Wake Forest returns from a long hike to Face Florida State – Daily Herald

Wake Forest made much of the foundations to remain in a dispute in the Atlantic Coast conference and to strengthen its credentials for the after -season. Deacons Demons will try to take another decisive step when hosting Florida State Wednesday night in Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forest (18-6, 10-3 ACC) reached the 10-pelty brand in the league game for four He made the season after defeating Cal 76-66 on Saturday, ending the path of the new league members in the Bay area. This will mark the last visit to Winston-Salem for retirement of Florida coach Florida Leonard Hamilton. “The teams of coach Hamilton, they are so destructive in defense,” said Wake Forest Coach Steve Forbes. “This makes the game against them very challenging and I would say that it is unique to his teams.” Seminols (14-9, 5-7) would certainly like to generate speed at the end of the season. “We can’t look too far on the road,” Hamilton said. “We have to worry about what we can control and this is only our preparation every day. Then we must hope to be so compatible with our preparation, get confidence and enter every game and see if we can be in our Part best. Cameron Hildret was on a recent roll and this gave Wake Forest a strong combo in connection with Salis guards. Hildret has posted at least 20 points in five of the last seven games. Hildret led Demon Deacons to mark 22 and 23 points in the two last games on the West Coast, firing 15 for 21 of the field in these trips. He had five career thefts against Cal. While Wake Forest became the first ACC team this season to sweep Stanford and Cal on the road, it was not a completely smooth trip. The planned return on Sunday home was interrupted by travel complications, as a team booster sent a private plane to pick up eight players and members of the coaching staff in Winston-Salem while others made the hike later. “It wasn’t perfect for them, but they came back and it turned out,” Forbes said. Forbes said they had already changed their normal travel and practice procedures because of the potential physical fee of a long trip and then play against Florida. “It’s a difficult trip. I’m not complaining because I know Cal and Stanford have to come back on their way four or five times,” Forbes said. “We had great cohesion and chemistry in our team.” -Fole at the field level