Wake coach Dino Gaudio believes that the Seahawks provide enough of a challenge that he can’t give Walker a few minutes in the spotlight in front of the home folks and will go with his standard lineup of L.D. Williams, C.J. Harris, Ish Smith, Al-Farouq Aminu and Chas McFarland.
“This game will be no day at the beach,” Gaudio said. “I’m a nervous wreck over that game. But I would like to see Ty have the opportunity to go home and play down there. ... He’s been practicing better and he can score inside. He was 2-for-5 shooting and had six rebounds in 11 minutes (against Elon), good for him.”
UNCW is just 3-5, but did defeat Elon by 30, topped Penn State by 11 and lost to ACC member Miami by just seven.
“We know going to their house is not going to be easy,” Smith said. “But playing at Purdue and playing at Gonzaga helped us out a lot going on the road.”
Hosting the Deacons is part of a three-game stretch for Wilmington that began with a 79-59 victory over Campbell on Monday and ends with a trip to Virginia on Saturday.
Chad Tomko, a junior guard, leads the Seahawks in scoring with a 16.4 points per game average. John Fields, a junior forward, averages 14.8 points and a team-high 9.4 rebounds per game.
Aminu will be trying to end a shooting slump. After hitting 29 of 44 field-goal attempts in the first four games, the sophomore forward has connected on 22 of 40 in the past four. His best effort during the slide was a 4-for-11 outing at Gonzaga. He missed at least four easy shots while going just 3 of 10 against Elon.
“I’ve just got to stay more focused,” A
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