Harvey Hale's Pro Debut

Former Demon Deacon guard Harvey Hale (2006-09) made his professional basketball debut in Finland over the weekend. Harvey played 36 minutes and finished with 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting.

He filled up the stat sheet with six rebounds, two assists and two blocks. Harvey also went 5-for-6 at the foul line and had five fouls of his own, including a technical.

Harvey's team fell, 90-85, in his debut.

Below is a photo sent by Harvey's team of his arrival in Finland (nice to see him doing well and all, but the photo doesn't do much for the Finnish scenery).

Season Overlap

A little reading on basketball and football as November highlights both major sports.

Wake Forest’s defense is problematic for FSU

Injuries have not been able to keep Jeff Griffin off the field

Game preview of Wake Forest vs. Florida State

Deacons tire of same old results

Wake Forest has owned the Seminoles of late

Bad luck binds FSU and Wake Forest this season

Who is Jim Caldwell?

You can listen to Wednesday’s ACC football coaches teleconference.

On the basketball front:

Aminu to carry load for Deacons

Former Owen star David Weaver now a senior at Wake Forest

Deacs hope new approach prevents stumbles

Deacons look to build on 24-7 season

Ish Smith was profiled in Sporting News Today

Deacs go for soccer crown

Skinner Cleared for Georgia Tech

Wake Forest University quarterback Riley Skinner has received clearance from team physicians to play when the Deacons visit Georgia Tech Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ABC regionally and ESPN2 nationally.

Skinner suffered a concussion late in last Saturday’s game vs. Miami.

Skinner did not practice Monday, saw minimal practice time Tuesday, and gradually returned to the regular practice routine later in the week.

The fifth-year senior quarterback is expected to start his 33rd consecutive game for the Deacons on Saturday.

Tech Prep

A preview of the Wake Forest-Georgia Tech game (Sports Network)

Transcript of Paul Johnson’s Tuesday press conference (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Deacons left dazed by losing streak (Burlington Times-News)

Tech beat up but still going strong (AJC)

Wake Forest-Georgia Tech preview (CBSsports.com)

A link to the ACC’s 12 Days of Basketball with focus on Wake Forest

Listen to the ACC football coaches teleconference

Lanny Wadkins

Wake Forest grad Lanny Wadkins held a news conference on Monday regarding his induction to the World Golf Hall of Fame. The transcript of the entertaining news conference can be found here.

A Game of Inches

That's a phrase you often hear in sports, that it's a game of inches. Inches short of a first down, or a throw nips a runner at first by inches.

Games are also decided by percentage points and decimal points. Take the race for the ACC record for career completion percentage.

Entering the Georgia Tech game this week, Wake's Riley Skinner has completed 824 of 1,231 career passes. That is a completion percentage of .66937.

Virginia's Matt Schaub is the current ACC record holder for career completion percentage. He was successful on 716 of 1,069 pass attempts during his career as a Cavalier from 2000-03. That is a completion percentage of .66978.

So, with three regular season games remaining, Skinner trails Schaub by .0004. In layman's terms, that's four 10,000ths of a point.

Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Riley Skinner attended Wake Forest's football practice on Monday night but did not participate. The fifth-year senior quarterback is still recovering from a concussion suffered against Miami on Saturday night. Depending on how he progresses during the week, Skinner may take part in practices later in the week.

For your reading knowledge, a look back at some stories from the Miami game, a look ahead at Georgia Tech and the upcoming basketball season.

The Hurricanes are graded on Saturday’s game (Palm Beach Post)

Randy Shannon proud of Miami comeback (Miami Herald)

Analysis of the Wake Forest-Miami game (Orlando Sentinel)

Georgia Tech will fix its special teams problems (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Riley Skinner is questionable for the Georgia Tech game (ESPN.com)

Skinner is Miami’s biggest hurdle (Miami Herald)

Concussion may keep Skinner on the bench (Winston-Salem Journal)

Wake Forest let a big one get away (Fayetteville Observer)

Wake Forest basketball season preview (Fayetteville Observer)

Wake Forest basketball is ready to move forward (Fayetteville Observer)

Missed opportunities (Winston-Salem Journal)

Wake Forest lets one slip away (Burlington Times-News)