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Duke's Gerald Henderson reacts from the bench during his team's 86-73 loss to Wake Forest on Sunday.

“The foul trouble caught up with us, and they continued to play hard and well,” Krzyzewski said. “The team that fought harder and had more energy won. ... I don’t think it meant that we just laid down and died. Our kids fought. At this time of the year, you have to match or be better than the other team.”

In a way, the Demon Deacons beat the Blue Devils at their own game, spreading things out on the offensive end of the court and turning up the pressure on defense. Singler, who entered having made 15-of-28 attempts from 3-point range in his previous four games, was just 2-of-6 from beyond the arc.

“We can go (with) four guards, just like those guys have, and we have bigs ... that can move out there,” point guard Ishmael Smith said. “So what we tried to do is switch on ball screens and contest their shots.”

Jamie Skeen added 10 points for Wake Forest, which came out determined to honor Prosser’s memory and give Gaudio a signature win, rocking the Joel Coliseum like it hadn’t been in years.

With students spelling out “WIN 4 SKIP” in body paint — in honor of Prosser, who died July 26 of an apparent heart attack — and the players loudly chanting “Dino” in the hallway beforehand, Wake Forest came out firing and opened the game with an 18-9 run.

Teague scored 11 points during the burst, capping it with his third 3-pointer 5½ minutes into the game. The Demon Deacons led for most of the first half, with Skeen’s stickback at the buzzer giving them a 47-42 lead.

“I thought us getting out to a good start was big,” Gaudio said. “Jeff Teague, who is a really courageous young guy, he got us off to a terrific start. He let us know that we can play with these guys.”

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