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RICHMOND, Va. -- John Collins had 16 points and 13 rebounds and Austin Arians added 15 points as Wake Forest defeated Richmond 75-67 on Saturday.The Demon Deacons (6-2) outrebounded the Spiders 45-31 and never trailed in getting back into the win column following a 65-58 loss at Northwestern. Theyre in the midst of a stretch of seven of nine games away from home, going 3-2 on the road so far.Wake Forest outscored Richmond 34-24 in the paint. The Demon Deacons had 13 offensive rebounds and turned those into 14 second-chance points.That started with Collins, the Demon Deacons leading scorer and rebounder. He played just nine minutes in the first half and 19 for the game after picking up two early fouls, but scored 10 points after the break.Dinos Mitoglou and Keyshawn Woods had 11 points each for Wake Forest. Bryant Crawford scored eight points, five shy of his season average, but chipped in eight rebounds and 10 assists.I thought we got contributions from a lot of guys, Wake Forest coach Danny Manning said. To win this game on the road with (Collins) only playing 19 minutes is really big for our team.T.J. Cline led Richmond (4-4) with 20 points and eight assists. ShawnDre Jones had 18 points and Nick Sherod added 13 off the bench.But the Spiders went cold after Cline tied the game with a layup early in the second half, scoring just three points in six minutes as Wake Forest opened up a 13-point lead.I dont like how were running our offense, Richmond coach Chris Mooney said. I think that when were at our best, were really crisp moving the ball, making quick decisions, hitting the right guy. Were not that, and thats going to wind up in a shot thats a little bit harder than it could be if were playing as well as we can.BIG PICTUREWake Forest: The Demon Deacons earned their best victory of the young season after dropping their only two power-conference matchups to date, against defending NCAA champion Villanova and at Northwestern in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Richmond: It was another near miss for the Spiders against a power-conference team after an overtime loss to Maryland. They do hold a victory over ACC bottom-feeder Boston College and will have one more chance to knock off a major foe at home against Texas Tech on Dec. 17.STAT OF THE NIGHTRichmond went just 6 for 14 from the free-throw line, including three misses in a row after cutting the deficit to single digits late in the second half.TIP-INSRichmond forward Kwesi Abakah, a graduate transfer from Northeastern, sang the national anthem before the game. . With the Demon Deacons victory, the road team has now won this matchup three consecutive years, with the Spiders winning 91-82 in Winston-Salem last season and Wake winning 65-63 in Richmond in 2014.UP NEXTWake Forest returns home to face Charlotte, the former school of reserve guard Keyshawn Woods. Wake Forest has won 10 consecutive games against in-state non-conference opponents.Richmond has a week off before hosting UMBC next Saturday. The Retrievers are off to a 6-1 start that includes a win at Duquesne, one of the Spiders Atlantic 10 rivals. Cheap Juventus Jerseys China . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. 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RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State coach Mark Gottfried is eager to see what offseason changes do for his program after a stumble.After last years injury-plagued Wolfpack missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his five seasons, Gottfried hit the recruiting trail for several spring additions while reshaping a coaching staff that had been intact since his arrival in Raleigh. Now N.C. State has two new assistants and a roster featuring a top-10 national recruiting class along with key returnees -- a mix that could get N.C. State back into the NCAAs.Its like if you and I play cards together, and if you kick my tail in cards, I cant wait to play again, Gottfried said. Lets go play. Thats kind of where we are: Im ready, lets go, our players are ready. ... We have that kind of anxiousness about getting this year started because of that.The Wolfpack (16-17, 5-13 Atlantic Coast Conference) relied heavily on ACC-leading scorer Anthony Cat Barber last year, but he left with a year of eligibility remaining to pursue a professional career. Twin wings Caleb and Cody Martin transferred, while senior forward Lennard Freeman is likely to redshirt to fully recover from a leg injury that lingered through last season.The biggest cause for optimism in Raleigh is the debut of touted freshman Dennis Smith Jr. He enrolled early in January to rehab a serious knee injury and is fully recovered , while the recruiting class also features a five-star Turkish big man Omer Yurtseven -- though the school is waiting for the NCAA to clear him to play as an amateur.Throw in the debut of Torin Dorn Jr., a former Conference USA freshman of the year from Charlotte who sat out last year, and N.C. State has an infusion of young talent.Among the returnees, junior forward Abdul-Malik Abu, the teams No. 2 scorer and top rebounder, is back along with sophomore wing Maverick Rowan and senior center BeeJay Anya. N.C. State will also get back a player it never really had last year in West Virginia transfer guard Terry Henderson, who played just 7 minutes in the season opener before going down with an ankle injury..dddddddddddd---Some other things to know about the Wolfpack this season:SMITHS DEBUT: Smith is a likely one-and-done prospect, a player that Gottfried described bluntly as the best guard in the country. Period. Hands down. The instate recruit from Fayetteville exudes confidence and hasnt seemed fazed by his recovery, even back during summer workouts . I didnt wear a brace or anything like that at all, Smith said recently. As soon as they cleared me, I was ready to go. The mental aspect of recovering was pretty easy for me.HENDERSONS RUST: Henderson was supposed to give the Wolfpack a 3-point shooter, second ballhandler and wing defender before his injury. Now hes entering a season in which he has had a nearly two-year layoff with a long recovery , going back to the 2014-15 season when he sat out as a transfer. Just know Im back, Henderson said, and Im here to win.BODIES UP FRONT: The return of Abu and Anya gives N.C. State some size, but the Wolfpack sure could use Yurtseven, too. Abu will have to continue to develop his offensive game and attack the glass, while Anya -- who has battled his weight and conditioning issues throughout his career -- has contributed in the past as a shot blocker and rebounder (not to mention with a pretty big shot in 2015, too).BENCH CHANGES: N.C. State has two new assistants in former Oklahoma State assistant Butch Pierre and former UT-Martin head coach Heath Schroyer. They replace Rob Moxley -- who shifted into an administrative role after a life-threatening health scare in 2015 -- and Bobby Lutz, a strong Xs-and-Os assistant now with the NBDLs Windy City Bulls.OUTSIDE SHOOTING: Rowan is the only returnee with more than one made 3-pointer last year. The Wolfpack must find reliable shooters to go with Rowan, who hit a team-high 81 3s and shot 34 percent from behind the arc last year.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college basketball site at http://collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '