WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Gardner-Webb will play its first game in eight days Sunday afternoon (Nov. 18) at Wake Forest, doing battle with the Demon Deacons at 1:00 pm in Lawrence Joel Coliseum (ESPN3).

The Runnin' Bulldogs (6-6, 1-1 Big South) have used a three-game win streak to get back to .500 on the season, holding off Winthrop on December 3 and blasting Alice Lloyd and South Carolina State by identical 87-57 scores last week.

During its current streak, Gardner-Webb has dished off an impressive 62 assists and is shooting 50.8 percent from the floor. The generous sharing of the basketball has resulted in six players averaging more than 7.0 points per game during the win streak and an average of 43.3 points per game in the paint.

The Runnin' Bulldogs have never beaten a team from the fabled Atlantic Coast Conference in men's basketball, going 0-14 since playing its first game against the ACC in 2002. The closest Gardner-Webb has come to knocking of an ACC member came in a pair of three-point losses - at North Carolina in the 2005 season opener (83-80) and at Virginia Tech (65-62) in the 2008 season opener.

Guard play continues to be a strength for Gardner-Webb this season, with Wofford transfer Jason Dawson leading the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game and leading the Big South in three-point field goal accuracy at 46.8 percent (29-of-62). The 5-foot-10, 175-pound redshirt junior also averages 2.2 assists per game and has made 21-of-26 from the free throw line in 12 games (80.8 percent).

Freshman guard Max Landis has also been a bright spot, averaging 11.7 points and 2.2 assists per game. Veteran Laron Buggs (6.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.5 apg) and transfer Tashan Newsome (5.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.9 apg) each produce outstanding overall floor games each night out and freshman lead guard Tyler Strange (team-high 2.8 assists per game) has excelled running the offense when called upon.

The backcourt rotation got deeper last week. Redshirt senior sharpshooter David Brown, who missed the last five games of the 2010-2011 season and the first 10 games of this season with an injury, came off the bench to score nine points in just four minutes against South Carolina State - and shot better than 40 percent from long range against Big South competition last season.

Coach Chris Holtmann has done a great job building depth early this season, with 10 players currently averaging at least 10.5 minutes per game - with five guards and five frontcourt players in that balanced rotation.