Myles Colvin’s scoring spree helps Wake Forest drub Queens

Myles Colvin made his first 11 shots on his way to obliterating his previous career high with 33 points as Wake Forest rolled to a 111-73 victory over Queens on Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C.Omah

Myles Colvin’s scoring spree helps Wake Forest drub Queens

Myles Colvin made his first 11 shots on his way to obliterating his previous career high with 33 points as Wake Forest rolled to a 111-73 victory over Queens on Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Omaha Biliew (16 points), Nate Calmese (15) and Juke Harris (14) also thrived in the run-and-gun game as the Demon Deacons (8-3) clinched coach Steve Forbes’ 100th victory in his six seasons at the school.

Colvin’s perfect start, which extended into the second half, included seven 3-pointers. By halftime, Colvin had 26 points, exceeding his previous best of 20 points last year as a sophomore at Purdue.

Colvin shot 11-of-13 overall and 7-of-8 from 3-point range. He made all four of his free throw attempts and added a game-high eight rebounds.

He wasn’t the only Wake Forest player who warmed to the up-tempo pace. Biliew hit 5 of 7 shots, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range. Calmese made 5 of 7 shots, including 3 of 5 from deep.

Wake Forest made 62.1% of its shots and hit 17 of 33 (51.5%) from distance.

Chris Ashby scored 15 points and Avantae Parker added 14 on 6-of-6 shooting for Queens (5-6) of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

The Royals are used to playing pedal to the metal as they had topped the century mark in their previous two games, a pair of wins Friday over South Carolina State and Dec. 3 over Gardner-Webb.

After Queens kept it close for 15 minutes on Sunday, the Demon Deacons outscored the Royals 20-6 over the last 5:05 of the first half.

Colvin scored half of Wake Forest’s points in the run, hitting a pair of 3-pointers and breaking away for a fastbreak slam. Colvin also fed Biliew for a 3-pointer and set up Harris for an alley-oop flush.

When Biliew closed the spree with another trey, it gave the Demon Deacons a 57-39 halftime lead.

Wake Forest continued its blitz in the opening minutes of the second half. Colvin drained a 3-pointer to trigger an 11-0 spree that swelled the Demon Deacons’ lead to 68-39.