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Men: Wake joins conference leaders

Associated Press
Published February 11, 2005

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - About 24 hours after Duke joined North Carolina atop the conference, Wake Forest made it a three-way tie.

Did anyone notice?

"I know a lot of attention goes to Duke and North Carolina," Demon Deacons coach Skip Prosser said. "We're like those guys chasing Butch and Sundance. They know who we are. They know we aren't going anywhere."

Justin Gray scored 18, Eric Williams added 15 and No. 6 Wake Forest held off North Carolina State 86-75 on Thursday night.

Sixth man Taron Downey made 4 of 4 3-pointers and finished with 14 points to help the Demon Deacons stop two second-half rallies. Chris Paul had 13 points, eight assists and five steals.

"I did find my groove out there," Downey said. "Every good shooter wants to shoot that second one after he makes one, and after I made that second one, I had to shoot the third."

GA. TECH: Trail Blazers rookie Sebastian Telfair said he was offered money during recruiting by someone who claimed to represent the school but wonders now if it just a hoax. Telfair issued a statement through his agent, Andy Miller, which elaborated on the allegations made in a book that a Yellow Jackets supporter offered the point guard $250,000.

C-USA

NO. 21 UC 65, XAVIER 54: Eric Hicks and Jason Maxiell dominated the Musketeers' depleted frontline, leading the host Bearcats to their third victory in the past nine games in the annual crosstown grudge match.

Top 25

NO. 12 ARIZONA 88, SOUTHERN CAL 76: Salim Stoudamire scored 16 of his 26 in the first half for the visiting Wildcats as Lute Olson became the second Pac-10 coach to win 300 conference games. Olson's teams have won 20 or more in 27 of his 32 seasons, tying him for second in history.

NO. 24 PACIFIC 78, IDAHO 56: David Doubley scored 21 to lead the visiting Tigers in their first game as a ranked team.

NO. 8 SYRACUSE: The school will honor former quarterback Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, one of its early black sports stars, by raising his No. 19 jersey to the roof of the Carrier Dome on Feb. 26.

NO. 19 UCONN: Leading scorer Rashad Anderson, a former Lakeland Kathleen High standout, is not expected to play Sunday against North Carolina because of an infection in his upper right leg.

State

UCF 71, STETSON 62: Joshua Peppers scored 12 of his 19 in the second half to lead the visiting Golden Knights.

FAU 100, JU 73: Mike Bell scored 12 of his 20 in the second half to lead the visiting Owls.

Nation

OREGON ST. 58, WASH. ST. 51: David Lucas had 17 points and 10 rebounds as the host Beavers overcame 28 percent first-half shooting.

UCLA 95, ARIZ. ST. 76: Dijon Thompson scored 27 of his career-high 39 in the first half and Jordan Farmar got all his 18 in the second for the host Bruins.

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