Wake Forest’s balanced scoring attack sinks NC A&T

Tre’Von Spillers paired 15 points with a career-high-tying 16 rebounds as Wake Forest pulled away from North Carolina A&T for an 80-64 win on Thursday in Winston-Salem, N.C.Spillers, an Appalachian State transfer, led all five Demon Deacons starters in double-figure scoring. Hunter Sallis provided 14 points, Efton Reid scored 12, Cameron Hildreth had 11 and Parker Friedrichsen netted 10 for Wake (2-0).Spillers and Reid helped Wake dominate the interior, with the Demon Deacons outscoring the Aggies 38-16 in the paint.Landon Glasper went for 23 points on 7-of-29 shooting — 7-of-20 from 3-point range — for NC A&T (1-1). Ryan Forrest scored 10 points before fouling out.The game swung twice in each direction during the first half. NC A&T used a 9-0 spurt to take a 16-12 lead at the 13:42 mark, and five straight points by Forrest helped grow the lead to as large as 21-14.

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