Prized recruit Kymora Johnson had the biggest game of her young career, scoring 35 points, pulling down seven rebounds and dishing out six assists to key Virginia to a 91-87 upset of #15 Florida State on Sunday in Tallahassee.
The win snaps a six-game losing skid for UVA (9-9, 1-6 ACC), and was the program’s first true road win in the ACC since the 2019-2020 season.
Johnson’s 35 points is the most for a Virginia freshman since a young player named Dawn Staley had 37 points in a game at Wake Forest way back in 1989.
Virginia got out to an early 10-point lead in the opening minutes, but FSU (14-6, 5-3 ACC) led 43-39 at halftime, and the game was tied at 63-63 after three.
UVA shot 63 percent from the field in a 28-point fourth quarter, getting 10 points from Johnson, a St. Anne’s-Belfield grad, to notch the program’s first win in Tallahassee since the 2011-2012 season.
Olivia McGhee (12 points, 5-of-10 FG), Camryn Taylor (11 points, 5-of-10 FG, 10 rebounds), Jillian Brown (10 points, 4-of-6 FG, 6 rebounds) and London Clarkson (10 points, 6 rebounds) all scored in double figures for the ‘Hoos.
Taylor recorded her 11th career double-double and third of the season.
Edessa Noyan came off the bench and logged 25 minutes of action and tied her career high of eight points.
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