They say a good team is measured by how it performs on its worst night against an inferior opponent.
For the 20th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies, Sunday’s 64-60 victory over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem certainly put that theory to the test.
Virginia Tech, one of the better three-point shooting teams in the ACC, struggled mightily against the Demon Deacons. Tech shot just 22 percent from beyond the arc. To make matters worse, forward Keve Aluma struggled, too.
Fortunately for the Hokies, Aluma helped elsewhere. While he scored just five points, making only one of six shots from the field, he led the team with 11 rebounds and blocked four shots.