Virginia Basketball Dominates Stella Azzurra 76-24 in Rome

Virginia’s four-game exhibition tour in Italy began off with a bang because the Cavaliers routed Stella Azzurra 76-24 on Saturday in Rome. 

After all, that is solely an exhibition match, however because it’s the primary time we have seen this 12 months’s UVA males’s basketball staff compete in a dwell recreation, we’re naturally going to overanalyze every little thing. 

Virginia ran a beginning 5 of Reece Beekman, Isaac McKneely, Armaan Franklin, Jayden Gardner, and Kadin Shedrick, whereas Kihei Clark, Francisco Caffaro, and Taine Murray had been inactive for the sport as a part of Tony Bennett’s rotation plan for the 4 exhibition video games. Three completely different gamers will sit out every recreation so as to be certain that the 9 or 10 gamers who do play get sufficient minutes in that exact recreation. 

It is extremely attention-grabbing to see Isaac McKneely beginning together with final 12 months’s common starters, minus Kihei Clark. This transfer allowed Reece Beekman to start out because the true level guard and McKneely slid in at capturing guard. Clearly, that is simply an exhibition match abroad, nevertheless it says one thing that this was the beginning lineup Tony Bennett was desperate to see on the ground for the primary recreation of the tour. 

Virginia dominated the sport from begin to end. Maybe overmatched by the Hoos, Stella Azzurra managed simply 4 factors within the first quarter and trailed 40-10 at halftime. 

A couple of spotlight clips had been posted to the UVA basketball social media channels, together with this three-pointer from Ohio switch Ben Vander Plas: 

Kadin Shedrick led Virginia with 13 factors and 7 rebounds and all ten Cavaliers who performed within the recreation scored factors. 

This is Jayden Gardner hitting his just about unstoppable fadeaway mid-range jumper: 

Kadin Shedrick had eight factors and 5 boards within the first half. First 12 months Ryan Dunn and Ohio switch Ben Vander Plas had seven factors every and Reece Beekman recorded 5 factors and 4 assists within the first half. 

UVA led 57-16 on the finish of the third quarter and Virginia gained 76-24. Stage of competitors should be taken into consideration, nevertheless it’s good to see the Hoos dominate on each ends of the ground, scoring with ease whereas sustaining their suffocating protection. 

Virginia will play the second recreation of its exhibition tour on Monday, August fifteenth in Florence. 

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