Hunter Sallis scores a season-high 31 as Wake Forest holds off Detroit Mercy 67-57

By The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Hunter Sallis scored a season-high 31 points and put up seven of Wake Forest’s final nine points to earn a 67-57 win over Detroit Mercy in the first meeting between the schools. Sallis drilled a 3-pointer just under the five-minute mark to push the Wake Forest lead to 12, 61-49 and Davin Cosby added a layup to make it 14-point advantage, but the Titans answered with a pair of Jared Lary free throws and an Orlando Lovejoy trey to get within single digits at 63-54. Sallis hit a jumper with. two minutes left but Lary answered with a three-point play to get within eight, 65-57. Sallis hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to set the final margin.