Sports
By J.D. Moss
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January 27, 2003
There's no place quite like home.
Returning to the friendly confines of University Hall, Virginia (11-6, 2-3 ACC) used a balanced scoring attack to snap a three-game skid and upset 17th-ranked Wake Forest (12-2, 2-2 ACC) Thursday night, 85-75.
The Cavaliers trailed for much of the first half, but junior guard Majestic Mapp came off the bench to give Virginia an emotional lift, as he logged his first significant minutes of the season.
Virginia trailed by seven when Mapp entered the game with 6 minutes and 43 seconds left in the first half, but Mapp immediately hit a three-pointer and helped steady the Cavaliers.
"We needed" Mapp, Virginia coach Pete Gillen said.