No. 9 Virginia cruises past Pittsburgh
Led by 21 points from senior guard Malcolm Brogdon, ninth-ranked Virginia downed Pittsburgh, 64-50, Saturday afternoon.
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Led by 21 points from senior guard Malcolm Brogdon, ninth-ranked Virginia downed Pittsburgh, 64-50, Saturday afternoon.
No. 11 Virginia men’s basketball notched their fourth-consecutive win and handed 16th-ranked Louisville its worst loss at the KFC Yum! Center, 63-47. The Cavaliers’ defense limited the Cardinals (17-4, 6-2 ACC) to a paltry 32.7 shooting percentage.
Virginia Coach Tony Bennett was jubilant as he fielded questions from the media in Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. And he had all the reason in the world to be. Mere minutes earlier, his 11th-ranked Cavaliers (16-4, 5-3 ACC) shocked Wake Forest with a frantic comeback that culminated in a game-winning, buzzer-beating, bank-shot three ball by sophomore guard Darius Thompson.
Junior Filip Mihaljevic and redshirt freshman Jack Lint headlined Virginia indoor track and field’s two-day participation at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky.
After a reschedule and the moving of mountains of snow, No. 13 Virginia and Syracuse clashed in the immediate wake of Winter Storm Jonas. The Cavaliers (15-4, 4-3 ACC) overcame a turbulent second half to halt the streaking Orange (13-8, 3-5 ACC), 73-65.
Trailing No. 13 Virginia 64-59 with 25 seconds remaining, junior guard Avry Holmes launched a three that threatened to make the game a one-possession affair. Holmes’ attempted caromed off the rim and into the steady hands of sophomore guard Devon Hall. The crucial board was but one of many big plays by Hall, who is emerging as the Cavaliers’ third starting guard, in Virginia’s 69-62 victory Monday night.
No. 13 Virginia shot 61.1 percent from the floor in the second half to pull away from eighth-ranked Miami in a 66-58 victory Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. The victory pulls the Cavaliers (13-3, 2-2 ACC) back to .500 in conference action.
No. 4 Virginia could not overcome a season-high 12-point halftime deficit and lost to Georgia Tech 68-64 Saturday afternoon at the Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Ga. The loss was the second in as many games for the Cavaliers (12-3, 1-2 ACC) and also marks the first back-to-back defeats since December of 2013.
Led by a season-high 16 points from senior center Mike Tobey, fifth-ranked Virginia basketball surged past Oakland Wednesday night, 71-58.
No. 5 Virginia did not hold a lead until the final minute of regulation and led for a total of 32 seconds in a 63-62 overtime victory over California Tuesday night. A clutch three-pointer by junior guard London Perrantes with 10 seconds remaining in the extra period provided the game-winning points.
Fresh out of final exams for the fall semester, No. 8 Virginia basketball prepares themselves for another stern examination, this one coming on the hardwood against 12th-ranked Villanova.
Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall announced Saturday the addition of eight assistant coaches to his staff. Six assistants from Mendenhall’s staff at BYU will join former East Carolina head coach Ruffin McNeill and Virginia wide receivers coach Marques Hagans.