By Jerry Ratcliffe

About midway through the second half Friday evening, with the game pretty much already decided, Chance Mallory still gave his coach and the Virginia fans something to get excited about.

The home-grown, sophomore point guard dived head-first on the floor and fought off a pack of Northeastern Huskies for the basketball, which eventually ended up in the hands of teammate Thijs De Ridder, who promptly slammed it home in thunderous fashion.

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