WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- John Collins and Wake Forest made one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's toughest defenses look, well, defenseless.
Collins scored a career-high 27 points and the Demon Deacons held on to beat Miami 96-79 on Wednesday night.
"I felt we, as a team, tonight ... buckled down and said, `We're not going to blow this one," Collins said.
Keyshawn Woods added 20 points and the Demon Deacons (11-7, 2-4) shot nearly 58 percent against one of the league's stingiest defenses to build a 23-point lead, then used a timely 13-0 run to put the game away and snap a two-game losing streak.