In Saturday’s ACC action, Louisville crushed the EKU Colonels 99-67, Miami downed Alabama A&M 88-74, Georgia Tech lost to Kentucky 67-53, Notre Dame handled UCLA 75-61, Syracuse fell to Georgetown 89-79 and Wake Forest surprised Xavier 80-78.
That’s a huge win for the Demon Deacons. In the last couple of years, the Deacs basically collapsed down the stretch in competitive games. Last year though they nearly knocked off Duke at Duke and while Xavier is a lesser upset, it’s still a great win.
Chaundee Brown had 26 for a career high and Brandon Childress was clutch down the stretch with 10 points in the last five minutes, including clutch foul shots.