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Wake Forest will look to complete a season series sweep of Virginia Tech when it meets the Hokies on Tuesday evening at Cassell Coliseum. The game, set to tip-off at 7 p.m., will be televised regionally by FSN and will be broadcast on the Wake Forest ISP Radio Network.
Deacons, who enter the game at 16-11 overall and 6-8 in the ACC, stunned the Hokies, 77-75, earlier this season on Dec. 23 in Winston-Salem. Wake came back from eight down with 82 seconds to play. The rally was capped by Ishmael Smith's hanging jumper with 0.6 seconds remaining.
Wake Forest is coming off an 87-79 overtime loss at Georgia Tech on Saturday. The setback was the Deacs' third straight. Chas McFarland led Wake with 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Jeff Teague chipped in 20 points.
Virginia Tech comes in at 17-11, 8-6. The Hokies have been off since defeating Boston College, 67-48, last Tuesday in Blacksburg.
Wake Forest leads the all-time series with Virginia Tech, 26-23. The Hokies have won three of the five meetings since joining the ACC in 2004-05.
Quickie Notes
- Chas McFarland leads all ACC players in per game scoring improvement from a year ago, going from 0.7 in 2006-07 to 8.7 this season (+8.0). He is second among league players in per game minutes at +16.2 (5.4 - 21.6).
- Over his past three games, McFarland is averaging 16.7 ppg and 7.7 rpg and is shooting 69.0 percent (20-29) from the field.
- Wake Forest has not beaten Virginia Tech twice in one season since 1964-65. The teams have played multiple games in a season three times since. | 
