Live Score Updates for Virginia Tech Men's Basketball vs. California

Virginia Tech men's basketball faces off with California today at 4 p.m. ET. Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

FINAL | Virginia Tech 78, California 75

The Hokies escape with a three-point win. Valiant effort from Tech; six Hokies scored in double-digits. 23 points off turnovers, too. Justin Pippen missed the triple at the buzzer. Next up: SMU in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET.

H2 3.6 | Virginia Tech 78, California 75

Bedford was fouled. He missed the first free throw and made the second. The Hokies have a three-point lead.

H2 4.5 | Virginia Tech 77, California 75

Oh, my. Camden turned it over after firing the ball behind him. Ball trailed out of bounds. Hokies ball with 4.5 ticks.

H2 6.7 | Virginia Tech 77, California 75

Schutt was fouled; he split his free throws. The Hokies call time. They need a defensive stop on this next possession.

H2 08.4 | Virginia Tech 76, California 75

Camden nails two at the line. Those are his first points. Lawal has fouled out.

H2 15.2 | Virginia Tech 76, California 73

He hit both. Three-point game.

H2 15.2 | Virginia Tech 74, California 73

The Hokies catch a break. Ames missed the jumper, Chris Bell missed the second-chance try and Hansberry came down with it. He heads to the line.

H2 37.5 | Virginia Tech 74, California 73

Hammond turns the ball over. California has possession and calls time.

H2 1:00 | Virginia Tech 74, California 73

The Hokies lead by one with a minute left.

H2 1:16 | Virginia Tech 74, California 71

Tobi. Lawal. Dunk. Just like that, six Hokies are in double-figures. And they lead by three with 76 ticks on the clock. Tech calls time.

H2 1:46 | Virginia Tech 72, California 69

The Hokies are still leading by the slimmest of margins. They've only gone seven players deep today. All have six point and five are in double-figures, paced by Hansberry's 13.

H2 3:18 | Virginia Tech 68, California 67

The Hokies are holding onto a one-point lead at the U-4 MTO after Gurdak nailed a layup in the paint. Following the MTO, he'll head to the line for two after being fouled by Justin Pippen (Pippen's fourth foul).

H2 4:13 | California 67, Virginia Tech 66

Avdalas with a shifty spin move to get to the bucket; that score granted the Hokies the lead. Ames answered with an and-one, plus the free throw, to snag the lead back for California.

H2 5:25 | California 64, Virginia Tech 62

Lawal went up for a jam. Two-point game. He has eight points, seven rebounds — and four turnovers — today. #Hokies

H2 7:23 | California 60, Virginia Tech 58

At the U-8 MTO. Ames went down to the cup and nailed the layup to put California back up two. The Hokies are surviving in spite of a substandard effort from deep — 2-for-11 from three-point land this half.

H2 8:21 | Virginia Tech 58, California 58

He knocked down both. Tie game.

H2 8:21 | California 58, Virginia Tech 56

California's Mantas Kocanas has fouled out. The Hokies' Christian Gurdak heads to the line with a chance to knot this game at 58-all.

H2 9:00 | California 56, Virginia Tech 54

Every time the Hokies push, Cal has just enough to respond. A Hansberry trey was answered by an Ames layup. 58-54, California.

H2 10:39 | California 53, Virginia Tech 51

Cal's Lee Dort, Mantas Kocanas both at four fouls. Meanwhile, the Hokie have only gone seven deep today.

H2 11:17 | California 51, Virginia Tech 49

Avdalas tracks down his own miss and cashes in. He has seven points today on 3-for-8 shooting from the field at the U-12 media timeout.

H2 13:00 | California 49, Virginia Tech 47

The Hokies are 1-for-8 from deep in H2; they trail by two with 13 minutes of ball to play.

H2 14:16 | California 47, Virginia Tech 45

At the media timeout. The Hokies have shot 1-for-6 from deep this frame, 3-for-11 from three-point land for the game. Golden Bears hold a 22-15 edge on the glass.

H2 15:37 | Virginia Tech 45, California 45

Tightening back up; Bedford knocked down a wide-open trey to knot it at 45. Schutt passed up a slightly contested triple, firing it to Avdalas, who found Bedford. As Young has said, passing up a good shot for a great shot.

H2 17:26 | California 45, Virginia Tech 40

Golden Bears started the frame on an 8-2 run. The Hokies started 1-for-4, though Avdalas dusted his defender and was able to draw a foul on Lee Dort. He made first, bricked the second. Tech trails by five.

H2 START | California 43, Virginia Tech 37

The Hokies start off the second half by surrendering six unanswered points to California. Not ideal.

HALFTIME | Virginia Tech 37, California 37

Hammond notched an and-one (+ free throw), to knot it at 37. Schutt nearly nailed a running triple at the buzzer, but it rimmed in and out. California has outrebounded Tech, 19-8, today. The Hokies held a 5-1 advantage on the boards early.

H1 0:48 | California 37, Virginia Tech 34

The Hokies drew within one off a Bedford triple, but Cal increased its lead up to five. Hansberry then canned a shot-clock-expiring jumper.

H1 3:00 | California 31, Virginia Tech 29

California has committed 12 fouls to Tech's six today. The Hokies have shot 2-for-9 from deep but are 11-for-12 from the stripe.

H1 4:07 | Virginia Tech 29, California 29

Tie game. Lawal knocked down a pair of free throws after being fouled by Mantas Kocanas. The Hokies have made four of their last seven after starting 4-for-12.

H1 4:50 | California 29, Virginia Tech 27

Tobi Lawal. Slam dunk. The Hokies are now down by only two as Cassell is rocking.

H1 5:42 | California 29, Virginia Tech 25

Make that a four-point game. Avdalas just got a basket by way of goaltending from Cal.

H1 6:07 | California 29, Virginia Tech 23

Justin Pippen floats up a pass that's snatched by Ben Hammond. He takes it the other way for an and-one and cashes in the FT. #Hokies now trail by six.

H1 6:21 | California 29, Virginia Tech 20

First field goal in 8:33 for the Hokies; it comes from an Avdalas and-one. He misses the FT.

H1 6:37 | California 27, Virginia Tech 18

The Hokies led 16-10 at the 14:05 mark. Since then, they've been outscored, 17-2. Tech has shot 4-for-14 today and generally, its shots just aren't falling.

H1 7:53 | California 24, Virginia Tech 18

#Hokies broke California's 14-0 run with a pair of Schutt free throws. However, Virginia Tech hasn't hit a field goal in seven-plus minutes.

H1 11:17 | California 21, Virginia Tech 16

The Hokies trail by five at the U-12 MTO; currently sit at 3:37 without a field goal. The Golden Bears are on an 11-0 run.

H1 12:09 | Cal 18, Virginia Tech 16

8-0 run for the Golden Bears means that the Hokies now trail by two. California has shot a stellar 8-for-12 today.

H1 14:05 | Virginia Tech 16, California 10

Schutt, again, from deep. He's up to six. Lawal checks in and draws a foul. He sinks both.

H1 15:23 | Virginia Tech 11, California 8

Jaden Schutt cashes one in from long-range. On the other end, Justin Pippen answers with a layup. The Hokies lead by three at the U-16 media timeout. They've got a 5-1 edge on the glass.

H1 16:00 | Virginia Tech 8, California 6

Gurdak, man. He's up to four points after some nifty fakes in the post. Cal with three buckets, however — all by different players, too.

H1 18:00 | Virginia Tech 2, California 2

Didn't take long for the Hokies to start things off. Christian Gurdak goes up for an unimpeded jam. Cal answers back, though, with a jumper from Dai Dai Ames right as the shot clock expires.

H1 START | Virginia Tech 0, California 0

Cal won the tip, since it went out of bounds with the Hokies trying to haul it in; we're underway in Blacksburg. You can tune in on ACC Network.

Pre-Game:

The Hokies' starting lineup is as follows:

No. 0 - Jailen Bedford - Guard
No. 2 - Jaden Schutt - Guard
No. 13 - Amani Hansberry - Forward
No. 17 - Neoklis Avdalas - Guard
No. 32 - Christian Gurdak - Center

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