Virginia Basketball Falls to Pittsburgh 68-65 | Live Updates
The Virginia Cavaliers (10-3, 2-2 ACC) were defeated by the Pittsburgh Panthers (11-4, 4-0 ACC) 68-65 on Tuesday night at the Petersen Events Center. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game below. Most recent updates are at the top of the article.
Read a full recap of the game here: Second-Half Meltdown Dooms Virginia in 68-65 Loss at Pitt
Final Score: Virginia 65, Pittsburgh 68
Virginia fouls Nelly Cummings, who makes both free throws to put Pitt up by four points. UVA runs a nice play on offense and Clark feeds down low to a cutting Armaan Franklin for a layup. Jamarius Burton is fouled and makes both free throws. Virginia turns the ball over as Kadin Shedrick can't handle the pass from Clark and that should just about do it. UVA fouls Sibande, who goes to the line and makes both free throws to effectively end the game. Pitt has scored 45 points in the second half after scoring just 23 in the first half and the Panthers will beat the Cavaliers for the first time since 2017. Reece Beekman banks in a three-pointer at the buzzer but it doesn't count as Pittsburgh wins 68-65.
Virginia 65, Pittsburgh 68 | Final
UVA runs the elevator door screen for Isaac McKneely who hits the wide open three-pointer, but Kadin Shedrick is whistled for an offensive foul for a moving screen. Federiko burns UVA again as he dives to the basket off of a screen and finishes the easy layup off the feed from Cummings, giving Pitt the lead. Virginia takes too much time running its offense as Shedrick's layup comes after the shot clock expires. Pitt gets the ball back up by two points with 29.1 seconds remaining.
Virginia 60, Pittsburgh 62 | 29.1 2H
Kadin Shedrick comes back in the game and immediately makes an impact, ending a UVA scoring drought of more than three minutes by finishing at the rim over Federiko off of a sweet pass from Kihei Clark. Beekman drives into the paint and dishes out to Isaac McKneely, who hits his second three-pointer of the game and it couldn't have come at a better time as the true freshman ties the game. Nike Sibande tries to posterize Kadin Shedrick with a dunk but his attempt flies off the rim and out of bounds.
Virginia 60, Pittsburgh 60 | 1:22 2H
With the shot clock winding down, Reece Beekman uses a sweet crossover move to get around Burton on the baseline and scores off the glass plus a foul. Beekman finishes the three-point play at the line. Greg Elliott catches the lob off the inbounds play and is fouled by McKneely, making both free throws to tie the game. Clark passes the ball down low to Vander Plas, who scores his first points of the game. Pitt answers right away as Federiko gets free inside for an easy layup. Cummings throws a great cross-court pass to Blake Hinson in the corner and Hinson buries his third three-pointer of the game. Greg Elliott drives past McKneely and when the help defense comes, Elliott feeds to an open Federiko who scores again at the rim. Pitt is on a 7-0 run and leads by five with just over three minutes remaining.
Virginia 55, Pittsburgh 60 | 3:10 2H
Blake Hinson gets the feed from Cummings and scores off the glass to give the Panthers their first lead of the night as the now 14-0 run for Pitt continues. The drought finally ends for Virginia as Kihei Clark throws up a wild floater from the free throw line while getting fouled and banks it in. Clark makes the free throw, a much-needed three-point play for the Cavaliers, who were starting to lose control of the game. Nike Sibande is left unguarded on the perimeter and he drives right to the basket for a slam dunk, putting Pitt back in front. UVA turns it over and Blake Hinson knocks down a corner three to put Pitt up by four. Kihei Clark makes another big play, shaking his defender and hitting a three-pointer from the right wing.
Virginia 50, Pittsburgh 51 | 7:55 2H
Cummings drives into the paint and flips in a shot over McKneely to tie the game. Reece Beekman drives from the wing and draws Pittsburgh's first foul of the second half, more than nine minutes into the half.
Virginia 44, Pittsburgh 44 | 11:25 2H
Hinson spins into the paint and draws a foul on Ryan Dunn, going 1/2 from the free throw line. Federiko slips a screen and finishes at the rim over Dunn to cut the Virginia lead to six points. UVA turns the ball over for the second possession in a row and Pitt takes advantage as Nelly Cummings drives to the basket and scores off the glass. Pitt is on an 8-0 run to narrow the deficit to four. Virginia comes up empty on offense again and has gone more than three and a half minutes without scoring. Federiko dishes to a cutting Burton, who finishes at the rim. Tony Bennett calls timeout as UVA's lead has dwindled to just two points.
Virginia 44, Pittsburgh 42 | 12:27 2H
Kihei Clark gets the scoring started in the second-half by banking in a long mid-range jumper. Jamarius Burton pulls up and splashes a jumper from the baseline. Clark threads a beautiful pass to Jayden Gardner underneath the basket and Gardner finishes the easy layup. Clark tries to take a charge, but is called for a blocking foul, sending Burton to the line for two free throws. Shedrick gets good positioning on the low blocks and Clark swings a bounce pass down to him and Shedrick finishes with a hook shot off the glass. Pittsburgh breaks down the UVA defense and passes the ball around until Nike Sibande gets a wide-open three from the top of the key and drills it. Virginia answers right away as Franklin knocks down a three-pointer. Burton drives on Beekman and elevates over him for a short floater. Clark drives to the rack from the left wing and finishes strong off the glass through some heavy contact with no call. UVA leaves Nike Sibande wide open, who hits his third three-pointer of the game off the feed from Nelly Cummings.
Virginia 44, Pittsburgh 35 | 14:34 2H
Gardner has the ball poked away from him and that leads to a runout for Pitt and Beekman trips Guillermo Diaz Graham, Beekman's second personal foul. Graham, a 54% free throw shooter, makes both foul shots. Virginia runs a play for Isaac McKneely on the last possession of the first half and although McKneely is a little slow getting to his spot in the corner, Pitt still leaves him open and he knocks down the catch-and-shoot three. That was Virginia's fifth three of the first half and gives UVA a 33-23 lead at halftime.
Virginia 33, Pittsburgh 23 | Halftime
Burton completes the three-point play at the free throw line and Pittsburgh begins to implement some full-court pressure in attempt to speed up Virginia's offense. Pitt takes advantage of another offensive rebound as Sibande hits a mid-range jumper. Shedrick kicks out a great pass to an open Reece Beekman, who drains the catch-and-shoot triple, his second three-pointer of the game. Shedrick turns the ball over in the paint and that leads to a fast-break basket for Burton.
Virginia 30, Pittsburgh 21 | 0:50 1H
Blake Hinson knifes to the basket from the corner and scores off the glass to end the UVA run. Clark misses a three but Shedrick tries to tip in the putback and is fouled, making both free throws. Beekman drives baseline and dishes to Shedrick in the paint for a thunderous dunk. Beekman has his pass intercepted by Elliott, who takes it the other way on a fastbreak, which ends with Jamarius Burton laying it in off the glass plus a foul on Clark. Nice response from the Panthers after Virginia threatened to go up by 15.
Virginia 27, Pittsburgh 16 | 3:57 1H
Ryan Dunn checks into the game and immediately tries to fly to the rim for a dunk but has his attempt blocked on the way up. The rebound stays with the Cavaliers and the ball finds its way to Kihei Clark for a wide open three from the left wing. UVA gets a stop as Franklin comes up with a steal and then Clark feeds Reece Beekman for an open corner three. Jeff Capel calls timeout as Virginia is on an 8-0 run and opens up its largest lead of the game at 11 points.
Virginia 23, Pittsburgh 12 | 6:06 1H
Pittsburgh gets an extra opportunity off of an offensive rebound and that leads to a wide open three for Greg Elliott. Jayden Gardner responds with his patented mid-range jumper. Ben Vander Plas is taking a beating out there. He catches a knee to his midsection on a blocking foul and then draws a charge as he gets run over in the paint a few possessions later.
Virginia 17, Pittsburgh 12 | 7:14 1H
Nike Sibande drives to the basket and draws a foul on Armaan Franklin and makes 1/2 free throws. Blake Hinson comes free off of a screen and hits a long jumper before Ben Vander Plas can recover. After starting the game on a 6-0 run, Virginia has now gone more than four minutes without scoring and Pitt has tied the game. Clark uses a hesitation move to get to the baseline and then hits fadeaway jumper to end UVA's scoring drought. Franklin pulls the trigger on a quick pull-up jumper from just inside the arc in the right corner and swishes it. Franklin gets open coming down the lane and Shedrick feeds him the ball, leading to a wide open dunk for Franklin. Pittsburgh responds to UVA's 6-0 run as Nike Sibande his a pull-up three-pointer. UVA answers right away as Clark drives baseline and whips a pass out to a wide open Armaan Franklin, who splashes the three-pointer from the left wing.
Virginia 15, Pittsburgh 9 | 10:56 1H
Armaan Franklin gets the scoring started as he comes around a screen and knocks down a catch-and-shoot jumper from the left elbow. Kihei Clark drives baseline and sends a beautiful pass to Kadin Shedrick, who soars to the rim for a dunk. Jayden Gardner comes up with a steal and that leads to another bucket for UVA as Clark gets inside again and hits a floater off the glass. Pittsburgh finally gets on the board more than three and a half minutes into the game as Blake Hinson hits a catch-and-shoot three-pointer off of an inbounds pass.
Virginia 6, Pittsburgh 3 | 15:49 1H
