The Wake Forest Demon Deacons found themselves down 11 points at halftime, but outscored the Bucknell Bison by 19 points in the second half and won 90-82. With the win, the Deacs moved to 2-0 on the season. The Deacs were led by freshman Bryant Crawford, who finished with 21 points and 5 assists.
The Deacs trailed 48-37 at the half, after an onslaught of threes from Bucknell. Bucknell is a good shooting team, but Wake Forest did them a lot of favors by leaving their shooters open early and often. In the first half, Wake Forest got a lot of good looks inside, but failed to convert some easy opportunities.