Live Updates: Virginia Defeats Georgia 65-55
Live analysis and score updates for the Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball game against the Georgia Bulldogs on Monday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey as part of the Roman Legends Classic.
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Starting Lineups
Virginia
Kihei Clark
Reece Beekman
Armaan Franklin
Jayden Gardner
Kadin Shedrick
Georgia
Jailyn Ingram
Jabri Abdur-Rahim
Kario Oquendo
Aaron Cook
Braelen Bridges
First Half
Virginia misses its first six shots of the game. Georgia's Aaron Cook gets a tough driving floater to fall off the glass to put the Bulldogs up 6-2. Armaan Franklin drives the lane and scores on a floater. Franklin and Reece Beekman team up to force a steal and Franklin takes the ball the other way for a breakaway layup to tie the game.
Virginia 6, Georgia 6 | 15:42 1H
Armaan Franklin makes a transition three from the right wing. Then, Reece Beekman steals and scores in transition. Beekman finds Franklin for another floater and Franklin already has 11 points. Braelen Bridges makes a jumper to end the 11-0 UVA run. Jayden Gardner uses a beautiful spin move on the baseline and finishes the up-and-under off the glass. Back-to-back threes by Jailyn Ingram brings Georgia back within one, but Beekman responds with a beautiful drive and finish in the lane.
Virginia 17, Georgia 14 | 11:08 1H
Igor Milicic Jr. checks into the game and immediately splashes a three-pointer. On the next UVA possession, Kody Stattmann has a great drive to the rim but can't finish the dunk. Georgia's Christian Wright is fouled and finishes the layup to tie the game at 20, but he misses the free throw.
Virginia 20, Georgia 20 | 7:58 1H
Kihei Clark catches and shoots on the left wing and drains the three-pointer and Gardner hits a pull-up elbow jumper for a nice little 5-0 run for Virginia. The Bulldogs respond with a 6-0 run, capped off by a Bridges layup to give Georgia its first lead since early in the game. A steal by Franklin turns into a basket on the other end as Beekman drops it off for a Gardner layup and Virginia regains the lead.
Virginia 27, Georgia 26 | 3:42 1H
UVA forces a shot clock violation and Kihei Clark scores a layup on the other end. Braelen Bridges scores again and has 12 points (leads all scorers) for Georgia.
Kihei Clark is fouled on his drive with 2.2 seconds remaining. Clark makes both free throws to pull UVA within one, but Francisco Caffaro fouls Jaxon Etter after he releases his half-court attempt at a buzzer beater. The shot falls well short of the rim, but Etter shoots three free throws as Caffaro collided with him after the ball had already left his hands. Etter makes two of three free throws and Georgia takes a three-point lead into halftime.
Halftime: Virginia 31, Georgia 34
Second Half
Kihei Clark makes his second three of the game to tie things up at 34 on UVA's first possession. Armaan Franklin hits a pull-up mid-range jumper for his first basket since early in the first half. Virginia goes on a 6-0 run and then forces a shot clock violation. It was a perfect start to the second half for the Cavaliers, except for the fact that Jayden Gardner and Kadin Shedrick both picked up their third fouls in the first four minutes of the second half and exited the game. Jabri Abdur-Rahim scores a tip-in for Georgia's first basket of the second half.
Virginia 38, Georgia 36 | 15:30 2H
Armaan Franklin with another mid-range jumper and has 15 points, Francisco Caffaro grabs an offensive board and finishes through contact for an and-one. Georgia gets a few back on free throws, but both teams are struggling mightily to shoot the ball in the second half. Virginia is 25% from three and Georgia is 15% from three.
Virginia 42, Georgia 40 | 11:34 2H
Kadin Shedrick picks up his fourth foul with 10+ minutes remaining in the game. Francisco Caffaro comes in and immediately picks up his fourth foul on an extremely questionable call, as a Georgia player falls into Caffaro after grabbing a rebound with Caffaro standing still and catching a forearm to the face. With Igor Milicic Jr. on the floor instead, Carson McCorkle makes a very nice catch-and-shoot three pointer on the right wing. Shedrick comes back into the game and has made a couple of nice defensive plays already, playing with those four fouls. Jayden Gardner draws an offensive foul on Braelen Bridges, who picks up his fourth foul for Georgia.
Virginia 47, Georgia 46 | 8:00 2H
Kadin Shedrick misses a dunk and Tyron McMillan gives Georgia the lead on a powerful dunk on the other end. Gardner responds with a brilliant combo-move, coming to a jump-stop, pump-faking, and then laying it in with his right hand as Virginia regains the lead. Armaan Franklin and Reece Beekman make two free throws each to extend the Virginia lead to five with just under five minutes remaining.
Virginia 53, Georgia 48 | 4:47 2H
Kihei Clark turns the ball over and Oquendo makes a corner three in transition to cut it to just a two-point UVA lead at 53-51. Armaan Franklin responds with a great up-and-under move and finishes with his left hand. After a Kadin Shedrick block, Franklin scores again on a jumper from the right side to put UVA up by six.
Virginia 57, Georgia 51 | 2:29 2H
Oquendo scores on a lefty layup to make it 57-53. Kadin Shedrick makes a number of plays down the stretch to lock up the win. First, he draws Braelen Bridges fifth foul in the post. Shedrick then comes up with a huge block, before grabbing an offensive rebound and getting fouled. He makes two free throws to put Virginia up 60-53 with less than a minute remaining. Clark and Franklin make free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. Armaan Franklin ties a career-high with 23 points. Clutch plays on both ends of the floor for Virginia in the final few minutes of the game.
