After a 14-point deficit that raised echoes of last year’s historic loss to UMBC, De’Andre Hunter led a dominant second half and a 71-56 victory.
By Gene Wang Gene Wang Sports reporter covering local and national college football and basketball Email Bio Follow March 22 at 5:35 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Virginia Cavaliers spent the first half of their game Friday against Gardner-Webb reliving the dread from last season’s historic loss in the NCAA tournament. The No. 1 seed made certain after halftime that there would be no ignominious repeat.
The sophomore guard-forward missed last season’s 74-54 loss to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County when Virginia became the first No. 1 seed to fall to a 16 in the history of the men’s tournament. This time, Hunter left no doubt he was the most skilled player in the floor, scoring in bunches via a combination of three-point shooting and sheer will getting to the rim.
Ty Jerome followed with three-pointer from beyond NBA range, and Virginia was on its way to a matchup against No. 9 seed Oklahoma in Sunday’s round of 32. The Sooners beat No. 8 seed Mississippi, 95-72, in the round of 64 in the first of four games Friday at Colonial Life Arena. The Runnin’ Bulldogs used a combination of three-point shooting and timely drives to the basket to twice forge a 14-point lead, including 30-16 with 6:42 to play before halftime on DJ Laster’s layup.But Virginia scored the next seven points in a row. Guy had six of those, and the Cavaliers got a dunk from reserve center Jay Huff and a contested three-pointer from Kihei Clark to trail at halftime, 36-30.
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