GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Virginia Tech 72, Virginia 60
Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Kayana Traylor made 9 of 15 shots from the field and scored 25 points, Elizabeth Kitley added 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and No. 12 Virginia Tech beat Virginia 72-60.
Virginia Tech (17-4, 7-4 ACC) rebounded from a 66-55 loss Thursday at No. 16 Duke to win for the fourth time in the last five games and completed its second consecutive sweep of the season series against its in-state rival. The Hokies are 51-18 all time against Virginia.
Mckenna Dale hit a 3-pointer and Taylor Valladay followed with a layup to give Virginia a 5-0 lead. The Hokies scored the next 12 points - including a pair of 3s by Cayla King just 33 seconds apart - to ignite a 20-4 run that gave Virginia Tech an 11-point lead with two minutes left in the first quarter. The Cavaliers trailed the rest of the way.
Traylor converted a traditional three-point play with 20 seconds left and, after Valladay scored inside, banked in a shot from well beyond midcourt as time expired to make it 26-13 going into the second quarter. Virginia Tech shot 66.7% from the field and had nine assists on 10 field goals in the first quarter.
Camryn Taylor led Virginia (14-8, 3-8) with 22 points and London Clarkson added 15 points.
Clarkson converted a three-point play and followed with a layup 35 seconds later to spark a 10-2 run that trimmed the Cavaliers' deficit to four points with about six minutes to play. Georgia Amoore answered with a layup through contact but missed the and-1 free throw and after the ball went out of bounds off Virginia, Traylor hit a 3-point to make it 60-51 with 5:32 left.
Taylor picked up two personal fouls in the first three-plus minutes of the game and went to the bench until early in the second quarter. Taylor, the Cavaliers' leading scorer this season with a 13.3 average, scored Virginia's first eight points in a 14-2 run that culminated when Dale hit a 3. Taylor converted a three-point play 28 seconds later to cut the Cavaliers' deficit to 32-29 with 2:21 left in the first half. Amoore answered with a 3 and Traylor made a layup to give the Hokies a six-point lead at intermission.
Virginia has lost four games in a row and seven of its last eight - including five against ranked opponents.
January 29, 2023
| Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Soule | F | 19 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| E. Kitley | C | 30 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| G. Amoore | G | 37 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| K. Traylor | G | 32 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| C. King | G | 28 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| D. Gregg | 28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| A. Owusu | 19 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| T. Geiman | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 27-51 (.529) |
12-15 (.800) |
6-15 (.400) |
5-32 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 72 | |
| Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Taylor | F | 27 | 9-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| S. Brunelle | F | 18 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Dale | G | 32 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Valladay | G | 32 | 3-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Y. Vaughn | G | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Clarkson | 28 | 7-15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
| A. Smith | 21 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Lawson | 20 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| C. Miller | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| C. Pauley | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 23-57 (.404) |
12-13 (.923) |
2-9 (.222) |
8-29 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 60 | |
Officials: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Saif Esho, Meadow Overstreet
Attendance: 5,103
