Blacksburg, Va. – At the rear of 20-issue video games from each Aisha Sheppard and Azana Baines, Virginia Tech downed Clemson 73-42 on Tuesday night time in Blacksburg, Va. The get moves the Hokies to 17-6, 9-3 ACC on the yr, while the loss drops the Tigers to 8-16, 2-11 ACC. 

Amari Robinson led the Tigers with 14 details on the evening, the only Tiger in double figures. Kionna Gaines completed with 8 factors, while Eno Inyang completed with six details and 6 rebounds. 

The Tigers kept it shut early  with seven offensive rebounds in the initial quarter, but Virginia Tech employed a 6- run to drive their lead to 12 and drive a Clemson timeout with 6:53 remaining in the 2nd. The Tigers finished the fifty percent on an 11-3 operate, which include back again-to-back again baskets by Kionna Gaines to slice the Virginia Tech direct to four heading into halftime.

Virginia Tech used a 13-2 operate to open up the third to consider a 15-level edge. The teams traded baskets till the Hokies ended the quarter on a 6- run to take a 19-point guide into the game’s last 10 minutes. The Hokies ongoing to incorporate to the guide, pushing it to 29 with 3:00 to go. The Tigers ended up held scoreless for the closing 6:14 of the recreation, slipping 73-42.

Clemson held a person of the ACC’s foremost scorers in Elizabeth Kitley to just two details on -2 taking pictures, but the Hokies received stellar performances from Baines and Sheppard to down the Tigers. 

The Tigers are back again in motion soon after a different brief turnaround, internet hosting Wake Forest inside of Littlejohn at 2:00 p.m.