Virginia Tech Women's Basketball: Instant Takeaways from the Hokies loss vs Stanford

1. Matilda Ekh Leads The Way!

Till connects again 👀

4-4 FG
9 points pic.twitter.com/4jRjGbKOZo
— Virginia Tech Women's Basketball (@HokiesWBB) February 21, 2025

In the first half, Matilda Ekh led the way for the Hokies scoring the basketball with 13 points and didn't miss a single shot. The rest of the team struggled in the first half shooting 5 of 18 from the field. To end the game, Ekh scored 18 points and dished out 5 assists but was held relatively quiet through much of the second half partly due to the easy opportunities being taken.

2. Rebounding

📊 Hokie highs at the half 📊

Matilda 6-6 13pts
Carleigh 7pts/1reb
Rose 4pts/9reb
Lani 5pts/2reb/1ast
— Virginia Tech Women's Basketball (@HokiesWBB) February 21, 2025

The Hokies out-rebounded Stanford in the first half, 23 to 9 and Rose Micheaux was able to grab over her season average of rebounds in the first half of 9 and tied Stanford for the first-half rebounds. To end the game, the Hokies couldn't get much to transfer points but they won the rebound battle 42-32.

3. Defense

Halftime: Virginia Tech 32, Stanford 25.#Hokies led for 17:36. Paced by Ekh's 13 pts (6-of-6 FG). Micheaux stayed out of foul trouble for a while, too, and grabbed 9 boards. VT up 23-9 on glass.

Cardinal is just 2-of-8 from distance but 8-of-16 on 2-pt shots. pic.twitter.com/YczUcmRj4E
— David Cunningham (@therealdcunna) February 21, 2025

The Hokies had a dominant first half defensively forcing turnovers and holding Stanford to just 3 assists in the half. The Hokies held Stanford to under 40% shooting to end the first half and kept everyone else besides Clardy in check. Even though this happened in the first half, this wouldn't be the same story for the second half as the Hokies ended the game getting outscored 35-27 and 23-16 in the fourth quarter.

4. Turnovers

chloe snags the steal and finds courtney, who’s up to 13 😮‍💨

📺 ACCN pic.twitter.com/uonPoQbNur
— Stanford WBB 🌲🏀 (@StanfordWBB) February 21, 2025

Virginia Tech turned the ball over 22 times leading to Chloe Clardy scoring a career high 30 points tonight. In the last few minutes of overtime and regulation the Hokies looked tight, leading to them being scoreless the last few minutes of regulation and overtime. The game ended with Rose Micheaux committing a turnover on a inbound play looking to tie the game for a second overtime period.

5. Rose Micheaux

Rose gets into double figures and now owns a double-double 🫡

11 pts
10 reb pic.twitter.com/KMUbli40S3
— Virginia Tech Women's Basketball (@HokiesWBB) February 21, 2025

Rose Micheaux was very dominant tonight on both ends of the court. Micheaux had another double tonight scoring 21 points, and grabbing 13 rebounds, good enough for her seventh double-double this season.

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