Virginia stays perfect with 83-54 victory at William & Mary
This is the Cavaliers’ first 11-0 start to a season since 1991 and their first 11-game win streak since 1995.
This is the Cavaliers’ first 11-0 start to a season since 1991 and their first 11-game win streak since 1995.
The Virginia women’s basketball team plays at William & Mary on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg.
Coming out of a timeout with only 60 seconds to play, Virginia freshman Ryan Dunn lurked deep in the right corner of the floor, anticipating a pass from veteran teammate Kihei Clark.
UVA got a huge play from freshman forward Ryan Dunn to take control late, and slammed the door shut on the defensive end, walking away with a 55-50 win at John Paul Jones Arena Tuesday night.
In Wednesday evening’s tough 55-50 win over James Madison, Kihei Clark and Jayden Gardner helped Virginia produce retribution for last season’s 52-49 win by the Dukes over the Cavaliers at JMU.
No. 3 Virginia aims to stay unbeaten heading into exam break, as James Madison makes the short trip over the mountain Tuesday for an 8-p.m. in-state showdown at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Cavaliers (10-0, 1-0 ACC) got a season-high 22 points — including four 3-pointers — from senior McKenna Dale, as they doubled their win total from all of last season not even 30 full days into Amaka Agugua-Hamilton’s tenure as UVA head coach.
Kihei Clark isn’t only piling up assists in his fifth year as Virginia’s point guard, he’s piling up NIL deals as well. Rhoback, a growing activewear brand based in Charlottesville, has signed Clark to an exclusive apparel partnership.
The Virginia women’s basketball team returns home to host UNCW on Sunday at 2 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena.
Kihei Clark has seemingly been around the ACC for so long that opposing coaches swear he’s drawing Social Security.
The Cavaliers knew they were going to have to find ways to make shots, and that is where the free-throw line came into play.
Remember the gut punch Florida State delivered to an NCAA-hopeful Virginia late last February when Matthew Cleveland drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Cavaliers, 64-63?
Third-ranked Virginia begins its 70th season of ACC competition Saturday at home against a struggling Florida State team at 2 p.m., but don’t expect Tony Bennett to be taking the matchup with the Seminoles lightly.
This is the Cavaliers’ first 9-0 start to a season since 1991 and their first nine-game win streak since the 2008-09 season. This is Virginia’s first victory in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge since 2012.
There was nothing like a quick wardrobe change and some textbook Tony Bennett halftime adjustments to get No. 3 Virginia refocused in a dramatic comeback at Michigan on Tuesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
UVA coach Tony Bennett said after Wednesday’s matchup with Michigan that you can never win a tough game without a little grit and fight. His No. 3 Virginia team displayed both as it erased an 11-point halftime deficit and went ahead to stay on a Jayden Gardner elbow jumper with 39 seconds remaining.
The Virginia women’s basketball team takes on Penn State on Wednesday at 7 p.m., in an ACC-Big Ten Challenge game at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa.
Tony Bennett couldn’t help but wonder how his Virginia basketball team would handle big-time competition when the Cavaliers took on ranked Baylor and Illinois teams in Las Vegas over a week ago.
The Virginia men’s basketball team has moved up to No. 3 in the national AP top 25 poll, jumping from fifth place in last week’s poll.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference and ESPN announced Monday the formation of the ACC/SEC Challenge for men’s and women’s basketball, which will begin as part of the 2023-24 season.