Wake Forest Rides Strong Second Half over Boston College to 79-66 Win

Fresh off the gut punch ACC loss to Clemson, Wake recovered at home against Boston College with a strong win, 79-66.

John Collins won the opening tip, and Austin Arians hit a quick open three to give the Deacs an early 3-0 lead. John Collins got involved shortly thereafter with a midrange jumper, and by the under 16:00 timeout, two BC airball threes later, the Deacs had a 13-9 lead. The attention Collins got in the post allowed for some easy buckets from Mitoglou.

Childress and Wilbekin came in for Craword and Mitoglou, and Wake didn’t score for over three minutes until Childress hit a wide open three pointer. After Wake’s early lead, the teams traded leads and baskets, but Wake struggled to…