17-0 run leads Wake Forest past Duke basketball

"I thought we kind of had them on their backs, on their heels," junior point guard Quinn Cook said. "And then we let up."











"I thought at times we settled for perimeter jump shots. We weren't able to get the penetration that we would've liked to get, and we didn't get to the foul line," Duke associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. "We can't just be a team that relies on perimeter jump shots."

As was the case in road losses to Notre Dame, Clemson and North Carolina, cold second-half shooting coupled with a break in intensity spelled disaster for Duke.

With 9:28 remaining, Duke turned the ball over at halfcourt and Hood fouled Wake Forest senior Travis McKie to prevent a lay-up. The foul was Hood's fourth, and his departure to the bench started the unraveling for the Blue Devils. Marshall Plumlee was called for his fourth personal foul soon afterwards, putting the Demon Deacons in the bonus. Wake Forest got to the line 34 times on the night, making 25. Duke was just 12-of-18.

“I think our guys got rattled. [Wake Forest] was scoring easily,” Wojciechowski said. “I didn’t think we had the poise and the leadership on the floor to where, when we had a breaking-point type of moment... [we could] capitalize on it.”

"I don't think that we defended or rebounded at the level that you need to to win in March," Wojciechowski said. "It's a hard lesson to learn, but we'll have a chance to regroup and play again."