Virginia Basketball Defeats Monmouth 89-42 | Live Updates
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The Virginia Cavaliers (2-0) defeated the Monmouth Hawks (0-2) 89-42 on Friday night at John Paul Jones Arena. See below for a full play-by-play and live analysis of the game.
Read a full recap of UVA's win over Monmouth here: McKneely and Dunn Shine in Virginia's Blowout Win Over Monmouth
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FINAL: Monmouth 42, Virginia 89
Ryan Dunn steals the ball and takes it down the floor for a thunderous dunk. What a breakout game for Ryan Dunn in his UVA debut. Virginia dribbles out the clock to finish a fantastic victory. UVA beats Monmouth 89-42.
Tristan How nearly gets his first-career bucket with a dunk as McKneely gives him a great bounce pass in the paint, but Sandhu comes over and fouls How before he can finish the dunk. How makes 1/2 for his first-career points. How fouls Sandhu on the other end and Sandhu makes 1/2. Ryan Dunn spins off a defender and then feeds to the corner to Taine Murray, who knocks down the catch-and-shoot three, Virginia's 13th three-pointer of the game. Doyle finishes a layup on the other end plus a foul on Dunn, but misses the free throw. Dunn makes another great play, spinning into a fadeaway jumper and knocking it down in the paint. Tristan How skies for an offensive rebound and then takes it in for the easy layup.
Monmouth 42, Virginia 87 | 1:16 2H
Jayden Gardner gets free for a layup and scores his 9th point of the night. Monmouth nearly turns the ball over as Ryan Dunn dives into the back court to try to get the loose ball, but the Hawks maintain possession and Jack Holmstrom eventually knocks down a three-pointer, which is only Monmouth's second three of the game. Chase Coleman breaks down the defense with a dribble drive and finds McKneely with a bullet pass and McKneely knocks down his fourth three of the game. Ryan Dunn comes up with a nice block on Doyle and that leads to another UVA bucket as Taine Murray drives and finishes through contact with a tough lefty layup. Walk-on Tristan How checks in and makes his UVA debut. How immediately gets himself into the box score, grabbing a rebound after a missed Monmouth free throw. Andrew Ball hits a corner three for Monmouth off a nice feed from Jakari Spence. Ryan Dunn covers some serious ground to block Holmstrom's three-point attempt and that eventually leads to Monmouth's 3rd shot-clock violation of the game. Dunn has been extremely impressive tonight.
Monmouth 39, Virginia 79 | 3:42 2H
Jayden Doyle spins and hits a fadeaway jumper to get Monmouth on the board again. Virginia responds with some nice ball movement and Reece Beekman knocks down an open three from the top of the key. Tahron Allen hits a jumper on the other end and the Hawks have reached 30 points 30 minutes into the game. Ryan Dunn draws a foul, but misses both free throws, including an air-ball on the first. Chase Coleman makes his first appearance of the season, replacing Beekman, most likely for the remainder of the game. Allen draws a foul on Taine Murray and makes one of two free throws. Coleman throws a lob for Shedrick, who is fouled on the dunk attempt. Shedrick makes both free throws.
Monmouth 32, Virginia 72 | 7:43 2H
McKneely curls off of a screen from Vander Plas, who pops free to the corner. McKneely gives him the ball right away and Vander Plas knocks down the corner three. That's nine three-pointers for the Cavaliers tonight. Clark drives baseline and drops a pass off to Dunn, who flies in the air and initially looks to throw down a dunk, but then settles for a layup at the last moment. McKneely passes up an open three off another great feed from Vander Plas, but McKneely gets another great look a few seconds later from Clark. This time, McKneely pulls the trigger and knocks it down for his third three-pointer of the game. Jayden Gardner picks up his 4th foul with over 13 minutes left. Gardner stays on the floor and draws a foul on the other end, making 1/2 free throws. UVA forces a bad shot form Monmouth and Beekman fires a long outlet pass down to Taine Murray, who finishes wit the flush in transition. Monmouth ends a long scoring drought with a layup by Jack Collins. McKneely responds with a pull-up jumper off the screen from Shedrick. UVA gets out in transition again after a steal from Beekman and Taine Murray feeds Ryan Dunn for an easy layup. Virginia is on a 21-2 run over the last seven minutes and Monmouth has scored just six points since halftime. UVA now leads by 40.
Monmouth 27, Virginia 67 | 10:26 2H
Monmouth leaves Franklin open on the left wing and he knocks down the deep three off the pass from Clark. Franklin is tied with Clark for the UVA team-lead in scoring tonight with eight points. Virginia has seven players who have scored at least five points.
Monmouth 25, Virginia 52 | 15:57 2H
Myles Ruth knifes to the basket past Beekman and scores a layup. Kihei Clark drives baseline and dumps off a pass for Gardner, who scores the layup. Gardner is then whistled for his third foul while going for an offensive rebound and checks out of the game. Myles Foster, Monmouth's leading scorer with 10 points, picks up his 4th foul early in the second half. Kihei Clark breaks down the Monmouth defense and drops off a pass to Beekman, who sends a bounce pass to Shedrick for a dunk. Klemen Vuga responds on the other end, getting Vander Plas to bite on a pump fake to free himself for a layup. Shedrick is undercut while going for a lob and falls hard, but gets up and makes 1/2 free throws. Shedrick pokes the ball away as Monmouth tries to get the ball in the post and Beekman takes it down the court before lobbing to Armaan Franklin for a transition alley-oop dunk. Monmouth calls timeout as UVA now leads by 24.
Monmouth 25, Virginia 49 | 16:45 2H
The fouls continue to accumulate as the refs are calling a close one. We're up to 10 fouls for each team. Beekman is fouled driving the lane and he makes both free throws. Ryan Dunn pokes a Monmouth pass out of bounds with one second left on the shot clock and the ensuing shot misses everything as Virginia forces its second shot clock violation of the game. Kihei Clark drives baseline and whips a one-handed pass out to Ben Vander Plas, who splashes the catch-and-shot triple from the left wing. Monmouth's last made field goal came at the 10:27 mark. It's a first half Cavalanche for Virginia, who takes a 42-21 lead into halftime.
Halftime. Monmouth 21, Virginia 42
Clark is having himself quite a game so far. Now he gets it done with the pass, lobbing for Kadin Shedrick, who slams down the alley-oop dunk. Shedrick picks up his second foul and Ryan Dunn comes back in the game to replace him. Lot of whistles from Ted Valentine and company here at JPJ tonight for both sides - seven fouls for each team with six minutes still to go in the first half. Ryan Dunn is called for a foul while going for an offensive rebound. Ruth goes to the free throw line for a one-and-one and makes both, ending Monmouth's scoring drought which lasted for nearly five minutes. The whistles continue as Dunn goes for an offensive rebound and this time, he draws a foul and makes both free throws. Vander Plas is called for a foul on Ruth, who makes both free throws. We're up to a combined 17 fouls between the two teams. Beekman gets the handoff from Vander Plas and glides to the basket, dropping in a floater off the glass. Vander Plas pump-fakes out of a corner three and drives the baseline before laying it in with a reverse finish. Monmouth hasn't hit a field goal in nearly seven minutes and UVA's lead is up to 16 points.
Monmouth 21, Virginia 37 | 3:46 1H
Kadin Shedrick is fouled grabbing a defensive rebound and UVA is in the bonus. Shedrick makes both ends of the one-and-one and the lead grows to 12 points. Virginia forces a Monmouth shot clock violation, the first of the season for UVA. UVA is still on a 10-0 run over the last two and a half minutes.
Monmouth 17, Virginia 29 | 7:40 1H
Kihei Clark spins in the paint and knocks down the tough fadeaway jumper. Myles Foster stays hot and gets a hook shot to go in the paint. He has ten early points to lead all scorers. Monmouth makes the mistake of fouling a three-pointer again and again, UVA doesn't cash in completely, as Ben Vander Plas makes only two of the three free throws. Ryan Dunn's first-career points come on a three-pointer from the right wing - wow, this freshmen class is going to be amazing for the Cavaliers. Clark picks off a pass from Monmouth and takes it the other way before firing a pass down to Beekman. Beekman gives the ball right back to Clark, who pump-fakes and then knocks down the three-pointer as JPJ erupts. Virginia is on an 8-0 run to take a 10-point lead and Monmouth calls timeout.
Monmouth 17, Virginia 27 | 8:40 1H
Jayden Gardner works hard in the paint to get an offensive rebound and is fouled. He makes both free throws to cut the deficit to one point. Allen is doubled in the paint and makes a great pass down to Foster, who lays it in. Jayden Gardner slaps out an offensive rebound and the ball comes right to Kihei Clark, who knocks down the open three. Jack Collins responds with a three-pointer from the top of the key for Monmouth. Ben Vander Plas fires a cross-court pass to Isaac McKneely, who knocks down the catch-and-shoot corner three and it has turned into a three-point shooting contest here at John Paul Jones Arena. McKneely is fouled shooting a three, but he is only able to hit one of the three foul shots. Ryan Dunn checks into the game for the first time in his career. McKneely makes up for the missed free throws immediately as gets another great pass from Vander Plas and knocks down the three from the corner. Allen grabs an offensive rebound and lays it in on the other end for Monmouth.
Monmouth 15, Virginia 17 | 11:04 1H
Monmouth wins the tip and lands the first blow, as Myles Foster grabs an offensive rebound and lays it in plus a foul on Kihei Clark. Foster misses the free throw. After a UVA turnover, Myles Ruther hits a free-throw line jumper. Armaan Franklin hits a three-pointer from the left wing to get the Cavaliers on the board. Isaac McKneely checks into the game for Kihei Clark just three minutes into the game. Myles Foster bangs into Kadin Shedrick down low to create space and lays it in. Jayden Gardner matches that physicality on the other end, absorbing some contact and sinking a shot off the window. Tahron Allen has the answer for Monmouth, scoring over Armaan Franklin in the paint as Monmouth takes an 8-5 lead at the first timeout.
Monmouth 8, Virginia 5 | 15:19 1H
