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The Demon Deacons (12-9, 2-7 ACC) tallied 15 total assists on the night on 22 made baskets (68.2 percent). Freshman forward Opal Bird led the Deacs with six assists in the game while finishing an efficient 3-of-4 from the field with seven points for the game. On the offensive end of the floor, Wake Forest was led by a pair of 13-point performances from freshman Milan Brown and sophomore Grace Oliver. Oliver nearly completed her second-straight double double, posting a team-high eight rebounds.
Final pic.twitter.com/KWKfO1WGoA
— Wake Forest Women's Basketball (@WakeWBB) January 24, 2026
Coming into the game, Oliver led the conference and ranked 10th nationally with a 60.7 field goal percentage. She had another efficient night, going 6-of-11 from the floor including 1-of-2 from behind the arc. This marked Brown’s seventh double figure game of the season, and she added three assists and three rebounds to her team-high in points.
Keeping attacking @MilanBrown0 😤 pic.twitter.com/7xoeKZ1oFd
— Wake Forest Women's Basketball (@WakeWBB) January 24, 2026
The Deacs controlled the paint against Virginia Tech (16-5, 6-3 ACC), winning the points in the paint battle, 34-28. Across 21 games, the Deacs have totaled 664 points in the paint (31.6 per game).
Back in front 👊
26-24, Deacs 🎩 pic.twitter.com/nWh98Dmr3S
— Wake Forest Women's Basketball (@WakeWBB) January 24, 2026
“This started yesterday in practice but we didn’t win in any area today. This is probably our worst game that we’ve played all year. We didn’t follow the gameplan, and that showed today. I’m most disappointed with our effort once we got down. That’s frustrating in how we showed up today. We have to make some major improvements to win in this league from what we’ve been doing, and that starts in practice this week.” – Megan Gebbia
Up Next
Wake Forest returns to the Joel this upcoming Thursday as they welcome the Virginia Cavaliers.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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