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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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Weve got to play the matches and win them on the pitch.Juventus opens its campaign at home against Sevilla on Wednesday in Group H after impressing in its opening three Serie A matches.Higuain transferred from rival Napoli for 90 million euros ($99 million) after scoring 36 goals last season to break a 66-year-old Serie A record. He scored twice in the opening 10 minutes of a 3-1 win over Sassuolo on Saturday.Juventus will definitely be a protagonist until the end, Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti, a former Juventus coach, told the Gazzetta dello Sport. If you have a player who scores 30 goals per season thats really key -- it gives you fewer uncertainties.Here is a look at Wednesdays other matches:---GROUP ETottenham is back in the Champions League, and Monaco is returning after a one-year absence.Monaco, which reached the Champions League final in 2004, is leading the French league and travels to England unbeaten in four games. The team has been boosted by the return of striker Radamel Falcao, who came back from a five-week injury layoff last weekend.Meanwhile, Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season on Saturday as Tottenham beat Stoke 4-0 in the Premier League.The match will take place at Wembley Stadium because of construction work at White Hart Lane.Also, Bayer Leverkusen warmed up for CSKA Moscows visit with a 3-1 win over Hamburg on Saturday.Mexico striker Javier Chicharito Hernandez will again lead the front line against Moscow, which has lost on all five previous visits to Germany.---GROUP FLooking to become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titlees, defending champion Real Madrid opens its campaign at home against Sporting Lisbon.ddddddddddddIn the other group match, Borussia Dortmund will take on Legia Warsaw, Polands first Champions League representatives since Widzew Lodz in 1996-97.Legia Warsaws two biggest home losses in Europe came against German opposition. The club has never beaten a German team, losing five of its eight matches.---GROUP GThis is possibly the weakest of all the eight groups at this stage -- despite boasting the presence of the English champions.Leicester is making its debut in the Champions League after its unlikely title triumph in the Premier League last season and is joined in the group by two other inexperienced teams at this level.Club Brugge, Leicesters first opponent on Wednesday, is competing in the group stage for the first time in 11 years while FC Copenhagen has only gotten this far three times before.It leaves Champions League regular FC Porto -- a two-time European champion -- as comfortably the most experienced team in the group.Porto and Copenhagen both had to go through qualifying. Copenhagen won six matches to make it this far, while Porto overcame Italian side Roma in the playoff round with a 4-1 aggregate win.Leicester was the story of European soccer last season but the encore is proving tough. The team has won only one of the first four games and heads to Belgium on the back of a 4-1 loss at Liverpool.---GROUP HComing off a 3-1 loss in the French league that exposed its defensive frailties, Lyon will host Dinamo Zagreb.The seven-time French champions may have to play without striker Alexandre Lacazette because of a left leg injury. The France internationals absence is a problem for Lyon coach Bruno Genesio, who does not have proper cover on the bench.Dinamo has its own worries. The Croatian clubs unbeaten run of 103 league matches at home, dating back to 2010, ended over the weekend against Osijek. ' ' '