Wakefield/Wake Forest Standouts/Recap

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Wakefield Wolverines and Wake Forest Cougars squared off on Tuesday night in NAC6 Conference action. Take a look at the recap and the standouts from the game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Wake Forest Cougars came out firing and jumped out to a 4-0 lead but the Wolverines would keep pace as both teams showed off some early offense. [player_tooltip player_id='1707192' first='Cameron' last='Spencer'] began the first quarter with seven points, stepping up big with the absences of [player_tooltip player_id='1707193' first='Syncere' last='Burnette'] and [player_tooltip player_id='998177' first='Nakhi' last='Benjamin'] due to injury.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After 1, the Wolverines led 23-19. Things slowed down a ton for both sides in the second quarter and things were all tied up at 25 with less than three minutes remaining before the Wolverines would go on yet another run, sparked by a few dunks from Spencer and Dominic Haney. At the half, Wakefield led 36-29.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After the half, the Cougars tried to keep things close but around every turn, the Wolverines answered their runs with a run of their own. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wake Forest got within four points but with each bucket. At the end of 3, Wakefield still led by 7 points, 55-48.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spencer hit some big shots in the fourth quarter to push the lead to eight with 6:15 left in the game. Wake Forest used some big baskets from [player_tooltip player_id='1350160' first='Jaevian' last='Alston'] to cut the lead to 6 points but, they couldn't convert down the stretch. 2024 Jason Howard made a big 3-pointer then assisted Spencer on another 3-pointer to push the lead to nine points with 4:06 remaining. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the end, Wakefield would hold on 75-68 for their second victory in conference action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":1742117,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Jason Howard","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'11u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77246","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Wakefield","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Howard stepped up in a big way in the absence of a few starters to pace the offense for Wakefield. 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