The Virginia women’s basketball team had its three-game win streak halted Sunday evening at West Virginia, falling 68-58. After trailing by double-digits in the first four minutes of the game, the Cavaliers were unable to crawl all the way back.
Virginia (3-2) trailed West Virginia (4-1) by 11 points after 10 minutes, but chipped away at the deficit as the first half neared its conclusion. Senior guard Ataira Franklin brought her team within seven on a lay-up three seconds before the horn. In the second half, the Cavaliers pulled within one on senior guard Lexie Gerson’s 3-pointer with 12:19 to play, but the Mountaineers responded with a 13-0 run in the next seven minutes to seal the victory.
Franklin scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including a lethal 6-of-7 from deep, and also hauled in a team-best eight rebounds. Gerson added 10 points and seven boards, and four other Cavaliers chipped in at least five rebounds to help the Cavaliers offset a nightmarish outing for forward Sarah Imovbioh. The Cavalier junior entered the game fourth in the ACC averaging 11 rebounds per game, but she fouled out in just 10 minutes of action and did not record a rebound.
Virginia shot just 34.4 percent from the field and missed 10-of-16 free throw attempts but saw relatively more success from beyond the arc, connecting on 10-of-22 3-point attempts. The Cavaliers committed a whopping 28 fouls and all 11 players that saw game action were whistled for at least one personal foul.
Virginia’s next stop is Grand Bahama Island’s Junkanoo Jam tournament, where the Cavaliers will face Tennessee in a Thanksgiving day game before matching up against either Kansas State or Southern Methodist University Friday.
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