Five absconded by 75-74 loss of UVA Basketball by Virginia Tech – Round Lawns

Virginia Cavaliers (10-12) suffered a heartbreaking loss of 75-74 by Virginia Tech Hokies (10-12) on Saturday night in John Paul Jones Arena. Despite the encouraging first half, “Hoos remains in the duration of the game, lagging behind by as much as 11 points in the second half.

Virginia left 69-63 with three minutes, but JPJ was strong and hope. As the clock, Hoos cut off with two successful discs from Andrew Rode.

Virginia struggles through fouls and deadly technological shooting, but eventually suffered her second loss of nail bites at home. Here are our five absorptions from the loss by one point to Hoki.

Virginia is struggling with early unpleasant problems

“Hoos saw trouble at the beginning of the two Fauls of Blake Buchanan in the first three and a half minutes. To the 9:33 brand, Ron Sanchez gathered Buchanan until the end of the half after performing his third foul. But Sanchez himself gave up points by giving an early technical foul after yelling at Ref.

Each of these early calls made a difference. Tech had nine points from the line only in the first half, compared to the three Virginia. Although “Hoos had some slopes of plays, they were fighting dubious calls. Most importantly, Anthony Robinson lifted a foul after taking the elbow to the face and hit the floor in the post. Sanchez challenged the call, but after a formal review he stood in favor of Tech.

The last sections have become a game of pollution, which led Virginia to 14-to-18 of the night line until Tech hit 14-for-23. Day Dai Ames and Robinson collected four fouls, plus the three of the Buchanan.

Virginia is fighting the defense of the three -point line

While players like Rohde showed supporters of defense, the team failed to protect the perimeter. Tech struck 11-F-21 (52%) beyond the arc, some of which were completely indisputable.

Virginia failed to communicate on the protective switch, with Jacob Kofi lost her husband more than once, sacrificing three -point plays.

Despite the offensive impulse, Virginia traded two points for three all night. Cofie started the second half with a powerful immersion, but Tech replied with three. Then Rode contributed to Robinson’s successful lobes in battle, Tech answered with a threesome. Then Ames collected two on the line, Tech answered with three.

Among the 23 attempts to freely throw Tech and 21 three-point attempts, Virginia has never been able to take on the leading role.

The absence of Ilia Saunders contributed to the vulnerable front of UVA

Elijah Saunders was out for her second consecutive left foot game, which is still in shoes. The disadvantage FRONTCOURT relies on Robinson, who won 15 minutes at night and whose six points were the largest of any big man against Tech. Despite several successful lobes to buckets and Robinson, Frontcourt moved slowly to bounce and gave up several wide open medium jumpers in the publication.

Problems with the Faul for the Buchanan and Robinson did not help rotate the composition and eventually made Blake play more frightening when Hoos needed it the most. While Cofie was an excellent player in the list, he showed the mistakes of freshmen in defense, lost his husband and gave up undisputed shots.

A lively crime maintained Hoos’s competitiveness

Andrew Rode got off the bench with a sleeve to his feet from a recent injury and still released 12 points, but he did not act alone. Type Murray, Ishan Sharma, McCnelli and Roch had two three pointers, contributing to the energetic background.

McKneely dominated the 19 -point Virginia statistical lines that included seven free throws. He and Rode went down low, while Ames was a body energy bolt, taking his defender one to one and showing an impressive jumper.

Overall, the crime had movement – a very necessary development, especially after an stagnant offensive performance against SMU two weeks ago.

Virginia had a clear energy change despite the loss

Virginia’s energy was something different, leading to the slope. It was rejuvenated. Even with an injury, Saunders could be seen hippie the team from the bench and during the timeouts. In the background, the technical Sanchez feels disappointing, but it may be a good sign that the team believes in itself.

The game ended with the heartbeat of the fans, but the resistance of the late game is promising. Virginia did not hang her heads even in a deficit of 11 points. Some loans go to the JPJ-Virginia has certainly taken advantage of the advantage of the electric home court. They have fought the mental game throughout the season. Will the loss of their resistance to move forward with one point? With a competitive schedule over the next few weeks, they have no other option.