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CanesCounty – Live Game Thread and Preview: Miami Basketball At Wake Forest
DATE: Saturday, January 6, 2024
WHERE: Winston-Salem, NC, Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
TIME/TV: 2:15 EST/CW Network
LIVE AUDIO: 560 WQAM
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LINE: WAKE -4.5
Miami (11-2, 2-0 ACC) defeated Clemson 95-82 in its last game.
Wake Forest (10-3, 2-0 ACC) beat Boston College 84-78 in its last contest.
Series History
This will be the 30th overall meeting between Miami and unranked Wake Forest, with the Hurricanes holding the series’ narrow 16-13 advantage. Miami has struggled playing in Winston-Salem, posting a 2-11 mark on the road.
The programs met twice in 2022-23, with the Hurricanes winning both contests, one at home (96-87) and one in the ACC Tournament (74-72).
Last Game
Miami recorded its first ranked win of the season on Wednesday, downing the No. 16 Clemson Tigers, 95-82, at the Watsco Center.
As a team, Miami shot 53 percent from the field and 45.8 percent from the 3-point range. The Hurricanes’ 75 percent shooting effort in the second half was the first time a Mami team shot better than 70 percent in a half since 2017 (70 percent vs. Middle Tennessee).
Three Hurricanes recorded 20-plus-point outings vs. Clemson–Nijel Pack (25), Matthew Cleveland (23) and Norchad Omier (23). This is the fourth time in the Jim Larrañaga era that three players have scored 20-plus points in the same game. All four have come in the last five years, with the most recent vs. Louisville on Feb. 11, 2023 (Pack – 22, Omier – 21, Isaiah Wong – 21).
Miami shot 75 percent from the field in the second half vs. Clemson, its highest shooting percentage in a half since joining the ACC (2004-05). The previous mark was 73.9 percent (17-23) at Florida State on Feb. 13, 2013. Pack and Cleveland were each a perfect 6-6 from the field and 2-of-2 from 3-point range. Cleveland knocked down a pair of shots from the charity stripe, while Pack went 6-for-6 at the line.
In Miami’s game against Clemson, its 95 points came from the starting five. Since 1996, Miami is one of 13 teams to score 95-plus points and have zero points from the bench, per Stats Perform. The Hurricanes have played nine games since 1996, where the bench contributed zero points (regardless of point total), all of which have occurred since 2017.
Notable Miami Statistics
Miami is one of two teams (Creighton) with three players averaging 15+ points and 5+ rebounds per game this year (Omier, Cleveland, Wooga Poplar).
Forward Omier eclipsed the 1,500-point mark in his career two games ago, pouring in 27 points vs. UNF. He is one of three active Division I players to record 1,500 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
Omier has been playing some of his best basketball lately, averaging 23.3 points and 10.3 rebounds while shooting 72 percent from the field and 91 percent from the free-throw line over the last four games.
He currently ranks first in the ACC in double-doubles and is one of three ACC players to rank in the top 10 in the conference in scoring (seventh) and rebounding (third).
When playing 19-plus minutes, Kyshawn George averages 10.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game.
Pack dominated the court in his first game back from a lower extremity injury, pouring in a game-best 25 points for his second 20-point outing of the season. Pack shot 75 percent from 3-point range in the game and was a perfect 6-of6 from the field in the second half.
Twenty of Pack’s 25 points came during the final 20 minutes of action. The guard added five rebounds, three assists, and a steal to his stat line. Over the last five games, Pack has shot 64.7 percent from the 3-point range, averaging 13.8 points per contest.
The Hurricanes have eclipsed the 90-point mark six times this year, marking the 18th time a Miami team has scored 90-plus points six times in a season. The record for 90-point games by a Miami team is 16, set back in 1988-89. The Hurricanes have scored 90-plus points in three straight games for the first time since 2015-16.
The Hurricanes will play just their second true road contest of the season on Saturday. Miami is 0-1 on the road this year, falling at No. 12 Kentucky in November.
Miami is 278-412 all-time in road games and 156-252 since the program’s rebirth in 1985. Under Coach L, Miami holds a 70-69 record on the road.
The Opponent
Notable Wake Forest Statistics
The Demon Deacons enter Saturday’s contest with a 10-3 overall mark and undefeated in ACC play (2-0), tied with Miami atop the ACC standings.
Four Demon Deacons are averaging double-figures this season, paced by Hunter Sallis at 18.4 points per game. Wake Forest is led in rebounding by Efton Reid at nine boards per contest. Wake Forest’s only three losses of the season have come to Power 5 teams (Georgia, Utah, and LSU).
The Demon Deacons enter the contest on an eight-game winning streak, the longest since 2008-09, when Wake won 16 in a row. The Deacs have a plus-150 point differential for an average margin of victory of 18.8 during that span.
Offensively, Wake Forest is the only school in Division I to have four players averaging 14.5+ points per game, with Hunter Sallis, Boopie Miller, Andrew Carr, and Cameron Hildreth all adding over 14.5 points per game.
Wake is fourth in the league and 39th in the country in field goal percentage, shooting 48.4 percent from the field as a team. They are fifth in the league in scoring margin, beating teams by an average of 12.85 points.
Wake’s 81.5 points per game are fifth in the league in scoring offense, and their average of 8.3 made threes per game is fourth. The Deacs are shooting a .379 clip from a 3-point range, which is third-best in the ACC.
Defensively, the Deacs are 6th in the ACC in scoring defense, limiting teams to 68 points per game on 42 percent from the field. Individually, Carr is 7th in the ACC in blocked shots, with 22 total and 1.69 per game.
The Deacs are currently 4th in the country and second in the ACC in free throw percentage, shooting 80.16 percent from the line as a team. Miami is 3rd and first, respectively, hitting 80.18. Individually, Hildreth is 8th in the ACC, shooting 84.2 from the line.
Miami Athletics and Wake Forest Athletics Contributed to this report
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Argentine forward’s brace included the match winner against Colorado Rapids in front of over 75,000 fans in Denver.
Published On 19 Apr 2026
Lionel Messi scored a brace and German Berterame headed another as Inter Miami earned a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer (MLS) on Saturday in Denver.
Messi scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute. He started a run just inside midfield and went unchallenged until the box, where he blasted into the upper left corner for a 3-2 lead.
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Rafael Navarro and Darren Yapi each scored for Colorado (4-4-0, 12 points) in front of 75,824 at Empower Field, the second-largest crowd in MLS history.
Miami (4-1-3, 15 points) took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute after Colorado goalkeeper Zack Steffen’s pass was intercepted by Yannick Bright. Josh Atencio offered a hard challenge and was shown a yellow card after video review.
Messi took the resulting penalty and rolled his shot straight down the middle as Miami took a 1-0 lead.
Colorado had a solid look at the goal when midfielder Wayne Frederick attempted a one-touch lob. Miami goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair was out of position and well beyond the penalty arc after heading away a loose ball, but Frederick’s attempt sailed over the open net.
In the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time, Miami extended their lead to 2-0, connecting on a series of passes deep in their attacking third. Messi got the run of play started with a tight touch pass to Rodrigo De Paul.
De Paul sent Mateo Silvetti on a run to the boundary line. His inward-spinning cross floated to the front of goal, where Berterame rose above the Colorado defence and tucked a header under the bar.
Navarro’s goal cut Miami’s lead to 2-1. He started a run in midfield and used a step-over move to get an open shot a few steps into the box that tucked inside the left post past a diving St. Clair in the 58th minute.
In the 62nd minute, second-half substitute Yapi settled on a direct pass from Lucas Herrington and sizzled a shot past St. Clair for the equaliser.
Miami closed the win playing a man down as Yannick Bright was sent off with a red card in the 87th minute.
The Cleveland Browns traded for an extended right tackle, former Houston Texan Tytus Howard, at the start of free agency as they began their rebuild of the offensive line that was awful in 2025. But Howard has played every position on the offensive line except for center, so if it’s all about getting your best five on the field, which it should be, there’s a chance Howard doesn’t play at right tackle in 2026.
While doing a mock draft on Peter Schrager’s podcast, former Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon had the Browns drafting Miami (FL) right tackle sixth overall. He talked about the issue with Howard, but said Mauigoa could either take over the tackle spot or be a really good guard.
Carthon said he knows that Mauigoa would be one of their best five, whether it is at guard or tackle. Some will say that a guy who may be best at guard isn’t worth the sixth overall pick, and I have to disagree. You should draft the best football players, and Francis Mauigoa is my highest-rated offensive lineman and seventh overall. It might be at guard, but I have a good feeling that Mauigoa will find a home in the NFL as a high-quality offensive lineman.
Inventory of homes and condos across the coastal Miami mainland and Miami Beach and the barrier island markets fell in the first quarter, marking the first big inventory drops since 2023.
The Corcoran Group’s first quarter reports don’t cover all of Miami-Dade County, but they offer insight into how the coastal markets, which have a higher share of luxury properties, are performing.
In Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Surfside, Miami Beach, Fisher Island and Key Biscayne, single-family home inventory dropped 15 percent annually to 398 listings, and condo inventory was down 13 percent to 3,919 listings.
On Miami’s coastal mainland markets, which include Aventura, Miami Shores, Upper East Side, Edgewater, downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove, inventory slipped 4 percent to 4,584 condo listings and 555 single-family listings, down 6 percent year-over-year.
Here’s a closer look at the market:
Miami Beach and the barrier islands
Single-family sales rose 13 percent year-over-year to 85 closings, the first time they have increased since the second quarter of 2024. Condo closings rose 15 percent to 693 closings, the first increase since the last quarter of 2024.
Pricing dropped, with the median price of single-family homes down 4 percent to $3.5 million and the median condo price down 9 percent to $640,000. The average price per square foot was nearly flat at $1,119.
Still, buyers set records with their purchases. Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg paid $170 million for the waterfront mansion at 7 Indian Creek Island Road, and Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz paid $44 million, or $7,949 per square foot, for a penthouse at the Four Seasons Residences at The Surf Club.
Coastal mainland
Sales of single-family homes on the coastal mainland rose 16 percent to 220 closings. While markets like Coral Gables experienced declines in condo and single-family home sales, Coconut Grove home sales surged — up over 100 percent for single-family homes to 47 closings and up 55 percent to 87 condo closings. Condo sales rose 13 percent to 759 closings.
The median price of single-family homes across the coastal mainland rose 11 percent to just over $2 million. The median price of condos increased slightly, up 1 percent, to $602,000.
The priciest deals in the first quarter were the $32 million trade of 12 Tahiti Beach Island Road in Coral Gables, and the $19.8 million sale of a penthouse at Vita at Grove Isle.
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