Live Score Updates for Virginia Tech Men's Basketball 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 against Wake Forest today at 12 p.m. ET; read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

FINAL | Wake Forest 81, Virginia Tech 78
After a series of intentional fouls, Bedford missed two straight at the line. The defensive rebound was corralled by Spillers, who had 15 points and five rebounds today. The Hokies' six-game winning streak is snapped. Next up: Stanford back at home on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. ET.

H2 6.5 | Wake Forest 79, Virginia Tech 76

Huge trey from Calmese. He has 23 points today. have 6.5 seconds to mount a response...

H2 25.7 | Virginia Tech 76, Wake Forest 76

The Hokies stopped Wake Forest from taking the lead; however, the Demon Deacons still have the ball with 25.7 left (20s left on shot clock).

H2 47.8 | Virginia Tech 76, Wake Forest 76

Christian. Gurdak. The freshman knocked down his first bucket of the game and it couldn't have come at a more opportune time. Tie ball game with 47.8 left as Wake Forest calls a timeout.

H2 1:10 | Wake Forest 76, Virginia Tech 74

Spillers forces an and-one on Hansberry, who subsequently fouls out. The Hokies trail by two.

H2 1:10 | Wake Forest 76, Virginia Tech 74

Spillers forces an and-one on Hansberry, who subsequently fouls out. The Hokies trail by two.

H2 1:22 | Virginia Tech 74, Wake Forest 73

Wake Forest found a response — again from Spillers, who slammed it home off the dish from Calmese. Hansberry, however, knocked down his second from long range. The Hokies lead with 82 ticks left on the clock and call time.

H2 2:06 | Virginia Tech 71, Wake Forest 71

Wake Forest takes the lead off a bucket from Spillers; however, Hammond counters with a layup. He's up to 14.

H2 3:30 | Virginia Tech 69, Wake Forest 69

Wake Forest assumes the lead off a breakaway jam from Spillers; Bedford counters with a layup. He has 25 points today. Hansberry at four fouls.

H2 4:59 | Virginia Tech 67, Wake Forest 67

Wake Forest's Nate Calmese notches a pair of free throws to tie it at 67. Crowd is getting more and more raucous.

H2 6:10 | Virginia Tech 65, Wake Forest 65

Wake Forest roars back to tie the game at 65 after a successful and-one. Colvin tied it previously at the 6:30 mark with a dunk, but Bedford countered with a triple, raising his total to 21.

H2 8:10 | Virginia Tech 60, Wake Forest 58

For the first time today, the Hokies lead following a Hansberry trey. Demon Deacons call time.

H2 9:00 | Wake Forest 58, Virginia Tech 57

One-point game now. Bedford found a relatively uncontested look to slice the deficit again.

H2 9:30 | Wake Forest 58, Virginia Tech 55

Wake Forest pushed it as high as eight for a time before Hammond worked his way inside for a jumper. Then, Bedford uncorked one from long range to make it a three-point game — again.

H2 12:00 | Wake Forest 53, Virginia Tech 50

The deficit's back down to three; Tech's hung around but it hasn't been able to take the lead today.

H2 12:52 | Wake Forest 50, Virginia Tech 46

The Hokies have shot 5-for-10 in the second frame — 0-for-5 beyond the arc, 5-for-5 inside it. They trail by four with just under 13 minutes remaining in this one.

H2 12:52 | Wake Forest 50, Virginia Tech 46

The Hokies have shot 5-for-10 in the second frame — 0-for-5 beyond the arc, 5-for-5 inside it. They trail by four with just under 13 minutes remaining in this one.

H2 14:45 | Wake Forest 45, Virginia Tech 43

A Bedford jumper, which raises his total to 13, slices the Deacons' lead to just two. The Hokies are holding tough here in Winston-Salem.

H2 17:45 | Wake Forest 41, Virginia Tech 36

The Hokies we outscored 5-2 in the opening 2:15 of the second frame.

HALFTIME | Wake Forest 36, Virginia Tech 32

The Hokies started off incredibly slowly and were outscored 12-2 at the beginning of the contest. However, they've keyed in since and have outscored Wake Forest 30-24 since. Tech trails by four at the break.

H1 1:00 | Wake Forest 34, Virginia Tech 32

The deficit has now been trimmed all the way down to two. Schutt nailed a triple, his first of the game.

H1 2:00 | Wake Forest 32, Virginia Tech 29

The Hokies have sliced the deficit to three off the back of a pair of Bedford triples.

H1 3:15 | Wake Forest 30, Virginia Tech 23

Ben Hammond showing out — the guard's scored a team-high eight points today. Solid start off the heels of his 30-point heroics vs. UVa on New Year's. The Hokies are still down seven at the U-4 MTO, though.

H1 5:40 | Wake Forest 23, Virginia Tech 16

Bedford forces a foul off a steal of the ball from Colvin. To the line he goes. The Hokies sit at a 4-for-17 (23.5%) clip from the field (1-for-8, 12.5%, from deep) and 7-for-11 (63.6%) from stripe. Bedford missed both shots at the line.

H1 6:49 | Wake Forest 23, Virginia Tech 15

Something to monitor: Both Amani Hansberry and Christian Gurdak already sit at three fouls. Not ideal at all for a team down Tobi Lawal, Tyler Johnson and Antonio Dorn today. Avdalas also has six turnovers in 11 minutes.

H1 7:18 | Wake Forest 23, Virginia Tech 15

Little bit of jawing going on after a foul by Wake's Cooper Schwieger. Double techs on Hansberry and the Deacons' Sebastian Akins. Jones clanks the first at the stripe, cashes the second. #Hokies trail by eight.

H1 7:58 | Wake Forest 21, Virginia Tech 14

The pendulum's swung back the other way. Seven of Tech's 15 shots have been taken by guard Jailen Bedford; Wake has held him to 2-for-7 shooting for five points, though he has four rebounds. The Hokies have committed 10 fouls to Wake's five.

H1 11:00 | Wake Forest 19, Virginia Tech 14

Wake Forest takes a five-point lead into the U-12 MTO off a trey from Colvin and a fast-break steal and score by guard Mekhi Mason. The Hokies are 4-for-11 from the field but have made four of their last five.

H1 12:21 | Virginia Tech 14, Wake Forest 14

And just like that, we're deadlocked at 14. The first few minutes put the Hokies behind the 8-ball — but it looks like they've caught up. Hansberry cashed in an and-one with the free throw to tie it at 14.

H1 12:49 | Wake Forest 14, Virginia Tech 11

The Hokies have erupted on a 9-2 run since it was 12-2 to slice the deficit to three. Sin'Cere Jones the second Hokie to come off the bench as he checks in for Schutt.

H1 14:00 | Wake Forest 14, Virginia Tech 6

Hammond checked in for Avdalas, who had four turnovers in as many minutes. Hansberry logged Tech's first made field goal 5:48 in.

H1 15:44 | Wake Forest 12, Virginia Tech 4

Wake's Myles Colvin assessed a technical foul for taunting after an emphatic slam pre-U16 MTO. Ben Hammond coming to the line and into the game; he sinks both.

H1 15:46 | Wake Forest 12, Virginia Tech 2

The Hokies are 0-for-3 from the field to start; Wake Forest has made more shots (five) than Tech has taken. The Hokies have committed five turnovers, four of which came from Avdalas.

H1 17:50 | Wake Forest 2, Virginia Tech 0

Omaha Biliew kicks things off with a score on a fast-break; Avdalas subsequently coughs it up on the baseline.

H1 START | Virginia Tech 0, Wake Forest 0

Wake Forest wins the tip and we're off.

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