last six games to make a case for inclusion in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the 2009-10 season. Alondes Williams added 23 for the Demon Deacons, who shot 54.2% while holding the Tar Heels to just 33.3%.
While there is still time for UNC to turn things around under first-year coach Hubert Davis, the program’s awful week casts a cloudy outlook on the Tar Heels’ chances of…
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