WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Dino Gaudio wasn't afraid to let No. 20 Wake Forest run with a team that had scored 100 points in each of its first two games. Even if that meant the Demon Deacons were going to give up a few more points than the coach would have liked.

Jeff Teague scored a career-high 31 points and James Johnson added 25 to help Wake Forest beat North Carolina-Wilmington 120-88 Wednesday night, an offensive performance that ranked among the program's best.

Chas McFarland added 19 points for the Demon Deacons (2-0), whose 120 points tied for third-most in school history and was just three shy of breaking the record. It also was the most points ever scored by a team at Joel Coliseum.

Wake Forest led almost the entire way, shot 57 percent and scored 41 points off 24 turnovers to improve to 11-0 in the series.

"I'm comfortable with us pushing it up like that, no question," Gaudio said. "We want to just keep pushing the ball. We've got finishers. ... We want to push and keep our foot on the accelerator."

The Seahawks (2-1) opened the season by rallying from a 17-point deficit in the final 6 minutes of regulation to beat Appalachian State 108-101 in overtime, then followed with a 107-95 win against Troy. But the Demon Deacons looked plenty comfortable playing at a fast pace, weathering several spurts from the Seahawks before reaching the century mark on Teague's driving score with 6Z\x minutes left.

"It's a different style. You have to adapt," Gaudio said. "You try to simulate it in practice a little bit with a scout team coming down and shooting quick 3s, but it's hard to simulate."

That didn't matter too much — Teague and Johnson looked ready to run all night.

"I guess we showed everybody in Winston we can really score the ball," said Teague, whose previous high was 27 points set last season against Miami.

No. 5 Michigan State 70, IPFW 59

At Fort Wayne, Ind., Raymar Morgan scored eight of his 22 points during a decisive 13-0 run and Michigan State survived a scare from IPFW.

Michigan State (2-0) led 32-24 at halftime, but opened the second half making just one of 10 shots. The Spartans fell behind twice by three points to IPFW (0-2), which lost its opener to Xavier by 28.

Trailing 44-42, the Spartans took control midway through the second half. It started with a free throw by Delvon Roe, and Kalin Lucas quickly added a 17-foot jumper. Morgan scored on an inbound pass and a moment later added a free throw.

Ben Botts led IPFW with 22 points despite going 4-for-17 from 3-point range.

No. 23 Villanova 77, Niagara 62

At Villanova, Pa., Scottie Reynolds scored 19 points, Corey Fisher had 15 and Reggie Redding 14 to lead Villanova past pesky Niagara.

Playing their third game in six days, the banged-up Wildcats (3-0) were just vulnerable enough to be severely tested at home. The Purple Eagles (1-1) opened the second half on a streak and a pair of 3s helped slice the deficit to single digits.

The Wildcats played their third straight game without swingman Dwayne Anderson (foot), and 6-foot-10 center Casiem Drummond (foot) was limited to 2 minutes. Corey Stokes scored seven points and played with a taped sprained left thumb.

Tyrone Lewis scored 16 points and Rob Garrison had 15 for Niagara.