Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 60
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| Team Stat Comparison |
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VIRGINIA TECH |
VIRGINIA |
| Points |
60 |
65 |
| FG Made-Attempted |
20-56 (.357) |
25-61 (.410) |
| 3P Made-Attempted |
4-12 (.333) |
5-23 (.217) |
| FT Made-Attempted |
16-21 (.762) |
10-16 (.625) |
| Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) |
20 (0/0) |
19 (0/0) |
| Largest Lead |
8 |
8 |
| Next 5 Games |
| VIRGINIA TECH (ET) |
VIRGINIA (ET) |
| 02/17 DUKE 9:00pm | | 02/19 MIA 7:00pm | | 02/26 @NCST 4:00pm | | 03/01 @CLEM 7:00pm | | 03/05 MD 4:00pm |
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| 02/16 @UNC 7:00pm | | 02/19 MD 3:30pm | | 02/27 @WAKE 2:00pm | | 03/02 NCST 9:00pm | | 03/06 @FSU 2:00pm |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Gary Forbes scored 17 points in the
last 13:09 of the second half Saturday and Virginia rallied to beat
Virginia Tech 65-60, the Cavaliers' third consecutive dramatic
victory.
Forbes scored 14 points of Virginia's 16 points in a span of 6½
minutes when the Cavaliers (13-9, 4-7 Atlantic Coast Conference)
turned a 38-32 deficit into a 48-46 lead with 6:32 remaining. Sean
Singletary's 3-pointer made it 51-46, and Virginia led by at least
three thereafter.
The Hokies (12-10, 5-6), who beat the Cavaliers 79-73 in
Blacksburg 16 days earlier, closed to 62-58 on
Coleman Collins'
dunk with 33.9 seconds left. Forbes hit a free throw, then blocked
Jamon Gordon's shot, but Collins stuffed it back it to make it
63-60 with 22.8 seconds left.
The Hokies fouled
T.J. Bannister with 21.4 seconds to go, and he
made them both before two stops close to the Hokies basket sealed
the outcome.
The Cavaliers, coming off late victories against North Carolina
State and Florida State, will have a tougher time keeping it going
in their next game, when they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to play
No. 3 North Carolina.
Forbes led the Cavaliers with 21 points,
Devin Smith had 16 and
Singletary had 10 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
Zabian Dowdell led Virginia Tech with 20 points and Collins had
19, but the Hokies' No. 2 scorer,
Carlos Dixon, sat out most of the
first half in foul trouble and finished with four, 10 below his
average.
The Hokies used a 12-4 run to take a 19-11 lead with 8 minutes
left in the first half. Virginia immediately scored 13 of the next
17 to take its first lead at 24-23, and the teams were tied 26-all
at the break.
Only four Hokies scored, with Dowdell (11) and Collins (10)
accounting for all but five of the points. Smith had 10 to lead the
Cavaliers.
Virginia also celebrated its 100 years playing basketball at
halftime with about 50 former players and a triple-decker cake at
center court.
Virginia Tech 60, 
Virginia 65