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Women’s basketball drops close contest at Pittsburgh

<p>Coming off the bench, junior guard J'Kyra Brown led the Cavaliers with 10 points in a 62-54 loss at Pittsburgh.</p>

Coming off the bench, junior guard J'Kyra Brown led the Cavaliers with 10 points in a 62-54 loss at Pittsburgh.

The Virginia women’s basketball team (13-6, 2-4 ACC) lost a back-and-forth match at Pittsburgh (12-7, 3-3 ACC) Sunday, 62-54. The loss snapped the Cavaliers’ two game conference win streak.

The game shifted momentum multiple times, with the pendulum swinging the Panthers’ way in the final minutes. The teams ended the first quarter at a 12-12 tie. After a second quarter run that put Pittsburgh up 29 at the half, the Cavaliers stormed back to come within one point of the Panthers at the start of the fourth quarter.

A 6-0 run to start the fourth quarter gave Virginia a solid lead, but back-to-back threes by the Panthers put them ahead for good with two minutes left.

Virginia struggled mightily on offense, shooting only 33.3 percent for the game. Junior guard J’Kyra Brown led the Cavaliers with 10 points off the bench. Sophomore forward Brenna Wise led the Panthers, scoring 26 points and a perfect 11-11 on free throws.

The tough road loss leaves Virginia at 2-4 in the ACC. The Cavaliers will return home looking to rebound against their archrival Virginia Tech Thursday night. 

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