Virginia Defeats Florida State 62-57 | Live Updates
The No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers (7-0, 1-0 ACC) defeated the Florida State Seminoles (1-9, 0-1 ACC) 62-57 on Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. See 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 Overcomes Cold Shooting to Beat Florida State 62-57
Final Score: Florida State 57, Virginia 62
Reece Beekman and Kihei Clark miscommunicate on the in-bounds play and Beekman's pass flies out of bounds, opening the door for the Seminoles. FSU runs a lob play for Cam'Ron Fletcher, who catches the pass high in the air and comes down awkwardly and injures his knee, sending the ball out of bounds. Fletcher is helped off the court and UVA gets the ball in-bounds to Clark, who is fouled right away by Mills. Clark makes both free throws. Mills drives on Beekman and flips in a wild bank shot plus a foul on Beekman with 7.6 seconds left. Mills makes the free throw to make it a three-point game. Vander Plas gets the ball in-bounds to Beekman, who is fouled. Beekman makes both free throws to finally seal the game. House's three-pointer is off the mark and the game is over. Virginia escapes with a 62-57 win over Florida State.
Final: FSU 57, UVA 62
Matthew Cleveland dives to the basket past Vander Plas on the in-bounds play and gets the pass from Mills for an easy layup that took just a second and a half off the clock. FSU cuts it back to 58-54 with 17 seconds left and Leonard Hamilton calls his final timeout.
FSU 54, UVA 58 | 17.1 2H
UVA gets the ball in-bounds to Clark, who is fouled right away by Jalen Warley, his fifth foul. Clark misses the first, but makes the second free throw. Mills drives against Clark and Gardner rotates over and blocks the shot out of bounds. Darin Green catches the in-bounds pass and hits an off-balance fadeaway jumper from just inside the three-point line. Virginia breaks the press and Reece Beekman is sent to the line and makes both free throws.
FSU 52, UVA 58 | 18.6 2H
Clark tries to break the press by himself and dribbles the ball out of bounds off of his own foot. Matthew Cleveland crosses over and hits a jumper over Gardner from above the free throw line to cut it back to five points. The refs stop play to adjust the clock.
FSU 50, UVA 55 | 52.4 2H
Cam'Ron Fletcher comes around a screen and slashes to the basket for a layup. UVA turns the ball over in the back court and Cleveland gets an easy layup to cut the deficit to just eight points. Jayden Gardner gets good positioning on the offensive glass and puts back Clark's missed layup to push the lead back up to ten points. Kadin Shedrick is whistled for a very soft foul 40 feet from the basket as he poked the ball away from Caleb Mills. That's Shedrick's fourth foul and he is replaced by Ben Vander Plas. Mills makes both free throws and FSU is back to within eight. Ryan Dunn slashes to the rim from the corner and is fouled by Green. Dunn makes both free throws. Florida State turns the ball over as Corhen throws the ball out of bounds. Beekman has his dunk attempt blocked at the last second by Mills. Warley grabs an offensive rebound and kicks to Green for a deep three. UVA leads 55-48 with 1:16 to go.
FSU 48, UVA 55 | 1:16 2H
Isaac McKneely slashes to the rim and gets fouled hard by Jalen Warley. McKneely makes one of two at the line and UVA leads by nine. Kadin Shedrick gets hit in the mouth for what must be the thousandth time this season and goes to the free throw line and makes one of two. Kihei Clark steps back into a long mid-range jumper and splashes it over the outstretched arm of Corhen. Virginia is on a 6-0 run over the last three minutes and leads by 12. Shedrick blocks a shot but chaos ensues on the rebound and the ball eventually comes to Cleveland near the rim for an uncontested layup. Clark gets inside again and draws a foul on Corhen, making both free throws. UVA leads 51-39 with less than four minutes to play.
FSU 39, UVA 51 | 3:58 2H
Vander Plas muscles his way inside and hits a short fadeaway jumper.
FSU 37, UVA 45 | 7:37 2H
Isaac McKneely checks in to replace Franklin with three fouls. Gardner slips a screen and dives to the basket and Beekman finds him with a great pass for the easy layup. Warley gets open on the left wing and hits a three-pointer to snap UVA's 7-0 run and end FSU's scoring drought of nearly five minutes. UVA comes up empty on back-to-back possessions and Darin Green hits a corner three to cut the deficit back to six points.
FSU 37, UVA 43 | 8:57 2H
Kihei Clark takes a hit from Mills on the perimeter and then races past him to the basket for an easy layup. Vander Plas jars the ball loose from Corhen as he was elevating for a shot resulting in an FSU shot-clock violation. Franklin drives on Darin Green, who flops to the ground and the refs call yet another offensive foul. That's three personal fouls on Franklin.. Clark breaks his defender's ankles and then passes to a wide open Ben Vander Plas, who pump fakes and then knocks down the open three. Virginia opens up a 10-point lead and Leonard Hamilton calls another timeout as JPJ goes wild.
FSU 31, UVA 41 | 11:39 2H
Mills drives on Kihei Clark and gets a runner to bank off the glass. Gardner gets loose behind the FSU defense and Beekman tosses him a lob which Gardner finishes with a mid-air layup. FSU has the answer again as Corhen tips in his own miss off the glass. Both teams are executing better on the offensive end so far in the second half - Florida State shooting 50% and Virginia 75% through the first five minutes of this period.
FSU 31, UVA 36 | 15:02 2H
McLeod's nightmare second half continues as he is assessed with a flagrant 1 for striking Shedrick underneath the basket. Kihei Clark makes both free throws and Virginia has scored five points in one possession and has a chance to add to that. Vander Plas hits a three-pointer, but Gardner is called for a three-second violation before the shot, preventing what could have been an eight-point possession for the Cavaliers. Mills drives inside and finds Cleveland for a layup plus a foul on Beekman. Cleveland finishes the three-point play at the line. Reece Beekman puts Corhen in a spin cycle and finishes with his right hand off the glass. UVA gets another stop and Vander Plas takes his turn backing down Corhen and hitting off the glass. Virginia has made five of its six shots this half to grab a seven-point lead. UVA has scored 13 points in the first three and a half minutes of the second half after scoring just 21 points in the first 20 minutes. Leonard Hamilton calls timeout.
FSU 27, UVA 34 | 16:28 2H
Not a great start to the second half for Naheem McLeod, who is called for a moving screen on one end and then whistled for goaltending as he blocked Kihei Clark's floater attempt on the other end. McLeod gets an offensive rebound but misses the short layup attempt. Jayden Gardner grabs his own miss and lays it in to put UVA ahead by three. Green gets the Seminoles back on the board with a short turnaround jumper that fell with some help from the rim. Kihei Clark drives through the lane and whips a pass to the corner for Armaan Franklin, who drains the three-pointer. Virginia scores on each of its first three possessions. Kadin Shedrick got hit in the neck by McLeod as Franklin's three went in and the refs are reviewing the play.
FSU 24, UVA 28 | 18:17 2H
Beekman and Ryan Dunn collide while avoiding a screen, leaving Darin Green Jr. open for a three-pointer. Mills threads a pass to Cameron Corhen out of the pick and roll and Corhen finishes the layup plus a foul on Ryan Dunn. Corhen completes the three-point play and Florida State leads by four. Reece Beekman drives baseline and whips a pass out to Isaac McKneely, who swishes a much-needed three-pointer from the right wing. Virginia gets a stop but can't get a shot to fall on the final possession of the half and Florida State takes a 22-21 lead into halftime. Virginia shoots just 23% from the floor to score a season-low 21 points in the first half.
FSU 22, UVA 21 | Halftime
Virginia gets the ball inside to Jayden Gardner, who turns and hits a short hook shot to end another lengthy scoring drought for Virginia. FSU has an answer right away as Warley throws a nice pass to Naheem McLeod at the rim for an alley-oop dunk. Tom House shows some great acting skills with flop and is rewarded with an offensive foul call on Jayden Gardner. Vander Plas gets inside and passes out to Beekman, who immediately fires a pass to Kihei Clark in the corner for an open three. Reece Beekman blocks a shot on the other end and the crowd at JPJ has come to life. Beekman throws a backdoor pass to a cutting Ryan Dunn, who is fouled by McLeod on a dunk attempt and makes both free throws. Virginia is called for back-to-back touchy foul calls, putting FSU in the bonus. Warley goes to the free throw line and makes both to end a three-minute scoring drought for FSU. Ryan Dunn blocks Cleveland's shot, leading to a fastbreak for UVA, but Armaan Franklin is called for a charge on his layup attempt.
FSU 16, UVA 18 | 3:46 1H
Kihei Clark drives inside and draws a foul on Warley, making both free throws. Isaac McKneely rotates over and pokes the ball away from Caleb Mills, forcing a turnover. UVA gets multiple offensive rebounds in one possession but the Cavaliers miss three shots in one trip. Virginia has missed its last seven shots and 11 of its last 12. Tom House hits another transition three-pointer to give the Seminoles the lead.
FSU 12, UVA 11 | 8:00 1H
FSU breaks down the UVA defense leading to an open floater for Jalen Warley to tie the game. Some cold shooting for both teams to start, as Virginia and Florida State are a combined 0/5 from three and 4/17 from the floor. Vander Plas drives inside and kicks out to Armaan Franklin, who knocks down the catch-and-shoot three from the right wing to end a Virginia scoring drought of more than four minutes. UVA leaves Tom House open in transition and he knocks down the wide open three from the right wing to tie the game again. Virginia has struggled to generate open looks against the Florida State defense, as the Seminoles are switching on all ball screens.
FSU 9, UVA 9 | 11:23 1H
Virginia comes up empty on its first possession but Kadin Shedrick rejects a layup attempt from Caleb Mills on the other end. Reece Beekman is fouled driving to the basket and makes 1/2 free throws to get the Cavaliers on the board. UVA gets another stop and Armaan Franklin drives and draws a foul, and he also makes 1/2 free throws. Darin Green Jr. drives to the rack and draws a foul on Franklin. Green makes both free throws. Franklin slashes to the rim from the right corner and finishes the layup through traffic. UVA gets an offensive rebound and then Kadin Shedrick gets good positioning and elevates for a hook shot in the middle of the paint. Green runs around a couple of screens before receiving a pass and finding his way to the paint for a floater. Gardner turns it over and Cam'Ron Fletcher tries to take the ball coast-to-coast but Shedrick blocks his layup attempt out of bounds.
FSU 4, UVA 6 | 15:52 1H
