BLACKSBURG -- The Virginia Tech women's basketball team was as bad as the weather Friday afternoon.

The Hokies blew a double-digit, second-half lead and fell to Wake Forest 58-51 at Cassell Coliseum.

"We should've won this game," said Utahya Drye, who had nine points and four turnovers. "They wanted it more than us."

Trailing 47-36 with 7:45 to go, Wake Forest turned up the defensive pressure and went on an 18-0 run to grab a 54-47 lead with 1:42 remaining.

"We should've won," Tech coach Beth Dunkenberger said. "We got back on our heels and played not to lose and just got careless with that ball.

"Once they got a few layups and got back in it, we got rattled. I think we lost our poise. ... We just didn't get into an offense, so we were not even able to make an entry pass."

The Hokies (12-10, 2-6 ACC), who lost for the fifth time in six games, committed eight turnovers during the run.

"When they started applying the pressure, ... we just became passive," Drye said. "We weren't really looking to score. We were just trying to pass too much, and it turned into turnovers, which turned into points for them.

"Whenever they got up on us, ... the ball just came loose. We can't have that."

The Demon Deacons (14-8, 5-3) scored six baskets off turnovers during the run, when they recorded four of their five steals.

"The last eight minutes, we were pretty disruptive," said Wake coach Mike Petersen, whose team won for the fourth time in five games.

The Demon Deacons, one of the stingiest teams in the ACC, won on a foe's home court for the first time since November. They had lost their past six games in Blacksburg.

About 300 fans braved the weather to attend the game, which was moved up from 6:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. so Wake Forest could make an earlier exit.

In the teams' meeting last month, Tech led 62-55 with 4:19 to go. The Demon Deacons finished with an 11-1 run to win 66-63.

"It's definitely frustrating, happening in the same year to the same team twice," said Lindsay Biggs, who had 12 points for Tech. "We stopped being aggressive.

"We threw it away at crucial times. ... We stopped being as intense as we were the whole game."

Courtney Morris stole the ball from Nikki Davis and made a jumper to give Wake its first lead of the second half at 48-47 with 3:59 to go.

After a Tech timeout, Drye turned the ball over when her pass went off Davis' face. Camille Collier sank a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 51-47.

Secily Ray (13 points) buried a 3-pointer at the shot-clock buzzer to finish the run.

"When we get hesitant and play not to lose, that's when you lose ballgames," Dunkenberger said. "We just kind of got back on our heels, like, 'Okay, let's not make a mistake.' ... That's when bad things happen."

Sandra Garcia had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Wake, which shot 55.6 percent from the field in the second half.

Davis, who missed the previous two games with an injured knee, came off the bench Friday. Playing with a knee brace, she had three points in 17 minutes.

The Hokies committed 17 turnovers and shot 35.2 percent from the field.

WAKE FOREST (14-8, 5-3)

Waters 4-9 1-2 10, Ray 6-16 0-1 13, Garcia 8-13 1-4 17, Thomas 0-5 1-2 1, Morris 1-4 0-2 2, Collier 3-4 2-2 9, Roulhac 2-3 0-1 6, Boykin 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-2 0, Walker 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 58.

VIRGINIA TECH (12-10, 2-6)

Drye 3-9 3-6 9, Gordon 1-2 0-0 2, Fenyn 3-4 0-1 6, Biggs 5-13 0-0 12, Grey 1-4 6-6 8, Redick 0-4 0-0 0, Davis 1-4 0-0 3, Hadley 0-2 0-0 0, Ayers 1-2 0-0 2, Harrison 4-10 0-2 9. Totals 19-54 9-15 51.

Halftime--Virginia Tech, 24-20. 3-Point Goals--Wake Forest 5-13 (Waters 1-1, Ray 1-5, Morris 0-3, Collier 1-2, Roulhac 2-2), Virginia Tech 4-18 (Drye 0-1, Biggs 2-9, Redick 0-2, Davis 1-4, Harrison 1-2). Rebounds--Wake Forest 35 (Garcia 12), Virginia Tech 35 (Harrison 9). Assists--Wake Forest 11 (Waters 3, Thomas 3), Virginia Tech 12 (Drye 4). Total Fouls--Wake Forest 16, Virginia Tech 16. A--1,929.