The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (12–10, 2–8 ACC) played a home thriller against the Virginia Cavaliers (15–6, 7–3 ACC) that took three overtimes—a 23-year first and just the third time in program history. Additionally, this was the Deacs' best outing in the Megan Gebbia era, surpassing their previous best in the 2024–2025 season opener. To fuel the scoring, freshman guard Milan Brown put up the best performance of her young career: 30 points (career high), 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Speaking of career highs, freshman Caitlyn Jones tallied 18 points while shooting 72.7% from the field (team best). To round out the Deacs in double digits, Mary Carter and Aurora Sørbye both notched a dozen points.