#7 Virginia rides torrid second half to win over NC State

Seventh-ranked Virginia opened the second half on a 13-2 run to break a halftime tie and rolled to a 73-53 win over NC State on Monday night.

The Cavs (21-5, 10-4 ACC) shot 6-of-9 from three-point range in the second half and led by as many as 24 after the third of three straight threes by London Perrantes, who connected on 5-of-8 from behind the arc on the night, 4-of-5 in the second half.

State (13-13, 3-10 ACC) hit its first six shots from the field and led 15-9 4:33 into the game, but the UVA defense eventually settled in, allowing the ‘Hoos to fight to a 31-all tie at the half.

An 8-0 run punctuated by an Anthony Gill dunk with 16:57 to go gave Virginia some breathing room, and it wouldn’t get closer than eight the rest of the way.

Virginia was 17-of-27 (63.0 percent) from the field in the second half and shot 53.7 percent (29-of-54) for the game.
State, after its blistening start, finished at 40.4 percent (19-of-47) from the floor for the night, and was 7-of-24 (29.2 percent) in the second half.

Malcolm Brogdon had 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field to lead UVA. Perrantes finished with 19 points and five assists.
Isaiah Wilkins had six points on 3-of-6 shooting and a career-high 13 rebounds.

Cat Barber, the ACC’s leading scorer coming in at 24.1 points per game, was held to 14 points on 4-of-11 shooting from the field, with two assists and five turnovers.

 

Virginia Team Notes

• Virginia has won four straight and nine of 11 games against NC State; UVA has captured its last nine regular-season games against the Wolfpack
• Virginia is 63-82 all-time against NC State, including a 38-23 mark in Charlottesville; UVA head coach Tony Bennett is 9-2 against NC State
• Virginia is 33-1 in home ACC games the last four seasons; it matches the best mark in ACC history with one loss (Duke 33-1 from 1962-64 and Duke 32-1 from 1997-2000)
• Virginia has won 18 straight home games dating to the 2014-15 season
• UVA is 136-36 in 10 seasons at JPJ, including 98-20 under Tony Bennett
• Virginia is 74-4 when scoring at least 70 points under Tony Bennett
• Virginia shot 55.8 percent and is 12-1 this season when cracking the 50 percent mark
• Virginia recorded assists on nine of its 12 first-half field goals and 21 of 29 in the game
• NC State hit its first six field-goal attempts and scored on its first seven possessions of the game, but was 6-for-17 from the field the rest of the half
• After hitting four three-pointers in its previous two games combined, Virginia nailed four three-pointers in the first half and 10 in the game against NC State
• Virginia limited NC State to 53 points, a Wolfpack season low (55 vs. UNC)
• Cat Barber scored 14 points, 10 under against his average (24.1 points per game); he had scored at least 26 points in each of his last five games

 

Virginia Player Notes

• With 22 points, Malcolm Brogdon recorded his 13^th20-point game of the season, most at UVA since Sean Singletary recorded 16 such games during the 2006-07 campaign
• Isaiah Wilkins grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds; his previous was nine, set on Feb. 25, 2015, at Wake Forest
• Wilkins’ 13 boards was a season high for a UVA player this season (Anthony Gill vs. WVU)