Virginia Basketball Defeats Albany 66-46 | Live Updates
The Virginia Cavaliers (9-2, 1-1 ACC) defeated the Albany Great Danes (5-10, 0-0 America East) 66-46 on Wednesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Read a complete play-by-play and live analysis for the game below.
Most recent updates are at the top of the page. Read a full recap of the game here: Virginia Shakes Slow Start, Pulls Away From Albany for 66-46 Win
Note: Reece Beekman has been ruled out of tonight's game. Isaac McKneely slides into his spot at guard, making his first-career start. Ben Vander Plas is also starting over Kadin Shedrick at center. Read more here: Reece Beekman OUT for Virginia vs. Albany, McKneely and Vander Plas Starting
Final Score Albany 46, Virginia 66
Coleman sends a pass down low to Caffaro, who had sealed out his defender. Caffaro is fouled before he can finish the dunk and misses both free throws. Malik Edmead pulls up and drains a corner three to draw the deficit to 20 points. Virginia dribbles out the remainder of the clock and UVA's two-game losing skid comes to an end with a 66-46 victory over Albany.
Albany 46, Virginia 66 | Final
Jonathan Beagle gets Shedrick to bite on a pump-fake and earns two free throws. Beagle misses the first, but makes the second. Drumgoole is fouled by Ryan Dunn and makes both free throws. Dunn gets good positioning down low and elevates over his defender right to the rim for a layup. Davis hits a corner three-pointer off the feed from Marcus Jackson, ending a drought of more than five minutes without a made field goal for the Great Danes. Taine Murray is fouled and makes both free throws. Beagle manages to tip the ball in the basket off of a missed shot plus a foul on Caffaro, but misses the ensuing free throw. Caffaro uses some crafty footwork inside to get a jump-hook to fall over Caffaro. Drumgoole hits a corner three and Albany calls timeout trailing by 23 points with less than 90 seconds to go.
Albany 43, Virginia 66 | 1:29 2H
Kihei Clark knifes inside and swings a pass to the opposite corner to Franklin, who knocks down the open three, his third three-pointer of the game. Clark kicks to Ben Vander Plas with the shot clock winding down and Vander Plas drills the catch-and-shoot three from the left wing. Chase Coleman enters the game, replacing Kihei Clark. Loud cheers from the JPJ crowd for both Coleman and Clark. Coleman immediately pulls the trigger on a three-pointer, that glances off the rim but Shedrick comes up with the rebound and dunks it. UVA is on another 8-0 run and leads 60-32 with four and a half minutes to play.
Albany 32, Virginia 60 | 4:27 2H
Jayden Gardner is fouled and makes one of two before getting subbed out, presumably for the remainder of the game. Trey Hutcheson gets open underneath and finishes off the glass. Malik Edmead is fouled by Vander Plas on a transition layup attempt and makes both free throws. The Cavaliers have cooled off offensively, going nearly four minutes since their last made field goal.
Albany 32, Virginia 52 | 7:44 2H
Kihei Clark pushes the ball quickly up the floor after an Albany missed shot and splashes a pull-up three-pointer. Albany responds as Beagle spins around Shedrick and gets his finger-roll layup to fall. Clark backs down Edmead in the paint and gets him to bite on a pump-fake, earning two free throws and Clark makes one of two. Franklin slashes from the left corner and confidently finishes off the glass through some contact. Franklin curls around a screen, shakes his defender, and knocks down a jumper a foot inside the three-point line. Virginia is shooting 63% from the floor in the second half and leads by 23 points.
Albany 28, Virginia 51 | 11:23 2H
Jayden Gardner gets inside and finishes strong through contact at the rim. McKneely is called for an offensive foul as he tried to finish a layup in transition. UVA doubles Beagle in the post and he finds Hutcheson underneath for a layup, ending a scoring drought of almost nine minutes for the Danes. Virginia answers right away as Clark feeds Gardner down low and Gardner scores plus a foul on Beagle. Gardner completes the three-point play and UVA has opened up a 17-point lead.
Albany 26, Virginia 43 | 15:11 2H
Isaac McKneely gets the scoring started by driving inside and elevating for a short floater, continuing Virginia's now 13-0 run. Virginia forces its second shot-clock violation of the game. McKneely comes up with a steal, which leads to a wide open corner three for Armaan Franklin in transition. Albany calls timeout as UVA has taken a 14-point lead early in the second half.
Albany 24, Virginia 38 | 17:56 2H
Kihei Clark is feeling it. He drives inside and dishes a sweet pass between two Albany defenders to Jayden Gardner for an easy layup. Albany doesn't get a shot off on the last possession and Virginia takes a 33-24 lead into halftime. UVA closes the first half on an 11-0 run and Albany goes scoreless over the last 5:15 of the half.
Albany 24, Virginia 33 | Halftime
The Cavaliers commit a shot-clock violation of their own on their next offensive possession as Gardner is unable to get his fadeaway jumper off in time. Virginia ends a near-three-minute scoring drought as Armaan Franklin drives inside and uses some nice footwork to score off the glass plus a foul. He makes the ensuing free throw. Clark pokes the ball away away from Edmead in the back-court and strolls to the basket for the easy layup. Clark steals the ball from Edmead AGAIN just seconds later, scoring again and JPJ erupts as Virginia goes on a 9-0 run fueled by Clark's back-to-back pickpocket plays. Albany calls timeout with one minute left in the first half as UVA leads by seven.
Albany 24, Virginia 31 | 1:02 1H
Armaan Franklin's defender gets stuck under a screen and Franklin drains the pull-up three-pointer from the left wing to end Albany's run coming out of the timeout. Shedrick comes up with the steal and triggers a fast-break. Clark gives it back to Shedrick, who is fouled in transition and makes both free throws to put UVA back on top. Franklin is fouled after collecting a defensive rebound and goes to the free throw line as Virginia is in the bonus. Franklin makes both free throws. Beagle backs down Shedrick and hits with his jump-hook again, this time with his right hand. Clark tries to steal the ball from Beagle as he starts to work on Shedrick in the post but Beagle quickly fires a pass to Davis, who hits his second three of the game. Virginia has an answer on the other end as Clark dishes to Shedrick down low for an open dunk. UVA plays fantastic individual and team defense and forces a shot-clock violation. The game remains tied at 24-24 with less than four minutes to play in the first half.
Albany 24, Virginia 24 | 3:40 1H
Albany's 6'10" freshman Jonathan Beagle backs down the smaller Vander Plas and gets his left jump-hook to fall with a soft touch. Isaac McKneely drives on Da'Kquan Davis and finishes through contact off the glass plus a foul. McKneely completes the three-point play at the free throw line. Gardner loses Trey Hutcheson on the pick-and-roll and Hutcheson knocks down an open three-pointer from the corner off the feed from Davis. Albany gets a stop and then Davis hits a three-pointer of his own to put the Danes back in front 17-15. Davis drives inside and hits a high-arcing floater. Albany is on an 8-0 run and leads 19-15. Tony Bennett calls timeout.
Albany 19, Virginia 15 | 7:56 1H
Kihei Clark fouls Malik Edmead on a long jumper and Edmead makes both free throws. Edmead slams on the breaks and pulls up for a wide open jumper to get the Danes back within one. Taine Murray checks into the game and brings the ball up the floor - there is no true point guard on the floor right now as Isaac McKneely and Armaan Franklin are the other guards. Patel uses a great up-and-under move to score the reverse layup off the glass. That's a 6-0 run for Albany to take the lead. Franklin's open three rims out but the ball comes right to Gardner for the easy put-back. Franklin comes around Shedrick's screen and hits a long jumper from just inside the three-point line.
Albany 9, Virginia 12 | 10:51 1H
Gerald Drumgoole pulls up and hits a heavily contested jumper from the right elbow to get the scoring started. Jayden Gardner gets UVA on the board with a baseline jumper. Kihei Clark uses a nice hesitation move to get inside before bouncing a pass down to Gardner for an easy layup. Sarju Patel is fouled by Ben Vander Plas and makes one of two free throws. Kadin Shedrick checks into the game and makes an immediate impact, tapping in a missed jumper from Armaan Franklin. After a couple of empty trips for both teams, Jayden Gardner pulls up late in the shot clock and hits a free throw-line jumper.
Albany 3, Virginia 8 | 15:16 1H
