BLACKSBURG, Va. – Kenny Brooks has won nearly 63% of his games since becoming the Virginia Tech women’s basketball coach in 2016.
But no victory was sweeter than the one he received Thursday. Aisha Sheppard scored 18 of her 28 points in overtime to help Virginia Tech upset No.
2 North Carolina State 83-71. Sheppard hit two of her four 3-pointers in the extra session, and the Hokies (8-7, 3-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) pulled away to beat a Top 5 opponent for the first time since knocking off No.
5 Old Dominion in 1985. Virginia Tech had never beaten an opponent ranked higher than No. 5 in the Associated Press poll. “You like the sundae, but sometimes the cherry on top is really good, too,” Brooks said. “You don’t know which one is the