CHARLOTTE — With the outcome in the balance in the final seconds, the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team put the ball in the hands of the player, Sean Pedulla, who almost single-handedly brought the Hokies back from a second-half deficit and put them in position for a dramatic win against South Carolina on Friday night at Spectrum Center.
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Hokies’ miscue in final seconds thwarts comeback against Gamecocks
Pedulla then created space with a pump-fake from behind the three-point arc but elected not to shoot after picking up his dribble. The junior instead attempted to hand the ball off to fellow guard Hunter Cattoor, but Gamecocks guard Jacobi Wright got in the way of the exchange to force a turnover and deal Virginia Tech a 79-77 loss.
Pedulla finished with a game-high 26 points, 22 of which came after halftime, and went 9 of 11 from the free throw line. Cattoor added 13 points but misfired (4 for 12) from the field on a night in which the Hokies (1-1) shot 50 percent overall but could not overcome a 30-23 rebounding disadvantage.
“They were kind of playing a drop coverage against a ball screen,” Pedulla said of the circumstances that led to Virginia Tech’s fifth and final turnover in the finale of the Naismith Hall of Fame College Series tripleheader. “Hunter was also an option, picked up my dribble, kind of took away both options, kind of froze up and turned the ball over.”
Pedulla had connected on five consecutive free throws late in the second half to give Virginia Tech its first lead, 72-69, since early in the game. It didn’t last, however, when Wright beat Cattoor to the basket off the dribble and got a layup to fall while drawing a foul. Wright made the free throw to tie the score at 72 with 3:09 remaining.
Trailing by seven points with 10:52 remaining in the second half, the Hokies had whittled the deficit to 62-59 on two free throws by Tyler Nickel, Pedulla’s layup following a crossover that left his defender flat-footed, two more free throws by Pedulla and Mekhi Long’s two-handed dunk.
The Gamecocks (2-0) turned the ball over on their ensuing possession, leading to a runout for Virginia Tech, but Pedulla’s pass from half court intended for Lynn Kidd sailed over the senior’s head and landed out of bounds. Wright buried a three-pointer for South Carolina not long after to grow the lead to 65-59 with 6:55 to go.
“I think the way we started the second half was kind of how we wanted to start the game,” Pedulla said. “Biggest thing was getting over ball screens fast, and then kind of taking them off their spots, which they were kind of doing to us in the first half, so if we could do that for the whole game, that was kind of our goal.”
Myles Stute led South Carolina with 21 points, and B.J. Mack added 19 points on 9-for-16 shooting with six rebounds.
Virginia Tech was unable to convert on several chances to tie the score early in the second half, including Cattoor missing a three-pointer from the right corner after he made a jumper and Long followed with a driving layup that trimmed the deficit to 49-46 with 13:46 to play.
The Hokies trailed at halftime, 38-31, but had an opportunity to draw within two possessions when Cattoor got a clean look from behind the arc in the final seconds. His attempt, however, clanked off the front rim, contributing to Virginia Tech making just 2 of 14 three-pointers in the first half, when they twice trailed by double figures.
Cattoor is among the few holdovers from last season, when Virginia Tech failed to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time under Coach Mike Young. This season he is one of three members of the roster playing as graduate student, joining transfers Robbie Beran (Northwestern) and Long (Old Dominion).
The trio also has provided Virginia Tech with a significant boost in playing experience.
“What we were doing offensively was not sharp enough,” Young said. “That coupled with poor shot selection can lead to what you saw and going down seven [at halftime]. Again, Nov. 10, we’ve got a long way to go. I thought we’d play better. I thought we’d find a way to win today. We didn’t, but we’ll get appreciably better as we move along.”
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Virginia Basketball Holds Off Manhattan 74-65 | Key Takeaways
Virginia (4-2) got back in the win column with a 74-65 victory over Manhattan (3-3) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Here are our five quick takeaways from the Cavaliers’ win over the Jaspers.
Virginia was in serious need of a win after suffering those two humbling losses to Tennessee and St. John’s in The Bahamas. But a convincing and comfortable victory would have been even better and for a while, it seemed like the Cavaliers were on their way to doing just that. UVA led by as many as 15 points in the first half and opened up a 16-point advantage midway through the second half. But rather than putting the game away, Virginia let Manhattan hang around and the visiting Jaspers were in a situation where they were fouling to stop the clock in the final minutes, narrowing the deficit to as little as six points. A win is a win, but this was far from a confidence-boosting performance.
Virginia went with a new starting lineup on Tuesday night, as Andrew Rohde replaced TJ Power. Rohde has been playing very well recently, particularly with his resurgent outside shot, while Power came into this game shooting 25% from beyond the arc this season.
Power initially responded well to the benching, swishing a corner three shortly after he first entered the game, hitting the deck for a loose ball, and coming up with a steal to stop a Manhattan fastbreak. But he wound up playing only six minutes, fewest among Cavaliers who saw the floor in the game. That does not bode well for the Duke transfer.
Read Val’s Plus/Minus breakdown of the game here.
Rohde, on the other hand, had another solid game and was perhaps the top performer for the Hoos on Tuesday night. Though he missed his only three-pointer, which was a desperation off-balanced heave at the end of the shot clock, Rohde finished with a season-high 14 points, two assists (with one turnover), two rebounds, and four steals. Rohde showed excellent feel for the game, getting exactly where he wanted to go and exhibiting some nice touch on a couple of floaters plus a short jumper off the glass. If Rohde is playing like this and his three-point shot continues to be there, this could be a big season for the former St. Thomas transfer.
The main reason why this game continued to be close deep into the second half is because UVA’s defense frequently broke down and gave up open shots to Manhattan, particularly from the perimeter. The Jaspers shot 11/26 (42.3%) from beyond the arc and and seven different players knocked down a three. A couple of those Manhattan triples were well-contested, but the vast majority of them were wide-open. That’s very concerning and shows that this Virginia defense, with its many new faces, is still very much a work in progress.
Virginia’s offense was pretty well neutralized by Tennessee and St. John’s in The Bahamas. Tuesday night against Manhattan was a small step in the right direction, but there’s still a lot of room for improvement.
Let’s start with the good. Five different Cavaliers scored in double figures, including a game-high 18 points from Isaac McKneely, who hit three of his four three-point attempts and went 5/6 from the free throw line. We still think McKneely needs to shoot way more, but we’ll leave that alone for now. Dai Dai Ames scored 10 points and dished out five assists, but fouled out of the game. Blake Buchanan made his first four shots and finished with 11 points and five boards. Cofie made five of his seven shots and finished with 10 points and five boards. The best part of the game was that Virginia had 15 assists on 29 made baskets and turned the ball over only eight times, a vast improvement over the team’s turnover issues in The Bahamas.
Virginia outscored Manhattan 42-22 in the paint. That looks like a good stat, but it’s also an inevitable stat because of UVA’s size advantage over the Jaspers, whose tallest player in the rotation is 6’8″. Still, Manhattan snared 10 offensive rebounds and scored 11 second-chance points. In The Bahamas, UVA was dominated on the glass and was simply outmatched from a physicality and athleticism standpoint. Nothing we saw from the Cavaliers on Tuesday night did anything to alleviate those concerns.
Up next, Virginia remains at home for another (supposed) tune-up game against Holy Cross on Friday at 4pm at John Paul Jones Arena.
Virginia vs. Manhattan Live Updates | NCAA Men’s Basketball
UVA Basketball: Ten Things We Learned About Virginia in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to St. John’s 80-55 | Key Takeaways
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Virginia vs. Manhattan Live Updates | NCAA Men’s Basketball
Virginia (3-2) is set to host Manhattan (3-2) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. Follow along with score updates, play-by-play, and live analysis for the game in the thread below. Updates will be posted at each timeout in reverse chronological order with the most recent updates at the top of the article. Refresh the page for updates.
As we await our 7pm tip between Virginia and Manhattan on the ACC Network, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Manhattan Game Preview, Score Prediction
Virginia has posted its starting five for tonight’s game:
– Dai Dai Ames
– Isaac McKneely
– Andrew Rohde
– Elijah Saunders
– Blake Buchanan
Notably, TJ Power has been replaced by Andrew Rohde in the starting lineup after starting the first five games of the season. Power is shooting 25% from three (4/16), while Rohde is currently shooting 50% from beyond the arc (7/14).
- Virginia and Manhattan will meet on Tuesday night for just the second time ever and first time since March 19th, 1993, when the Cavaliers defeated the Jaspers 78-66 in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament.
- UVA is 9-0 against current members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
- Virginia’s last game against a MAAC team was back in 2012, when the Cavaliers defeated Fairfield 54-45 at John Paul Jones Arena.
- UVA is 2-0 at John Paul Jones Arena this season and 3-0 against unranked opponents this season.
Read more Virginia men’s basketball news and content in the links below:
UVA Basketball: Ten Things We Learned About Virginia in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to St. John’s 80-55 | Key Takeaways
The Plus/Minus: Virginia Gets Skunked by Tennessee in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to Tennessee 64-42 | Key Takeaways
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