Virginia Women’s Basketball Earns Scrappy Win Over Campbell to Remain Unbeaten

For the primary time since 1997, the Virginia ladies’s basketball workforce has began the season 6-0. UVA overcame a poor taking pictures evening and one other sluggish begin to draw back for a 62-41 victory over Campbell on Wednesday evening at John Paul Jones Area to stay undefeated on the season. 

Neither workforce operated successfully on the offensive finish of the ground and that development began proper from the start of the sport. There have been 11 mixed turnovers between the 2 groups within the first quarter. A 3-pointer from Svenia Nurenberg gave Campbell a 12-10 lead on the finish of the opening interval. 

The second quarter noticed each the Cavaliers and the Combating Camels expertise prolonged scoring droughts, together with a scoreless stretch of over 5 minutes for Virginia. A turnaround jumper from Cady Pauley lastly ended that drought and UVA ended the second interval on a 6-2 run to take a 22-18 halftime lead. 

Whether or not it was extra as a result of stingy defenses of each groups or as a result of dangerous shot choice and poor ball safety, the end result was a horrific first half of offense total. Campbell turned the ball over 13 occasions within the first half, whereas Virginia had 9 first-half turnovers. UVA shot 34% from the ground and didn’t hit a single three-pointer, whereas Campbell shot 35% and hit simply two of 11 three-point makes an attempt. Virginia managed to take the lead by gaining a bonus on the within and on the boards. UVA had eight offensive rebounds and 10 second probability factors and outscored Campbell 20-12 within the paint within the first half. 

The third quarter noticed extra offensive struggles, as neither workforce hit a area aim for a stretch of over 4 minutes. Virginia shot 4/17 from the ground within the third, however discovered success driving to the basket and drawing fouls. The Cavaliers went 11/13 from the free throw line to win the quarter 19-15 and stretch their result in 41-33 coming into the fourth. 

As has been the case in a number of of UVA’s video games to begin the season, the Cavaliers lastly discovered a rhythm when it mattered most. Sam Brunelle hit Virginia’s first three-pointer greater than 32 minutes into the sport as a part of an 11-0 explosion for the Cavaliers to open up a 14-point lead. It was clean crusing from there, because the Hoos continued to play stifling protection and abuse their benefit within the paint, ending with a 36-22 edge in paint factors. Campbell completed with 25 turnovers and Virginia scored 25 factors off of these takeaways to assist seal the win. UVA outscored Campbell 21-8 within the fourth quarter and scored 40 factors within the second half to safe the 62-41 victory.

Camryn Taylor led the best way with 13 factors for the Cavaliers and London Clarkson joined her in double figures with 10 factors on an environment friendly 5/6 taking pictures from the ground. The unsung hero of the evening was McKenna Dale, who didn’t rating some extent however recorded eight rebounds, two steals, one block, and one help in simply 17 minutes of motion. Taylor Valladay had eight factors, 4 assists, two rebounds and two steals and Mir McLean had seven factors, seven rebounds, and a steal earlier than fouling out. 

With the victory, Virginia (6-0) has now eclipsed its win whole for the complete 2021-2022 season (5-22), a outstanding turnaround for the Cavaliers of their first season below Coach Mox. 

UVA will probably be again in motion this weekend with the Cavalier Traditional in Charlottesville. Virginia will host Minnesota on Saturday at 2pm and East Carolina on Sunday at 2pm at John Paul Jones Area. 

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