Mekhi Mason scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in his first game for Wake Forest as the Demon Deacons beat visiting American 88-74 in Monday night's season opener in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Tre'Von Spillers also pumped in 20 points to go with eight rebounds, while Juke Harris posted 18 points. Myles Colvin, who came off the bench, and Nate Calmese each chipped in 10 points.

Wyatt Nausadis racked up 22 points, Greg Jones had 14 points and Geoff Sprouse finished with 10 points for American, which threatened with second-half rallies but never put enough game pressure on the Demon Deacons. The Eagles shot 43.1% from the field.

American made a run to cut the score to 72-61 with less than six minutes left. After the Demon Deacons went nearly two minutes without scoring, Calmese responded wi

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