BLACKSBURG – The No. 17/16 Virginia Tech women’s basketball team held off a late surging Wake Forest team to pick up the 72-70 win on Monday afternoon at Cassell Colisem. With the win, Tech improves to 16-1 on the season and 3-1 in the ACC.
The win marks the program’s best start in ACC play through the first four games. Previous bests were 2-2 in 2015-16, 2011-12 and 2004-05.
Chanette Hicks led the Hokies with a career-high 29 points on 13-of-23 from the field. In addition, Hicks handed out seven assists and tallied two steals.