WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Chase Fischer scored 15 points with a career-high five 3-pointers to help Wake Forest hold off High Point 71-60 on Wednesday night.
Freshmen Aaron Rountree and Tyler Cavanaugh added 11 points apiece for the Demon Deacons (4-4).
Wake Forest snapped a two-game losing streak, but there was nothing easy about this one. The Demon Deacons needed to make a late stand to avoid its first loss to High Point since 1934-35 - and its 14th loss to a school from a non-BCS conference under third-year coach Jeff Bzdelik.
Freshman John Brown had 27 points and 10 rebounds, while Allen Chaney added 10 rebounds for the pesky Panthers (4-4). They only led once in the second half but kept things tight before fading in the final 5 minutes.
Brown put on quite a show in his eighth career game, reaching 20 points for the fourth time while finishing with his first double-double. His open-court dunk pulled them to 59-54 with just over 5 minutes remaining.
But High Point followed with four consecutive empty possessions while the Demon Deacons gradually rebuilt their lead. After Wake Forest's C.J. Harris beat the Panthers downcourt for a layup off an inbounds pass with 3 1/2 minutes left, and Rountree gave them their first double-figure lead with a free throw with 3:06 left that made it 64-54.
High Point didn't get closer than eight the rest of the way, and Fischer's dagger 3 with 1:20 left - his fifth 3-pointer of the night - put Wake Forest up 69-58.
Neither team led by more than six points until Devin Thomas put Wake Forest up 54-46 with just under 9 minutes remaining. That came during a 9-2 spurt midway through the half that gave the Demon Deacons at least a sliver of separation.
Brown single-handedly kept the Panthers in the game, scoring their first 10 points after the break, and his jumper with 16 1/2 minutes left gave them their only lead of the half at 35-34.
Fischer countered with a 3-pointer roughly 20 seconds later, and added another one 2 minutes after that to make it 40-37 and put the Demon Deacons ahead to stay.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| High Point (4-4) | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| Wake Forest (4-4) « | 31 | 40 | 71 |
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| High Point Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Brown, F | 31 | 12-22 | 3-4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| A. Chaney, F | 27 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Edwards, G | 28 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Simms, G | 26 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Weary, G | 26 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McGaughy | 24 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Law | 16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| L. Cugini | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Cheek | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Mikulic | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. McIntyre | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-63 | 7-8 | 41 | 14 | 17 | 60 | |
| 38.1% | 87.5% | ||||||
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. McKie, F | 36 | 3-8 | 3-3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Thomas, F | 22 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Miller-McIntyre, G | 30 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Harris, G | 29 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| C. Fischer, G | 24 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rountree III | 21 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Jones | 17 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Cavanaugh | 16 | 2-8 | 6-6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| A. Adala Moto | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Washington | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-55 | 17-21 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 71 | |
| 41.8% | 81% | ||||||
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