GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Virginia 78, Virginia Tech 68
(AP Photo/Mike Kropf)
By HANK KURZ Jr.
AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Kihei Clark had 20 points and became Virginia's career victories leader as a player with No. 111 as the No. 10 Cavaliers handed Virginia Tech its sixth straight loss, 78-68.
Armaan Franklin added 15 points and Jayden Gardner 12 for the Cavaliers (14-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). Clark was tied with Mamadi Diane (2017-20) on the overall victories list and with 64 career ACC wins.
Darius Maddox led the Hokies (11-7, 1-6) with 13 points and Grant Basile had 12. Virginia Tech's losing streak has come winning 11 of its first 12 games.
Jayden Gardner's basket to open the second-half scoring gave Virginia its biggest lead to that point at 42-31, but the Hokies got it back to single digits on the strength of their 3-point shooting until Gardner's three-point play with 7:16 left made it 65-55.
A 3-pointer by Isaac McKneely moments later pushed the lead back to 11, but Basile made the Hokies' 10th 3 to make it 68-60 before Clark hit a 3-pointer and Reece Beekman followed with a three-point play with 3:52 left, and the Cavaliers finished it.
Virginia Tech finished 12 for 27 from 3-point territory.
The Hokies used an 11-0 run in the first half to lead 21-19, but Virginia canceled that with a 21-10 run to close the half.
BIG PICTURE
Virginia Tech: Hokies big man Grant Basile played only 6 1/2 minutes in the first half after drawing a pair of fouls. He avoided further trouble after halftime.
Virginia: The Cavaliers made a concerted effort to attack the rim against the Hokies guards. Virginia scored 26 of its 40 first-half points in the paint and had eight second-chance points. They finished with 36 points in the paint and 11 second-chance points.
January 18, 2023
| Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Mutts | F | 39 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| G. Basile | F | 24 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| S. Pedulla | G | 40 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| H. Cattoor | G | 34 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 1-6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| D. Maddox | G | 26 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Collins | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| L. Kidd | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| M. Poteat | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Camden | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 27-55 (.491) |
2-2 (1.000) |
12-27 (.444) |
5-27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 68 | |
| Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Vander Plas | F | 29 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 1-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Gardner | F | 22 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| K. Clark | G | 35 | 7-14 | 4-4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| R. Beekman | G | 34 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Franklin | G | 32 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| R. Dunn | 24 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| I. McKneely | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| K. Shedrick | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 29-57 (.509) |
12-13 (.923) |
8-23 (.348) |
7-30 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 78 | |
