Miami Defeats Virginia 66-64 | Live Updates
The Virginia Cavaliers (8-2, 1-1 ACC) fell to the Miami Hurricanes (12-1, 3-0 ACC) 66-64 on Tuesday night in Coral Gables. See play-by-play and live analysis for the game below. Most recent updates are the top.
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Final Score: Virginia 64, Miami 66
Kihei Clark hits all three free throws to make it a one-point game. Miami gets the ball in to Nijel Pack, who is fouled immediately with 4.6 seconds left. Pack misses the first, but makes the second free throw. With a chance to tie the game, Virginia gets the ball in to Reece Beekman, who tries to drive on Isaiah Wong but loses control of the ball on the way to the basket and time expires. UVA's comeback bid falls short and the Cavaliers suffer their second-straight loss. Miami beats Virginia 66-64.
Virginia 64, Miami 66 | Final
Virginia fouls Jordan Miller, who makes both free throws to push the lead back to four. Reece Beekman drives on Wong and gets under the basket for a reverse layup. Miami is able to get the ball in bounds and back to Wong, who is fouled and makes both free throws. Beekman passes up an open three to pass to Clark, who was not open but attempts a three and gets fouled by Wong, sending Clark to the line for three free throws.
Virginia 61, Miami 65 | 5.6 2H
Kihei Clark deflects the in-bounds pass into the air but can't possess the ball cleanly as he and Wong go to the floor for a jump-ball - Virginia owns the possession arrow. UVA is unable to get the ball in bounds and the Cavaliers are forced to burn their final timeout. Kihei Clark works around a screen and finds a wide-open lane to the basket for an easy layup. UVA trails by just two points with 26.8 seconds remaining.
Virginia 59, Miami 61 | 26.8 2H
Beekman misses the free throw but Vander Plas is there for the tip-in to make it a six-point game. Virginia fouls Bensley Joseph, who misses the front end of the one-and-one and Virginia has a chance. Miami loses track of Vander Plas and Beekman finds him for a wide open dunk. Four-point game.
Virginia 57, Miami 61 | 34.0 2H
Kihei Clark draws a foul and with UVA in the bonus, goes to the free throw line and makes both free throws. Virginia gets another stop as Jordan Miller's three rims out and Clark draws a foul on a drive to the basket. He misses the first free throw, but makes the second. Omier draws a foul while going for an offensive rebound and makes both free throws. Clark drives to the basket and slams on the breaks, drawing a foul on Norchad Omier, who fouls out of the game. Clark swishes both free throws. Both teams have gone small with the tallest player being the 6'8" Ben Vander Plas. Miami takes advantage of the stretched floor and Nijel Pack hits a deep three that could be the dagger. Vander Plas misses a three-pointer on the other end and Isaiah Wong pushes the ball down the floor, drawing a foul. Wong makes the first, but misses the second and Miami leads by ten. Kihei Clark drives to the basket, but his floater off the glass rolls off the front of the rim. Reece Beekman grabs an offensive rebound and scores off the glass plus a foul.
Virginia 53, Miami 61 | 1:02 2H
McKneely drives to the basket and misses his shot as he absorbs a lot of contact with no foul. Miami takes the ball the other way and Joseph sends a bounce pass to a cutting Wong for a transition layup. Isaiah Wong has 21 points and Miami leads 55-46 with just under four minutes to play.
Virginia 46, Miami 55 | 3:57 2H
AJ Casey cuts backdoor and has a wide open dunk but Clark fouls him from behind to prevent the basket. It's a great-value foul for Clark as Casey misses both free throws. Gardner gets the feed down low and finishes the layup through contact. Isaiah Wong has his layup blocked by Franklin but Wong gets it right back and is fouled, making both free throws. Armaan Franklin gets a wide open look from three but misses it and he's now 0/7 from three. Jayden Gardner walls up on Jordan Miller, but is called for a questionable foul and Miller makes both free throws. Beekman uses a great hesitation move to get around Wong and finishes at the rim with a finger-roll layup. Jordan Miller slips a screen and hits a floater in the paint.
Virginia 46, Miami 53 | 4:32 2H
Virginia gets another stop on defense and then Vander Plas pops free off of a screen and knocks down a big three-pointer from the left wing and UVA trails by just four points. Vander Plas takes a heat-check three-pointer from deep on the left wing again and drains it, bringing Virginia to within one point. Nijel Pack gets a much-needed bucket for the Canes, splashing a mid-range jumper over McKneely. Vander Plas takes another three from the left wing, but can't get his third three in a row to fall. Vander Plas pokes the ball away but it comes right to AJ Casey under the basket and Casey finishes the layup, pushing the Miami lead back up to five points.
Virginia 42, Miami 47 | 7:36 2H
Ben Vander Plas pulls the trigger on a catch-and-shoot three and gets a lucky bounce off the rim. His shot falls and he gets fouled, sending him to the line for a four-point play. Virginia cuts the deficit to seven points. Miami has begun to settle for some low-percentage looks from the perimeter thanks to Virginia's defense tightening up and that has paid off for the Cavaliers, who are somehow still in this game with ten minutes to play.
Virginia 36, Miami 43 | 10:24 2H
Ryan Dunn gets beat by Jordan Miller off the dribble but recovers to block Miller's shot from behind. Ben Vander Plas is fouled and goes 1/2 from the free throw line, UVA's first point of the second half more than five minutes in. Beekman cuts to the basket on an in-bounds play and finishes the feed from Clark at the rim. Virginia grabs four offensive rebounds on a single possession but still can't get a shot to fall despite having a couple of wide open looks from three. Finally, Vander Plas kicks out to Isaac McKneely, who hits a deep three from the left wing. Miami responds right away as Bensley Joseph slams on the breaks and hits a mid-range jumper, ending a four-minute scoring drought for the Hurricanes. Virginia is shooting 29% from the floor and trails by 11 points.
Virginia 32, Miami 43 | 11:41 2H
Isaiah Wong gets stuck in mid-air and has to throw a desperation lob to Omier, who catches the pass and finishes at the rim. UVA runs a great in-bounds play to get a wide open layup for Franklin, but Franklin misses it. Miami uses great ball movement to work the ball around to Wong, who hits a deep three from the left wing and Miami now leads by 15. Jayden Gardner draws a foul on the baseline, but misses both free throws. Miami is whistled for a lane violation, giving Gardner another try and he misses it again. Ryan Dunn checks into the game for the first time. Virginia gets wide open threes on back-to-back possessions but Franklin misses one and Vander Plas misses the other. Virginia is now 2/12 from three in the game and the Cavaliers have yet to score in the second half.
Virginia 26, Miami 41 | 15:22 2H
Shedrick streaks uncontested to the basket off of a screen and Beekman throws a long pass to him for the open dunk. Shedrick and Omier battle physically down low in consecutive possessions but no points are scored. Gardner slips a screen and hits an open elbow jumper to get Virginia within six points. Miami again catches Virginia off guard by pushing the tempo and Wong gets past Beekman for a layup. Omier pump-fakes to send Gardner and Vander Plas flying by and hits a short hook shot to push the Miami lead back up to ten. Vander Plas takes a deep three at the end of the half and misses it. Miami takes a 36-26 lead into the halftime break.
Virginia 26, Miami 36 | Halftime
Isaac McKneely knifes his way to the basket and draws a foul. His layup attempt was rattling around the rim and then Caffaro tipped it in. It's unclear if McKneely's layup was going to fall, but Caffaro's tap-in certainly doesn't count. It appears Caffaro didn't hear the whistle. McKneely goes to the line and makes both free throws. McKneely gets caught flat-footed and Nijel Pack gets past him and elevates for an open mid-range jumper. Taine Murray curls around a screen and smoothly hits a floater in the paint. Wong uses a screen and drives inside, hanging in the air to hit a tough shot off the glass over Caffaro. Beekman threads a nice pocket pass down the Gardner for a shot push shot from the baseline. Wong has his shot blocked at the rim but Omier is there for the offensive rebound and putback. Beekman comes around a screen and elevates for a mid-range jumper and sinks it.
Virginia 22, Miami 32 | 3:39 1H
Omier makes both free throws. Taine Murray has checked into the game, seeing real minutes for the first time in weeks. Wong drives baseline and fires an impressive bullet pass to Bensley Joseph for a wide open corner three. The Hurricanes have successfully sped up the tempo of the game, a difficult thing to do against the Cavaliers. Kihei Clark threads a sweet bounce pass underneath to Francisco Caffaro, who gets into the box score for the first time in several games. Harlond Beverly finds Joseph open again, this time in the opposite corner, and Joseph knocks down the three. Miami pushes ball up the floor quickly and Isaiah Wong hits a tough step-back three-pointer plus a foul on Taine Murray. Wong completes the four-point play to cap a 12-2 run for the Hurricanes, who now lead by 14 points. Caffaro grabs an offensive rebound and gets fouled, swishing both free throws.
Virginia 14, Miami 26 | 7:56 1H
Kadin Shedrick rolls free off of a screen and Reece Beekman feeds him the ball, but Shedrick misses the point-blank layup. Isaiah Wong muscles his way inside and draws a foul, making both free throws. Vander Plas seems to have put the Houston game completely behind him. He uses a sweet rip through move to get around his defender on the baseline for an easy layup. Virginia gives up multiple offensive rebounds and Norchad Omier earns two free throws.
Virginia 10, Miami 14 | 11:48 1H
Isaac McKneely checks into the game and immediately pulls the trigger on a three-pointer but he has his shot blocked. Isaiah Wong spins on Kihei Clark and knocks down a jumper from the baseline to put the Canes up by 10. UVA finally ends the Miami run as Clark hits a much-needed three from the top of the key. A great sign for Virginia as Ben Vander Plas confidently knocks down a catch-and-shoot three-pointer from the right wing. Vander Plas follows that up with another strong play at the other end of the floor as he draws an offensive foul on Miller.
Virginia 8, Miami 12 | 14:06 1H
Virginia gets to the ball to Jayden Gardner right away on the first possession and he uses a nice series of moves to create space before hitting a short jumper to get UVA on the board. Jordan Miller answers for Miami by tipping in a missed shot. The Hurricanes chase down a long rebound and move the ball quickly down the floor leading to an open transition three-pointer for Miller. Armaan Franklin misses a three and then Miami hits another three as Wooga Poplar hits from the right wing. UVA comes up empty again and then Nijel Pack hits a step-back jumper on the baseline to put Miami up 10-2. Tony Bennett calls timeout and shows uncharacteristic amount of emotion on the sideline as he is incensed with his team's start to the game.
Virginia 2, Miami 10 | 17:12 1H
