Wake eyes better offensive output vs. North Carolina A&T

Wake Forest aims for a 2-0 start on Thursday night when it hosts North Carolina A&T in Winston-Salem, N.C.The Demon Deacons (1-0) were victorious in their season opener on Monday, defeating visiting Coppin State 64-49 behind Cam Hildreth’s 15 points, five rebounds and four assists.Hunter Sallis added 10 points and five assists, while Omaha Biliew — a transfer from Iowa State — had 11 points in 15 minutes in his Wake debut.In his fifth season guiding the Demon Deacons, Steve Forbes is 10-0 in season openers as a Division I head coach.Forbes was pleased with the defensive effort, as Wake forced 20 turnovers and held Coppin to 28.3 percent shooting from the floor, but he was underwhelmed by the offense.”Our offense was so abysmal it put so much pressure on our defense,” he said. “I was really proud of the way that we defended, and we’re going to have to do that as we keep going through this season — we’re going to have to be able to defend.”Wake shot just 9 of 37 (24.3 percent) from 3-point land and 39.3 percent from the floor (22 of 56).

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