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UVA Basketball: #14 Cavaliers coast past listless Georgia Tech, 94-68

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Game Details


Virginia (22-3, 10-2 ACC, NET: 19) at Georgia Tech (11-15, 2-11 ACC, NET: 165)
Day/Time: Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET
TV: ACCN (Doug Sherman & Scott Williams)

Forecast


KenPom: Virginia 80-66
BartTorvik: Virginia 79-66
ESPN BPI: Virginia +11.9

Game Coverage


Georgia Tech timeout: Virginia 14-3, 16:02/1st

Not playing around with the food tonight.

Virginia is 4-of-7 FG, 2-of-5 3FG, 4-of-5 FT on its first eight possessions.


Another Georgia Tech timeout: Virginia 24-5, 12:04/1st

Virginia is 8-of-15 FG, 4-of-7 3FG; GT is 2-of-10 FG with four TOs.

Not f’n around tonight.


Another Georgia Tech timeout: Virginia 36-7, 8:24/1st

Damon Stoudamire may not last the night.


First actual media timeout: Virginia 49-16, 3:53/1st

Virginia: 18-of-32 FG, 8-of-15 3FG.

Tech: 6-of-23 FG, 0-of-7 3FG, seven TOs.


Half: Virginia 59, Georgia Tech 27

Not much to analyze here.

Virginia: 22-of-39 FG, 10-of-18 3FG, 27-14 rebounds (42.1% offensive rate, 86.4% defensive rate).

GT: 11-of-32 FG, 1-of-10 3FG.


Media timeout: Virginia 71-38, 14:53/2nd

The intensity is waning, as you would expect.


Media timeout: Virginia 76-43, 11:41/2nd

Devin Tillis appears to have knocked knees, we hope.

Let’s go ahead and start garbage time.


Media timeout: Virginia 85-51, 6:57/2nd

Do we get 100?


Media timeout: Virginia 89-60, 3:55/2nd

I don’t think we get 100.


Final: Virginia 94, Georgia Tech 68

Virginia led 39-7 early, which is just ridiculous. Thijs de Ridder had 22 points, and Devin Hall had 12 points and 10 assists, in a 94-68 ‘Hoos win at Georgia Tech on Wednesday.

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