Double-double: UVA sophomore point guard London Perrantes had 10 points and 10 assists in 37 minutes in the Cavs’ 59-47 win at Syracuse.
Maybe more importantly, Perrantes, playing a second game with a broken nose, had just one turnover, on a night when Virginia had 20.
Perrantes was listed as the game MVP by stats website KenPom.com with an offensive efficiency rating of 144.
He shot 3-of-9 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range, had five rebounds and three steals.
Plus-minus man: Evan Nolte was a mere second in the plus-minus category Monday night, with a +16 rating in his 31 minutes.
Nolte hit maybe the biggest shot of the game, a three-pointer from 25 feet at the 6:06 mark with Virginia trailing 13-2.
The basket ignited a run that saw the Cavs score on 14 straight possessions, a stretch that turned that 11-point deficit into a 13-point lead five minutes into the second half.
UVA would not lead by less than double digits thereafter.
Nolte finished with six points, three rebounds and two assists.
Perrantes, incidentally, had the best plus-minus, with a +20.
Box-score filler: Anthony Gill had a pretty scoresheet, for the most part – 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting and seven rebounds in 34 minutes.
He had just a 106 offensive efficiency rating per KenPom. The reason: five turnovers.
Dominant on the boards: Virginia had a 42-20 advantage in rebounds. That number doesn’t tell the whole story.
This one might: UVA had 16 offensive rebounds, and Syracuse had 14 defensive rebounds.
The 2-3 zone will do that to you, making it hard for guys who don’t match up with a guy one-on-one to find somebody to box out.
– Column by Chris Graham
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