韦克森林队在NIT第一轮以82比72击败海军,进入下一阶段. Wake Forest beat Navy 82-72 in the NIT first round, advancing to the next stage.

韦克森林队在NIT第一轮以82-72击败海军,并在12-2的比赛结束后进入下一阶段. Wake Forest defeated Navy 82-72 in the NIT first round, advancing to the next stage after a late 12-2 run. 尤克·哈里斯以26分领先所有得分者,而奥马哈比利夫增加了15和3个. Juke Harris led all scorers with 26 points, while Omaha Biliew added 15 and three dunks. 德里沃恩·斯皮尔斯得分14分,并抓住了9个篮板, 和内特卡尔梅斯贡献12. Tre’Von Spillers scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Nate Calmese contributed 12. 海军队自1998年以来首次进入季后赛,并从1986-87年以来取得了最多的胜利,由奥斯·贝尼尼的19分和乔丹·佩尼克的18分10个篮板领先. Navy, which earned its first postseason berth since 1998 and posted its most wins since 1986-87, was led by Austin Benigni’s 19 points and Jordan Pennick’s 18 points and 10 rebounds. 尽管在三分区间内扎,但韦克森林队一直领先并迟到退出,与伊利诺伊州和肯特州的赢家进行了第二轮比赛. Despite struggling from three-point range early, Wake Forest led throughout and pulled away late, setting up a second-round matchup against the winner of the Illinois State-Kent State game.