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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Alex Sharp scored 19 points and Wake Forest set a record for defense in an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament game on Wednesday night with a 72-38 first-round win over Pittsburgh.
 
Pitt's 38 points are the fewest in an ACC Tournament game. The previous record was 39 by Duke in 1978 and Virginia Tech in 2013.
 
The 11th-seeded Demon Deacons (14-16), who set a program record for largest tourney win, take on sixth-seeded Miami on Thursday night.
 
Amber Campbell and Elisa Penna added 14 points each for Wake Forest, which led 32-22 at the half and then shot 54 percent in the second half. Tyra Whitehead had 10.
 
Any hope the Panthers had of coming back were dashed in the third quarter when they were outscored 25-5. Wake Forest was 8 of 13 from the field while Pitt was 2 of 10 with eight turnovers.
 
Pittsburgh (10-20), which ended the season with a seven-game losing streak, got 18 points from Yachine Diop and Alayna Gribble had 11. The Panthers shot 28 percent, had 17 turnovers and was pounded 40-6 on points in the paint.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: #11 Wake Forest 72, #14 Pitt 38
Records: Wake Forest 14-16; Pitt 10-20
Location: Greensboro Coliseum; Greensboro, N.C.
Attendance: 2,810
Wake starters: Campbell, Conti, Sharp, Penna, Udoh
Pitt starters: Garven, Diop, Walters, Whitney, Bradley
 
NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS
-  Wake Forest improved to 18-40 all-time in the ACC Tournament and to 15-10 in first-round games.
- The Demon Deacons’ 34-point margin of victory marked their largest ever in an ACC Women’s Tournament game. It is the second largest victory margin by any team in the opening round, trailing only North Carolina’s 39-point win over Clemson in 2012 (90-51).
- Alex Sharp led Wake Forest with game highs of 19 points and eight rebounds.
- Sharp joined fellow starters Elisa Penna (14) and Amber Campbell (14), and reserve Tyra Whitehead (10) to account for 57 of the Demon Deacons’ 72 points. The four shot a combined 24-for-39 (61.5 percent) from the floor.
- Wake Forest shot 50 percent for the game, and the Demon Deacons’ 11 turnovers were one shy of their season low.
- The Deacons outscored the Panthers 40-6 in the paint.
- Yacine Diop led Pitt in scoring with 18 points. The redshirt junior from Dakar, Senegal, averaged 22 points in two games against Wake Forest this season after scoring a game-high 26 in the Panthers’ regular-season loss to the visiting Deacons on Jan. 4.
- Pitt is now 1-5 all time in the ACC Tournament, 1-4 in first-round games.
- The Demon Deacons improved to 6-2 in the all-time series with Pitt and defeated the Panthers for the fourth straight time.
 
TEAM LEADERS
Wake Forest
Points: Alex Sharp 19
Rebounds: Alex Sharp 8
Assists: Gina Conti 4
 
Pitt
Points: Yacine Diop 18
Rebounds: Yacine Diop 7
Assists: Danielle Garven 2, Cassidy Walsh 2
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Halftime: Wake Forest, 32-22
Ties: 0
Lead Changes: 0
Largest Lead: Wake Forest by 37 – 4^th, 1:09
Wake led for: 38:35
Pitt led for: 0:00
Game was tied for: 1:23 (0-0)
 
UP NEXT
Wake Forest advances to face No. 6 seed Miami (20-9) in Thursday’s 8 p.m. second-round game. The Demon Deacons defeated the Hurricanes, 61-50, in their regular-season meeting at Coral Gables on Jan. 7.