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Five takeaways from UVA women’s basketball’s narrow loss to No. 21 NC State

The Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team came up just short on Sunday afternoon, falling to the No. 21 NC State Wolfpack 73-68 inside the Lenovo Center.

In a game that featured 16 ties and 16 lead changes, the ’Hoos held a 68-67 advantage with under two minutes to play. But an ill-timed scoring drought over the final 1:43 opened the door for the Wolfpack to put the game away.

Here are five takeaways from a heartbreaker in Raleigh:

Virginia is still searching for a signature win

Seven days ago, Virginia led for over 30 minutes and nearly knocked off then No.