Live Score Updates for Virginia Tech MBB vs. Wake Forest

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.

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. #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. #Hokies

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. #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. #Hokies

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

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

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. #Hokies

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. #Hokies

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.