Miami Hurricanes' Reggie Johnson leads ACC win over Wake Forest
Born and raised on barbecue and basketball in nearby Winston-Salem,
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It was a dream Johnson believed would become a reality until late Demon Deacons coach Skip Prosser sustained a fatal heart attack the summer before Johnson's senior year of high school.
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Thursday afternoon, inside an arena just 15 minutes from his parents' home, Johnson made Wake pay. He scored a career-high 22 points -- with a perfect shooting effort no less --
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``I actually believe Skip was watching -- going for the Deacons,
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Johnson also went 6 for 6 from the free-throw line and matched a school record set by Dwayne Collins with an 8-for-8 effort from the field. ``I'm glad we got the win. It couldn't be a better moment for me,'' he said.
With Collins, UM's leading scorer and rebounder out and cheering from the bench, Johnson teamed up with Julian Gamble, a 6-9, 255-pound redshirt sophomore from Durham,
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UM scored 40 points in the paint and outrebounded Wake 39-34.
