Nothing more could have gone wrong for the North Carolina Central University Eagles Friday night in Winston-Salem, N.C., where they fell to Wake Forest 94-48. The visiting team brought the wrong uniforms, and they only dressed eight players. Those were indicators of what the night would hold in store for the Eagles.
The real story at Lawrence Joel was the Demon Deacons. Fans had been waiting tirelessly all preseason to get a look at this team and at the highly touted freshmen who decided to keep their commitments despite Skip Prosser's death in 2007. The fans have to love what they saw Friday night out of Al-Farouq Aminu, who led all scorers with 21 points and 10 rebounds in 28 minutes. Freshman center Tony Woods chipped in 12 points in his debut.
Aminu will not have to carry this team on his shoulders as a freshman. He will get plenty of help from sophomore forward James Johnson, who was an all-ACC rookie in 2007-08. The Deacs' victory over the Eagles showed this as Johnson went for 18 points and 10 rebounds.
As they did Friday night, these two could end up in a number of headlines this season in the ACC.
Next up for the Deacs are the Seahawks from UNC-Wilmington Wednesday night in Winston-Salem. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.
The real story at Lawrence Joel was the Demon Deacons. Fans had been waiting tirelessly all preseason to get a look at this team and at the highly touted freshmen who decided to keep their commitments despite Skip Prosser's death in 2007. The fans have to love what they saw Friday night out of Al-Farouq Aminu, who led all scorers with 21 points and 10 rebounds in 28 minutes. Freshman center Tony Woods chipped in 12 points in his debut.
Aminu will not have to carry this team on his shoulders as a freshman. He will get plenty of help from sophomore forward James Johnson, who was an all-ACC rookie in 2007-08. The Deacs' victory over the Eagles showed this as Johnson went for 18 points and 10 rebounds.
As they did Friday night, these two could end up in a number of headlines this season in the ACC.
Next up for the Deacs are the Seahawks from UNC-Wilmington Wednesday night in Winston-Salem. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.
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