Hunter Sallis scored 23 points and Wake Forest made enough plays down the stretch to overcome visiting South Carolina Upstate for an 85-80 victory Wednesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.Wake Forest’s Cameron Hildreth poured in 18 points, reserve Davin Cosby hit three 3-point baskets in the last eight minutes to finish with 15 points and teammate Efton Reid III posted 14 points and eight rebounds.The Demon Deacons (4-0) trailed by six with less than eight minutes to play but they were able to rally. Wake Forest outscored the Spartans 22-9 on free throws for the game.Mister Dean’s game-high 24 points and Brit Harris’ 16 led USC Upstate (1-3). Dean made 10 of 14 shots from the field, though he missed the game’s final attempt.Karmani Gregory’s 3-pointer with 28 seconds left pulled the Spartans to within 81-80 before two free throws from Sallis four seconds later. Hildreth made two more foul shots with 5 seconds remaining to clinch it.Cosby’s 3-pointer and Hildreth’s three-point play in the last 2 1/2 minutes helped the Demon Deacons to an 81-77 lead.USC Upstate took several leads in the second half. The Spartans went up 57-55 on Daniel Helterhoff’s 3-pointer, which was his only basket of the game. A 3 from Harris made it 62-58.USC Upstate kept applying pressure with perimeter shots as Andrew McConnell connected for a 67-61 edge.