Notre Dame Fighting Irish (16-9, 8-6 ACC) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (13-13, 3-11 ACC)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Wake Forest takes on Notre Dame after Grace Oliver scored 20 points in Wake Forest's 86-67 loss to the Louisville Cardinals.
The Demon Deacons are 8-8 in home games. Wake Forest is 5-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 16.0 turnovers per game.
The Fighting Irish are 8-6 in conference play. Notre Dame leads the ACC scoring 16.7 fast break points per game.
Wake Forest scores 66.3 points per game, 0.1 more points than the 66.2 Notre Dame allows. Notre Dame averages 13.6 more points per game (79.1) than Wake Forest allows to opponents (65.5).
The Demon Deacons and Fighting Irish match up Thursday for the first time in ACC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Oliver is scoring 13.7 points per game with 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Demon Deacons. Milan Brown is averaging 12.8 points and 6.5 rebounds over the past 10 games.