Live Score Updates for Virginia Tech MBB vs. Wake Forest

Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

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Virginia Tech men's basketball squares off with Wake Forest tonight at 7 p.m. ET with a bid to the second round of the ACC Tournament on the line. Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

FINAL | Wake Forest 95, Virginia Tech 89

That does it. Virginia Tech led for 3:36, but couldn't find the pull-ahead punch to close it. The Hokies lose their first overtime game this season. Gut punch.

OT 9.0 | Wake Forest 93, Virginia Tech 89

Hammond fouls out after turning the ball over. Just the Hokies' third turnover since the start of H2. Costly.

OT 14.3 | Wake Forest 93, Virginia Tech 89

Colvin made both. The Hokies trail by four.

OT 14.3 | Wake Forest 91, Virginia Tech 89

Hammond fouls Colvin. 14.3 left.

OT 27.8 | Wake Forest 91, Virginia Tech 87

Schutt fouls Harris with 27.8 to go. Harris makes both. Back to four.

OT 35.8 | Wake Forest 89, Virginia Tech 87

Lawal was fouled. He cashed in on both at the line. Two-point game.

OT 57.0 | Wake Forest 89, Virginia Tech 85

And-one. Akins got a jumper. And the free throw. The Hokies trail by four.

OT 1:22 | Wake Forest 86, Virginia Tech 85

Tobi Lawal dunk. Back to one.

OT 1:36 | Wake Forest 86, Wake Forest 83

Harris nails a turnaround jumper. He's up to 10 points on 3-of-18 shooting. Wake Forest then calls time.

OT 2:11 | Wake Forest 84, Virginia Tech 81

Hammond drove to the lane, and his shot was stuffed. Lawal gobbled the rebound and went up, but was fouled. Mekhi Mason has fouled out. He leaves with 13 points, three rebounds and four assists.

OT 2:35 | Wake Forest 84, Virginia Tech 81

Schutt draws a foul on Spillers, who now has four. He drains both.

OT 3:10 | Wake Forest 82, Virginia Tech 79

Ben Hammond gets a jumper from the right elbow. Three-point game (again).

OT 3:39 | Wake Forest 80, Virginia Tech 77

Bedford drained a pair of free throws at the stripe. Three-point game.

OT 4:00 | Wake Forest 80, Virginia Tech 75

Five-point game. Jumper and trey from Colvin. The Hokies are trailing and have not logged a shot in overtime.

OT START | Virginia Tech 75, Wake Forest 75

Wake Forest wins the tip, and overtime is underway.

END OF REGULATION | Virginia Tech 75, Wake Forest 75

Hammond jumper attempt and Bedford tip-in try both were no good. To overtime we go.

H2 17.7 | Virginia Tech 75, Wake Forest 75

Mekhi Mason's three-pointer from the right wing was short. Gurdak hauled in the defensive board. The Hokies have the ball, and call time with a smidge under 18 seconds on the clock.

H2 17.7 | Virginia Tech 75, Wake Forest 75

Mekhi Mason's three-pointer from the right wing was short. Gurdak hauled in the defensive board. Virginia Tech has the ball, and call time with a smidge under 18 seconds on the clock.

H2 47.5 | Virginia Tech 75, Wake Forest 75

Hammond knocked down both. Tie game. 75-all.

H2 47.5 | Wake Forest 75, Virginia Tech 73

Wake couldn't convert on its possession following the flagrant. Hammond drew a foul, and he's headed to the line. He's 4-for-5 from the stripe today.

H2 1:20 | Wake Forest 75, Virginia Tech 73

Myles Colvin cashes in on both free throws. The Hokies trail by two, and the Demon Deacons have the ball.

H2 1:20 | Virginia Tech 73, Wake Forest 73

Offensive foul on Lawal has been upgraded to a flagrant 1. He sits at four fouls.

H2 1:20 | Virginia Tech 73, Wake Forest 73

The Hokies call a timeout. Right before they would've been whistled for a five-second violation, too. 80 seconds left for a run. Virginia Tech has shot 14-for-32 from the field, 5-for-11 from three-point range.

H2 1:20 | Virginia Tech 73, Wake Forest 73

Tie ballgame. The Hokies are currently challenging an out-of-bounds call.

H2 2:12 | Virginia Tech 73, Wake Forest 71

Bedford sank both. Two-point game.

H2 2:12 | Virginia Tech 71, Wake Forest 71

Bedford took a hard spill on a foul by Harris, and he's headed to the line. 71-all. Have to hit these free throws.

H2 2:45 | Virginia Tech 71, Wake Forest 71

Tie ball game. Bedford trey.

H2 3:00 | Wake Forest 71, Virginia Tech 68

Lawal missed an opportunity to snag an offensive rebound but got it back on the second chance. The Hokies ball. Three minutes.

H2 3:46 | Wake Forest 71, Virginia Tech 68

Virginia Tech's back within three. Pair of Schutt free throws and a Hammond jumper. This is getting tight again.

H2 4:30 | Wake Forest 71, Virginia Tech 64

A three-pointer from Akins pushes the Demon Deacons' lead back up to seven.

H2 5:00 | Wake Forest 68, Virginia Tech 64

Four-point game. Schutt three-pointer.

H2 5:17 | Wake Forest 68, Virginia Tech 61

Wake Forest just elevated its lead up to seven with a Mason-to-Spillers alley-oop. Virginia Tech calls timeout.

H2 6:11 | Wake Forest 64, Virginia Tech 61

Juke Harris got two at the line. Schutt countered with a triple, but a tip-in for Cooper Schwieger pushed the Demon Deacons' lead up to five. Then, Dorn went up for a slam. Three-point game with just over six minutes to go.

H2 7:37 | Wake Forest 60, Virginia Tech 56

The Hokies are still down four at the U-8.

H2 8:00 | Wake Forest 60, Virginia Tech 56

Virginia Tech has logged 10 more shots than the Demon Deacons, but has only made one more. The Hokies are 9-for-25 and have missed their last four. 22-all so far in this second half. Eight minutes to go.

H2 9:24 | Wake Forest 58, Virginia Tech 56

Lawal gets a layup to go, but then Akins gets to the cup for a go-ahead score. Every player who's logged minutes has scored.

H2 10:43 | Virginia Tech 54, Wake Forest 54

The Hokies knotted it back up with a shot-clock-expiring jumper from Bedford. He's 5-for-13; started 1-for-7, but made four of his last six.

H2 11:07 | Wake Forest 54, Virginia Tech 52

Virginia Tech is down by two at the U-12. Myles Colvin took the lead for Wake Forest off the feed from Cooper Schwieger.

H2 11:40 | Virginia Tech 52, Wake Forest 52

Quick 5-0 burst from Wake Forest has us knotted at 52. The Demon Deacons are 5-for-11; the Hokies are 7-for-18.

H2 13:30 | Virginia Tech 52, Wake Forest 47

Dorn gets into the post for a lay-in. Calmese knocks down a three, but then, so did Hammond.

H2 15:00 | Virginia Tech 47, Wake Forest 44

Hammond clutches and gets the and-one. Free throw, to boot. The Hokies have a three-point lead with 15 minutes left to go.

H2 15:17 | Virginia Tech 44, Wake Forest 42

Avdalas went up for a step-back three-pointer. Cash money. The Hokies lead by two at the U-16. It's the first media timeout where they hold the lead.

H2 16:11 | Virginia Tech 41, Wake Forest 40

The Hokies have the lead off a coast-to-coast lay-in from Bedford.

H2 17:20 | Wake Forest 40, Virginia Tech 39

Bedford went up for a slam, and the Hokies are now only down one. Closest since the 11:32 mark of the first half.

H2 18:10 | Wake Forest 40, Virginia Tech 36

A Lawal dunk was countered by a Harris layup. Harris has gone 2-for-10 and missed all five of his three-point looks.

HALFTIME | Wake Forest 38, Virginia Tech 34

The Hokies trail by four at intermission. Schutt got a look at the buzzer, but it didn't go. Tech was clamoring for a foul, but didn't get it. Hokies committed 10 turnovers in H1. 25-11 edge on boards. Hammond leads with 9pts. Stats:

H1 31.9 | Wake Forest 38, Virginia Tech 34

Hammond threw an awry pass that bounced off Schutt's hands. Wake Forest leads by four.

H1 1:08 | Wake Forest 36, Virginia Tech 34

The Hokies closed the deficit to two off a five-point run. Dunk from Tyler Johnson and a pull-up trey from Hammond.

H1 2:20 | Wake Forest 36, Virginia Tech 29

The Hokies closed it to four off a Bedford layup, but Wake Forest instantly pushed it back with a Mekhi Mason three-pointer. Tech trails by seven.

H1 3:16 | Wake Forest 33, Virginia Tech 27

We're now at the U-4. Wake Forest is now ahead by six. They made a 7-1 run spanning from 8:57 of the first half to 7:54, which created a smidge of separation over the .

H1 5:45 | Wake Forest 27, Virginia Tech 20

The Hokies have been given fits in the passing lanes today, committing eight turnovers. They have an 18-10 advantage on the boards, though that's down a 9-2 gap on the offensive glass. One positive: VT has held Juke Harris to 1-for-7.

H1 6:55 | Wake Forest 25, Virginia Tech 16

Wake Forest has elevated its lead to nine. Virginia Tech is 1-for-7 from deep, and four of its starters in Hammond (1/5), Avdalas (0/2), Bedford (0/4) and Lawal (1/3) have been kept in check.

H1 7:55 | Wake Forest 23, Virginia Tech 15

Wake Forest's on a 7-1 run. Virginia Tech has committed seven turnovers in the frame, while the Demon Deacons have committed just two. The Hokies are 6-for-20 (30%) from the field, and they are 1-for-6 (16%) from three.

H1 8:57 | Wake Forest 23, Virginia Tech 15

Juke Harris lays down a slam. The Hokies trail by eight as head coach Mike Young calls time.

H1 9:41 | Wake Forest 22, Virginia Tech 15

The Hokies have already committed five turnovers, matching their output from last game vs. the Deacons (Feb. 21).

H1 10:56 | Wake Forest 20, Virginia Tech 15

Dorn hits a free throw at the line, and Calmese gets the layup to go. Hammond fouled Spillers, who knocked down both FTs. The Hokies trail by five.

H1 12:30 | Virginia Tech 12, Wake Forest 12

Johnson logged a layup off the feed from Schutt and we're knotted at 12.

H1 12:48 | Wake Forest 12, Virginia Tech 10

Tyler Johnson accepted a nifty feed from Antonio Dorn for the slam, but Spillers countered with a one-hand jam.

H1 14:00 | Wake Forest 10, Virginia Tech 8

Wake Forest and Virginia Tech trade threes. Nate Calmese for Wake, Ben Hammond for the Hokies.

H1 15:30 | Wake Forest 7, Virginia Tech 3

Virginia Tech is 1-for-6. Lawal rose for a slam, but Biliew countered with a tip-in. He has five of Wake Forest's first seven points.

H1 16:50 | Wake Forest 5, Virginia Tech 1

Virginia Tech guard Ben Hammond split a pair at the free-throw line — the Hokies are on the board.

H1 16:58 | Wake Forest 5, Virginia Tech 0

Jailen Bedford has missed his first three shots. The Hokies are 0-for-4, while Wake Forest is 2-for-3.

H1 18:32 | Wake Forest 2, Virginia Tech 0

Wake Forest is first on the board. Alley-oop dunk from Sebastian Akins to Tre'Von Spillers.

H1 19:14 | Virginia Tech 0, Wake Forest 0

Billew was whistled for a foul against Gurdak; Gurdak completed the bucket, but play was whistled dead.

H1 START | Virginia Tech 0, Wake Forest 0

Wake Forest wins the tip, and we're underway in Charlotte for the final game of the day.

Pre-Game

The Hokies' starting five is as follows:

• No. 0 - Jailen Bedford - Guard
• No. 1 - Tobi Lawal - Forward
• No. 3 - Ben Hammond - Guard
• No. 17 - Neoklis Avdalas - Guard
• No. 32 - Christian Gurdak - Center

Christian Gurdak assumes the starting spot for Amani Hansberry, who is absent from the contest due to a knee injury sustained vs. then-No. 13 UVa. on March 10.