Virginia Defeats Miami 71-58 [Men's Basketball Live Updates]

Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the Virginia Cavaliers (13-9, 7-5 ACC) vs. Miami Hurricanes (16-6, 8-3 ACC) men's basketball game on Saturday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Stay tuned for a full recap of the game on Cavaliers Now.

FINAL. Miami 58, Virginia 71

Miami scored a couple of garbage-time baskets but Virginia closes out a huge 71-58 victory over Miami.

Miami 50, Virginia 71 | 1:24 2H

Franklin is fouled and makes both free throws, giving him 19 points for the game. Franklin cuts backdoor and Beekman finds him with a sweet pass and Franklin finishes the layup plus a foul. Franklin converts the three-point play and continues his amazing 22-point performance. Tony Bennett empties his bench and Igor Milicic, Carson McCorkle, Taine Murray, Chase Coleman, and Malachi Poindexter enter the game. Virginia's starting five gets a massive ovation from the crowd.

Miami 50, Virginia 66 | 3:10 2H

Kameron McGusty knocks down an elbow jumper to quiet the crowd and snap the 6-0 UVA run. Virginia grabs three offensive rebounds in one possession and Kihei Clark eventually nails a three-pointer to put the Wahoos up by 20 points. Charlie Moore uses his blazing speed to get inside and makes a floater. Virginia turns it over and McGusty makes a jump shot on the other end to cut it to 16.

Miami 44, Virginia 63 | 5:39 2H

Reece Beekman makes an aggressive drive to the basket and scores a tough contested layup. Beekman threads a beautiful bounce pass to Francisco Caffaro, who sends in a monster jam. John Paul Jones Arena goes nuts as Virginia leads by 19 points and Jim Larrañaga calls his final timeout of the game with 5:39 remaining.

Miami 44, Virginia 59 | 7:19 2H

Armaan Franklin steps back into a deep two-pointer and sinks it to make it 55-40. After a turnover by McGusty, Franklin finds Shedrick for a dunk and JPJ erupts as Virginia open up a 17-point lead. Miami stops a 7-0 UVA run as Walker dumps off to Waardenburg for a dunk. Stattmann turns it over and McGusty takes it the other way for a fast-break layup. Beekman finds a cutting Jayden Gardner for a layup through some contact to push the UVA lead back to 15.

Miami 40, Virginia 53 | 11:22 2H

Jayden Gardner takes the pass from Franklin at the free throw line and drives to the basket for a layup. Kameron McGusty makes another three-pointer to cut the deficit back to ten points. An offensive rebound for Virginia leads to a wide open Kihei Clark three-pointer and Jim Larrañaga is forced to take another timeout as UVA extends its lead back to 13 points.

Miami 37, Virginia 48 | 13:25 2H

Armaan Franklin goes under the screen, leaving Kameron McGusty a little bit of a room to knock down the three-pointer from the right wing. Waardenburg tries to take a charge on Francisco Caffaro, but Waardenburg is whistled for the block instead.

Miami 34, Virginia 48 | 14:09 2H

Charlie Moore gets the second half scoring started with a driving layup over Kihei Clark. Franklin finds Gardner for a short baseline jumper, but Kameron McGusty hits a tough fallaway layup on the other end. Virginia comes up with a steal and Beekman and Clark get out on the fast break, ending with Clark lobbing to Beekman for a layup. Beekman then follows that up with a three-pointer from the left corner and Virginia has its largest lead of the game at 12 points. Charlie Moore drives on Clark and uses a nice hesitation move to get inside for a layup. Caffaro drops a nice pass off to Gardner for an easy layup. Virginia turns it over and Miller throws the outlet pass up to Moore for a transition layup. Caffaro gets the right hook to fall again as Virginia's offense is keeping the Hoos in front right now. Miami is in a zone defense now and Kihei Clark breaks it down with a dribble drive before passing to Gardner for his bread-and-butter mid-range jumper from the free throw line. Virginia has made its last five shots to go up 14 points and Jim Larrañaga calls timeout.

Halftime. Miami 26, Virginia 35

UVA works the high-low to perfection and Gardner hits Shedrick with a bounce pass and Shedrick flushes it. Virginia gets a stop on the other end and Reece Beekman quickly moves it up the floor as the clock was winding down. Beekman shovels it to Armaan Franklin, who makes his third three-pointer of the half just before the buzzer sounded. Great finish to the first half for the Cavaliers who take a nine-point lead into halftime. Franklin leads the way with 15 first-half points.

Miami 26, Virginia 30 | 0:49 1H

Out of a timeout, Jayden Gardner throws a great pass to a wide open Kody Stattmann, who has all day and drains the three-pointer. Miami scores quickly on the other end as Jordan Miller gets inside for a layup. Virginia turns it over at half court, but Beekman pokes the ball away from Wong and takes it the other way before lobbing to Shedrick for a thunderous dunk. After missing their first ten three-point attempts, the Hurricanes finally get one to fall as Charlie Moore sinks one from the right wing. Armaan Franklin gets inside for a layup to extend the UVA lead back to seven points. Virginia turns the ball over as Clark cannot find Shedrick under the basket. Miami quickly pushes the ball in transition, leading to a wide open corner three for Kameron McGusty.

Miami 18, Virginia 23 | 4:08 1H

Virginia has been very fortunate so far that Miami has missed some open jumpers. That likely isn't going to last for very long. Anthony Walker throws a deep outlet pass to Isaiah Wong off of a defensive rebound and Miami gets an easy one in transition. Caffaro spins in the post and makes a reverse layup, but Wong works in the post and scores off the glass on the other end.

Miami 14, Virginia 21 | 7:18 1H

Francisco Caffaro has gotten more confident with his right hook lately. He uses it and scores in the post with some nice touch. Media timeout.

Miami 14, Virginia 19 | 8:28 1H

Armaan Franklin drives to the rack late in the shot clock and finishes with a smooth up-and-under layup. Kihei Clark drives baseline and kicks out to Franklin in the opposite corner and Franklin buries the three-pointer to put Virginia back in front. Now seven points in a row for Franklin, as he curls off of a screen and knocks down an open mid-range jumper. Virginia has made each of its last five shots. UVA turns it over and Charlie Moore scores in transition to end the Virginia run. Reece Beekman drives on Wong and scores with a strong left-handed layup. Kameron McGusty gets free on a backdoor cut and scores a layup. Jayden Gardner is doubled in the post and he throws a cross-court pass to Armaan Franklin, who sinks another three-pointer. Ten early points for Franklin. Virginia is 3/4 from beyond the arc so far, while Miami is 0/7, some of which have been some fairly open attempts.

Miami 10, Virginia 7 | 14:38 1H

Isaiah Wong does not wait around to show what he can do, spinning on Reece Beekman and hitting a tough fadeaway jumper from the right elbow on the first possession of the game. Kihei Clark pump fakes a corner three to send Charlie Moore flying by, before stepping in and knocking down a baseline jumper. Sam Waardenburg drives and finishes the layup through some contact from Beekman. Jayden Gardner puts back Beekman's missed layup to tie the game at 4-4. Kameron McGusty hits a jumper from just inside the free throw line. Beekman kicks to Kihei Clark, who drains the three-pointer from the left wing as shot clock expired. Miami scores right away on the other end as Waardenburg drives on Caffaro and scores easily. UVA turns it over and Charlie Moore has his layup attempt blocked by Beekman, but Moore grabs the ball and lays it in. Four early turnovers for Virginia has the Cavaliers trailing by three.