After winning convincingly in the first round of the WBIT against NC A&T, Virginia Tech is back on the court tonight and hoping to make it to the quarterfinals. This afternoon, they will host Texas Tech, the fifth meeting between the two programs in their history.

Virginia Tech is 2-2 all-time against
Texas Tech in women’s basketball with
the most recent meeting taking place
on Dec. 20, 2005, in Cancun, Mexico.
All four meetings have come in a
multi-team event, including the
Caribbean Classic in Cancun, the Duel
in the Desert in Las Vegas, the NCAA
tournament in 2001 and the San Juan
Shootout in Puerto Rico.
This season the two clubs had two
common opponents in Florida State
and SMU. The Red Raiders lost both
games, while the Hokies went 1-1 with
a victory over SMU.
The last Big 12 opponent VT faced
was Baylor in the NCAA tournament
in 2024.

The 61-45 victory over the NC A&T
Aggies was the second this season
with the Hokies scoring 61 points.
It is the fewest points scored in a
Hokie victory since Tech beat Miami
while scoring 55 points at the ACC
tournament in 2024.
The win was the second this season
when shooting below 40% from the
field.

VT is now 14-1 this season when
holding opponents to 69 or fewer
points. Texas Tech averages 63.6
points per game.
Kayl Petersen registered five blocks,
it was the first time that a Hokie
recorded five since Elizabeth Kitley did
so vs. Kansas in the Cayman Islands
(Nov. 24, 2023).
Mackenzie Nelson recorded her third
double figure scoring game in the last
four outings. In those games she is
averaging 9 ppg, shooting 53% and
has a 16-3 assist-to-turnover ratio.
The only two games this season in
which the Hokies have had two or
fewer athletes score in doube figures
have been the last two (1-1).
The Hokies held NC A&T to single
digits in the second quarter. It was the
first time that the Hokies’ defense had
accomplished the feat since the Wake
Forest game on Jan. 12. Tech then did
it again in the third quarter.

Here is how you can watch today’s game.

TV: ESPN+

Bailey Angle and Mack McCarthy

RADIO: Virginia Tech Sports Network, Evan Hughes PxP

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Jessica Aber, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead on Saturday. She was 43.

A statement from Alexandria Police said Aber was confirmed dead after officers responded to the 900 block of Beverly Drive in Alexandria, Virginia at approximately 9:18 a.m.

Officers were initially called to the scene in response to an unresponsive woman.

A cause of death has not yet been released by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia. An investigation is underway.

Local leaders are remembering her work as a public servant.

Erik Siebert, who serves as the current U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, remembered Aber as an “unmatched as a leader, mentor, and prosecutor.”

“She is simply irreplaceable as a human being. We remain in awe of how much she accomplished in her all too brief time in this world,” he said in a statement. “Jess was a proud Virginian from high school through college and throughout her career.”

Aber was nominated to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia during former President Joe Biden’s term in office. She had been unanimously confirmed to serve in the posting.

During her time in that role, Aber led a staff of 300 prosecutors, civil litigators and support personnel across the state. Aber resigned from the position in January, when President Donald Trump came into office.

WTOP’s Gaby Arancibia contributed to this report. 

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