WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- It wasn't Clemson, but it wasn't good.

Less than 48 hours after a 31-point home loss to Clemson, Virginia gave itself a chance Saturday but collapsed down the stretch in a 80-64 loss to Wake Forest.

The Deacons scored the last 13 points after UVa had cut the deficit to 67-64 with nearly four minutes remaining.

"I've said throughout this stretch that it's not that we aren't battling, but we're making the same types of errors," said UVa coach Dave Leitao after the Cavaliers' ninth loss in the last 10 games, including six in a row. "Other teams see that on film and it builds their confidence."

Leitao shook up the Cavaliers' lineup, giving Jamil Tucker the first start of his career and restoring the starting spots that Ryan Pettinella and Jeff Jones had held previously.

"There's only one result and that's to score more points than the other team," Leitao said. "And, when that doesn't happen, then [the new lineup] doesn't work."

The Cavaliers (11-11, 1-8 ACC) never led and trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half.

Pettinella finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the second double-double of his two-year UVa career but also missed all five of his free-throw attempts.

"Thanks for throwing that one in," Leitao said.

No player in UVa history has attempted as many free throws as Pettinella (60) and shot as low a percentage (23.3).

"It's very difficult," said Pettinella, who made six of seven shots from the field. "It's very disappointing for me personally that I can't nail that facet of my game down. It's been a downer all season, especially when we've got games like this."

The Cavs got as close as three points on three occasions in the last 8 ¹₂ times and were not out of the game before Wake's Harvey Hale hit a 3-pointer to make it 72-64 with 2:45 left.

Hale was left open after UVa defender Sean Singletary was flattened by a screen.

"Obviously, the play went on, so they were at a man advantage," said Singletary, who collapsed in a ball, clutching his shoulder.

Singletary, who had 21 points at the time, returned but went scoreless the rest of the way. In fact, the Cavaliers did not score in nine possessions after Wake switched to a zone.

"We hadn't practiced a zone for 10 minutes," first-year Deacons coach Dino Gaudio said, "but we couldn't guard Sean. He kept getting to the rim and getting to the rim, but we had the wherewithal to keep him in front of us in the zone."

UVa couldn't defend the 3-pointer for the second game in a row. Clemson was 16-for-26 on 3-pointers in an 82-51 victory at John Paul Jones Arena, and Wake (14-8, 4-5) followed that with 10-for-21 from beyond the arc.

"We're not playing 'D,' " said Singletary, who extended his double-figure scoring streak to 44 games.

Virginia shot 33.3 percent from the field, marking the fourth time in five games that the Cavaliers have failed to shoot 40 percent. They made only four of 19 3-pointers.

Mamadi Diane, who had started all 53 of Virginia's previous games over the past two years, missed three shots in 51 seconds after entering the game and finished 2-for-9 from the field. Diane is 5-for-25 over the past three games.

Adrian Joseph played 32 minutes and had four points, three rebounds and four turnovers.

"It's true for us for two-plus years that, when we get [defensive] stops, we make shots," Leitao said. "We missed a lot of wide-open threes, point-blank mid-range shots and drives to the basket that would have put us in great shape, but you don't make those things continually. I don't care who you are.

"Wake Forest wouldn't have made 10 3-pointers if they hadn't defended us. They defended us well enough to get confidence."

Virginia MP FG FT R A F PT

Tucker 30 2-10 0-0 9 1 4 6

Joseph 32 2-7 0-0 3 0 2 4

Pettinella 24 6-7 0-5 11 0 4 12

Jones 17 1-6 1-2 4 0 1 4

Singletary 36 7-18 7-8 1 3 3 21

Farrakhan 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0

Baker 24 1-5 0-0 4 2 2 3

Diane 17 2-9 5-6 6 1 2 9

Scott 12 0-1 3-4 3 0 4 3

Meyinsse 4 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 2

Totals 200 22-66 16-25 49 7 22 64

Wake Forest MP FG FT R A F PT

McFarland 21 4-7 1-2 6 0 3 9

Johnson 35 6-9 7-10 8 0 3 21

Teague 34 2-9 1-2 4 4 3 6

Hale 32 4-11 3-4 3 0 2 15

Smith 31 6-10 1-5 4 6 3 15

Clark 16 3-5 2-4 4 3 2 8

Skeen 13 0-3 1-2 3 1 1 1

Weaver 18 2-2 0-0 3 0 3 5

Totals 200 27-56 16-29 38 14 20 80

Rebounds include team rebounds.

Score by periods:

Virginia 27 37 -- 64

Wake Forest 36 44 -- 80

3-point goals: UVa 4-19 (Tucker 2-7, Joseph 0-1, Jones 1-2, Singletary 0-3, Farrakhan 0-1, Baker 1-3, Diane 0-2), WF 10-21 (Johnson 2-3, Teague 1-4, Hale 4-7, Smith 2-2, Clark 0-2, Skeen 0-2, Weaver 1-1). Turnovers: UVa 16 (Singletary 4, Joseph 4), WF 10 (Teague 3). Blocked shots: UVa 0, WF 8 (Johnson 3). Steals: UVa 5 (Singletary 2), WF 4 (Hale 2).

Officials: Jones, Kersey, Ayers.

Attendance: 14,179.