WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Ridge Graham had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Stetson beat Wake Forest 89-79 on Friday night to spoil Jeff Bzdelik’s coaching debut with the Demon Deacons.
Tyshawn Patterson scored 20 points and Joel Naburgs added 16 for the Hatters (1-0). They led by 17 and never trailed in the second half in their first win over an Atlantic Coast Conference team since 1974.
J.T. Terrell, one of five freshmen on the roster, had 26 points and Ari Stewart added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Wake Forest.
The Demon Deacons fell to 19-2 against current members of the Atlantic Sun Conference and lost an opener at the Joel Coliseum for the first time since the building opened in 1989.
