CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dropping their first three games was not the start Wake Forest's players expected this season.
But Tuesday's 80-57 win over the Charlotte 49ers improved the Deacons to 5-4 on the season and made that slow start seem like a distant memory.
"It's been awhile ago," said junior guard Keyshawn Woods, who had 15 points in his first game at Charlotte's Halton Arena since he transferred away in 2015. "We're making progress as a team and we're getting closer to where we need to be."
Woods, who volunteered to leave the starting lineup after the 0-3 start, provided another spark off the bench on Tuesday as he helped fuel a 20-1 surge in the middle of the first half that turned a close game into a blowout victory.