Hot shooting night drives women’s basketball past Boston College 69-52
By Muhammad Amjad | January 13, 2020Virginia women’s basketball won consecutive games for just the second time all season in a convincing win Sunday afternoon.
Virginia women’s basketball won consecutive games for just the second time all season in a convincing win Sunday afternoon.
Virginia battled with Duke throughout the game, but the Cavaliers were able to come away with a narrow win late in the fourth quarter.
Virginia women’s basketball hosted three teams — James Madison, UCLA, and Central Florida — over the weekend for the annual Cavalier Classic.
The Cavaliers (3-3, 0-0 ACC) relied on a breakthrough performance by freshman guard Kylie-Kornegay to battle back against the Monarchs (3-1, 0-0 ODAC).
Virginia traveled Tuesday to face off against perennial powerhouse No. 4 Connecticut in an early season test for the Cavaliers.
In a competitive game from start to finish, Virginia women’s basketball fell short in the closing minutes against Kentucky.
Four different Virginia players scored double-digit points, and two more were just a couple of points off the mark.
In the first of two road games on the West Coast, Virginia lost to Southern California 59-49 Saturday at the Galen Center.
The last time Virginia played Southern California, in 1995, Thompson was wearing her No. 14 jersey on and scored 25 points in a loss to then-No. 7 Virginia.
Willoughby sparked the offensive effort for Virginia, hitting on all three of her three-pointers en route to a career-high 31 points and 11 rebounds.
With the season just a few days away, it's time to preview the 2019-20 schedule.
The women's team kicked off the preseason basketball action at 3 p.m. and were followed by the men at 4 p.m. The event concluded with an autograph session that allowed fans to meet the players.
However, the Cavaliers will look very different in 2019-2020 with a much deeper roster that will be more capable of leading the team back to the NCAA Tournament.
Junior guard Jocelyn Willoughby was not only the leading scorer and rebounder for the Virginia women’s basketball team this season but also is a current resident of the Lawn and is active both on Grounds and with the NCAA.
Next season’s Virginia squad should fulfill the high expectations that this year’s team, who received votes in the preseason AP poll but ended up with a losing record, did not meet.
The Virginia women’s basketball team (12-18, 5-11 ACC) lost to No. 18 Syracuse (23-7, 11-5 ACC) 67-57 in the second round of the ACC Tournament Thursday at the Greensboro Coliseum.
The 12th-seeded Virginia women’s basketball team (12-18, 6-11 ACC) beat 13th-seeded Boston College (14-16, 3-13 ACC) 77-61 in the opening round of the ACC Tournament Wednesday afternoon.
The Virginia women’s basketball team (11-18, 5-11 ACC) lost 103-66 on the road against Notre Dame Sunday afternoon at Purcell Pavilion. The game was Virginia’s regular season finale.
The Virginia women’s basketball team (11-17, 5-10 ACC) lost on the road to Virginia Tech (18-10, 5-10 ACC) by a score of 63-45 Thursday night.
The Virginia women’s basketball team lost 71-49 at home against No. 4 Louisville Thursday night.