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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- After two straight losses, Wake Forest turned things around with a solid victory over Texas Tech.

Travis McKie and C.J Harris scored 20 points each to help Wake Forest beat Texas Tech 70-61 Sunday in the seventh-place game of the Old Spice Classic.

Tony Chennault added 14 points for Wake Forest (4-2), which won one of three games at the tournament.

"We played with emotion and energy and effort," Wake Forest coach Jeff Bzdelik said. "We did a really good job defensively. If you do those things, you give yourself a chance to win."

Texas Tech (3-3) got 15 points each from Javarez Willis and Jaron Nash. The Red Raiders lost all three of their games at the tournament.

"We're playing hard but not competing," Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie said. "There's a big difference between competing for balls, not letting guys guard them and those kind of things. That's just where we are now, but we're getting more familiar with where we're supposed to be and that's a positive."

The Red Raiders committed 25 fouls and 17 turnovers.

Texas Tech's Ty Nurse, averaging 15.6 points, did not play in the first half and ended up scoreless in 17 minutes. Teammate Jordan Tolbert played just 5 of the opening 20 minutes and finished with six points.

"I always put the guys out there I think give us the best chance to win," Gillispie said.

Wake Forest was coming off an 84-56 loss Friday night to Arizona State.

"As a young team we learned a very valuable lesson in a painful way," Bzdelik said. "They responded, and it's a testimony to their character to come back and respond."

Wake Forest took a 45-28 on Chennault's three-point play with 15:40 to play. He added another three-point play at the 7:42 mark that gave the Demon Deacons a 54-45 advantage.

Harris scored 14 points, leading Wake Forest to a 34-26 halftime lead. The guard hit a long-range jumper with 4 seconds left in the half.

Wake Forest returns to the court Wednesday, when the Demon Deacons take on Nebraska in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:15 p.m. at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. The game will be shown on ESPNU.

WAKE FOREST (4-2)

FG FT Reb

Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts

Mescheriakov 33 3-11 3-4 1-6 2 3 9

McKie 32 5-11 8-9 3-9 0 2 20

Desrosiers 18 1-1 2-5 1-4 0 3 4

Chennault 30 6-11 2-2 2-3 2 2 14

Harris 36 5-12 8-9 0-2 5 3 20

Fields 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Green 10 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0 0

Fischer 29 1-4 0-0 0-3 2 3 3

Totals 200 21-51 23-29 8-31 11 16 70

Percentages: FG .412, FT .793. 3-point goals: 5-17, .294 (McKie 2-4, Harris 2-5, Fischer 1-4, Chennault 0-1, Mescheriakov 0-3). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 5 (Desrosiers 2, Green 2, McKie). Turnovers: 12 (Chennault 4, McKie 3, Harris 2, Desrosiers 2, Fields). Steals: 8 (Chennault 3, McKie 2, Fields, Mescheriakov, Desrosiers).

TEXAS TECH (3-3)

FG FT Reb

Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts

Lewandowski 24 2-6 2-2 0-6 0 5 6

Tolbert 9 3-4 0-0 1-2 0 2 6

Willis 35 4-9 5-6 0-5 5 1 15

Wagner 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0

Gotcher 37 4-10 1-2 0-2 1 1 10

Petteway 12 3-8 0-0 1-3 2 3 6

Minnis 19 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 4 2

Nurse 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0

Crockett 8 0-1 1-2 2-2 0 2 1

Nash 35 6-13 3-5 3-7 0 4 15

Totals 200 23-53 12-17 9-33 9 25 61

Percentages: FG .434, FT .706. 3-point goals: 3-10, .300 (Willis 2-5, Gotcher 1-3, Petteway 0-2). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 4 (Nash 2, Lewandowski, Gotcher). Turnovers: 17 (Nash 4, Lewandowski 3, Gotcher 3, Willis 2, Tolbert 2, Petteway 2, Minnis). Steals: 7 (Nash 3, Gotcher, Nurse, Willis, Minnis).

Wake Forest 34 36 -- 70

Texas Tech 26 35 -- 61

Officials--J.B. Caldwell, Ray Perone, Steve Pyatt. A--NA.