Aminu leads No. 7 Wake Forest in rout of 25th-ranked FSU

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02/14/2009 - Winston-Salem, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Al-Farouq Aminu finished with 17 points and five rebounds, as seventh-ranked Wake Forest throttled No. 25 Florida State, 86-63, to record a key ACC win.

Jeff Teague added 15 points, while L.D. Williams added 12 for Wake Forest (19-4, 6-4 ACC), which rebounded from a loss to N.C. State on Wednesday. The Demon Deacons had lost three of the last four, but stayed near the top of the conference with the victory.

Wake Forest is now tied with Florida State (19-6, 6-4) and Virginia Tech -- which lost Saturday to Maryland -- for fourth place in the conference. The cluster of teams is behind North Carolina (8-2), Duke (7-3) and Clemson (6-3) in the conference standings, as all three teams play Sunday.

Toney Douglas paced the Seminoles with 22 points, while Uche Echefu added 11 in the loss. Both Douglas and Echefu had five rebounds.

Wake Forest led by double digits at halftime, but Florida State scored the first five points of the second half to stay close. Solomon Alabi's jumper provided the final two of those points, bringing the Seminoles within 42-35.

Then, a three-pointer from Echefu just over 4 1/2 minutes into the half moved FSU's deficit to 46-38.

But the Demon Deacons followed with a 13-0 run to take command of the game. Ishmael Smith started it with a layup, while Chas McFarland had seven points in the stretch. McFarland got two of his points on free throws with 14:07 remaining, as he went to the line after being elbowed in the face by Alabi, who was ejected.

Aminu then ended the Wake Forest run with a free throw, extending the team's lead to 59-38.

Florida State never recovered, and Wake Forest maintained a lead of around 20 points the rest of the way. With 7 1/2 minutes to play, the Demon Deacons scored eight consecutive points to extend their advantage to 79-51, and they cruised the rest of the way.

Wake Forest scored the first eight points of the game, as FSU didn't post a single point in the first five minutes. The Seminoles knotted the game at 10, but the Demon Deacons drew out their lead. A layup from Aminu and three free throws from Teague gave Wake a 25-14 advantage with a little over six minutes remaining.

Later, the hosts scored eight consecutive points to increase their lead to 35-20, and Wake Forest went into halftime leading 42-30.

Game Notes

Teague went 9-for-10 from the free throw line, and only 3-of-13 from the floor...Smith had 11 points for Wake Forest, which shot 49.1 percent from the field, but only 2-of-11 from three-point range. The Demon Deacons made 32- of-38 free throws...Florida State shot 37.9 percent from the floor overall, including a 4-for-22 effort from beyond the arc. The Seminoles made 15-of-21 free throws.

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