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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It was turkey time at the Charleston Classic for Wake Forest ??? and not just because its November.Demon Deacons coach Danny Manning said assistant coach Randolph Childress challenged their players to get three defensive stops in a row. We called it a turkey, Manning said.Wake Forest picked up several turkeys Sunday night in a 78-61 victory over College of Charleston to finish third in the eight-team tournament.Manning said he wanted his players focused on defense and Childress found a catchy way to do that. We had three turkeys in the first half, Manning said. Not sure how many we had in the second half, but the guys kind of rallied around that. I think were going to try and use that all year long.Especially if it leads to more defensive efforts like Wake Forest (4-1) had in beating the Cougars (3-2).The Deacons held Charleston to 33.3 percent shooting overall and 27.8 percent on threes. They had five blocks and out-rebounded their opponents 36-30 in finishing 2-1 at TD Arena.Bryant Crawford scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half and John Collins added 15 points for Wake Forest.The Demon Deacons took control against the home-standing Cougars with a 15-6 run over the final six minutes of the opening half. They kept the pressure up after the break as Crawford had a 3-pointer and a three-point play to build a 62-42 lead midway through the period.College of Charleston (3-2) sliced that margin in half with 10 straight points, but could get no closer to lose for a second straight game.The shots were just falling, Crawford said. Coach gets on me a lot about missing layups, but today I made them.Crawford ended 7 of 12 from the field and had two of Wakes eight 3-pointers.Joe Chealey led Charleston with 19 points.Wake Forest closed an up-and-down event on a high note. It opened by hitting the 100-point mark for the first time eight years with a 103-81 victory over UTEP, then fell 96-77 to No. 3 Villanova despite shooting 50 percent from the field.This time, the Deacons mostly clicked throughout against the pesky Cougars. They finished over 50 percent (28 of 54) from the field, the fourth time in five games with such a high percentage.BIG PICTUREWake Forest: The Demon Deacons have a large group of athletic young players like sophomores Bryant Crawford, Keyshawn Woods and John Collins and freshman Brandon Childress who all saw extensive action at the Charleston Classic -- minutes that will serve them well once Atlantic Coast Conference play starts in five weeks or so. The 6-foot-10 Collins has led the Demon Deacons in four of five games this season, including all three at TD Arena this week.College of Charleston: The Cougars have to find their scoring touch if they hope to make a run in the Colonial Athletic Association this winter. Charleston shot less than 29 percent in a loss to UCF on Friday night and was struggling to make shots once more against Wake Forest.LOTS OF DEACONSWake Forest coach Danny Manning used 11 players, in part because of early foul trouble for starters Dinos Mitoglou and John Collins. Still, the team got solid showings from players not typically in the rotation. I really like our balance, Manning said. For us to get a win with John only playing 14 minutes and Dinos only 17, I think that speaks volumes to the balance we have on our team.COLD CHARLESTONCollege of Charleston struggled with its shooting throughout the tournament, something the Cougars know must improve in a hurry. Its early, Charleston guard Joe Chealey said. Its only the first five games of the season. 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Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson believes his team can emerge resurgent from the wreckage of a horror 2016 NRL season.After three straight minor premierships, Thursdays 24-14 loss to Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium - the clubs 18th defeat of the year - ensures theyll finish the season 15th on the ladder.After Mitchell Pearces Australia Day dog drama in pre-season which resulted in an eight-week ban for the halfback, things hardly got any better for the Roosters in the opening weeks of the campaign.With Pearce banned, the Roosters were also missing key players such as Boyd Cordner, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Dale Copley for significant stretches of the first half of the year.The Roosters won one of their first eight matches, a run which had them all but out of finals contention before the end of April.Weve got to make sure we take our lessons, Robinson said.If you just brush it aside and you dont use it youre not going to get back up there again.Were not unlucky. We dont deserve to be there and welll work hard to get back there again next year.ddddddddddddDespite their woes the Roosters will have plenty of talent in their squad heading into next year.Representative players Pearce, Waerea-Hargreaves, Blake Ferguson and Cordner are all still going to be at the Tricolours in 2017.Five-eighth Connor Watson and outside back Latrell Mitchell - who played every match in his rookie season - have emerged as young talents and the club is also bringing in Luke Keary from South Sydney and experienced fullback Michael Gordon.Its been a tough and a great year, Robinson said.The good thing is weve got some experience there that are hurting and that have stuck tough all year and weve got some youth thats coming through that have played some games.Im excited about the future but weve got to make sure we dont brush over why we had the year that we had as well.Im hurting and excited. ' ' '