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The Plus/Minus: UVA women’s basketball falls to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament

Related Topics: Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Minus

68-57. That’s a loss, and really, the game wasn’t this close. Sure, the Virginia Cavaliers made runs throughout the game. A 12-point second quarter deficit was cut down to three at the half and then Alexia Smith made the opening bucket of the second half. One-point deficit! It’s game time! Except it wasn’t. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons scored nine points in a couple of minutes as part of a 21-1 run. There was the inevitable Virginia comeback: the ‘Hoos got it down to a five-point deficit with 3:41 to play.