Virginia vs. Boston College Live Updates

Virginia (9-10, 2-6 ACC) won 74-56 over Boston College (9-10, 1-7 ACC) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. The victory snaps the worst losing streak in over a decade for the 'Hoos, who cruised to their second ACC victory of the season over a sloppy Boston College team. See below for score updates, play-by-play, and live analysis from throughout the development of tonight's matchup for the Cavaliers. Refresh the page for the most recent game updates.

See five takeaways from the game here: Five Takeaways From Virginia Basketball's 74-56 Win Over Boston College

Virginia 74, Boston College 56 | FINAL

After a pair of TJ Power free throws, Virginia makes a strong stop and follows up on the other end with a powerful Anthony Robinson dunk down low.

Off another poor Boston College turnover, Dai Dai Ames slams home a dunk on the fastbreak to inject some late life into the JPJ crowd in the final minute.

Virginia 67, Boston College 50 | 3:39
Sharma attacks the rim as the shot clock expires and draws a foul - he's good on both FTs in his first trip to the line of the night. Chad Venning battles down low and muscles home another bucket, his sixth on the night (6-11 FG). After a UVA turnover, Fred Payne takes it all the way down the floor and finishes another layup to cut the Virginia lead to 17.

Virginia 65, Boston College 45 | 5:27
After a Cofie travel, Fred Payne knocks down his second three of the night. Virginia timeout.

Virginia 65, Boston College 41 | 6:26
Rohde gets an offensive rebound off his own miss and finds Taine Murray for a slashing layup, before Fred Payne finds the bottom of the net for his first three of the night. Rohde gets back to the line on the seventh foul of the half for BC and is good on both. Rohde is having a fantastic evening - 15 PTS and 5 AST thus far.

McKneely connects on a design play for his sixth three of the night, before Anthony Robinson gets on the board via a strong putback dunk on the next Cavalier possession. After a quick layup by Venning, McKneely connects on his seventh three of the evening and second in three possessions. Off a Taine Murray turnover, BC converts an and-one and we go to a break.

Virginia 53, Boston College 34 | 10:56
Elijah Saunders is ejected from the game after his foul was upgraded to a flagrant two. BC's Kelley III is good on both of the free throws via the flagrant. Virginia scores off the eleventh Eagle turnover of the night on a Blake Buchanan dunk via a good assist from McKneely, before BC sends a stray pass flying into the stands - their twelfth turnover in a sloppy offensive performance.

Andrew Rohde finds his lefthand for an easy two points down low - he's up to 14 points in the contest on a perfect 5-5 FG. Fred Payne responds with a strong layup of his own over Buchanan before Ishan Sharma is good on a midrange jumper from the baseline.

Virginia 47, Boston College 28 | 15:44
A foul on Hand Jr of BC has been upgraded to a flagrant two. Rohde connects on both free throws via the flagrant.

Another BC travel is their tenth turnover of the night; Virginia fails to capitalize and an Elijah Saunders foul goes under review.

Virginia 45, Boston College 28 | 16:31
Brown swishes home a 3 PT for BC to open second half scoring - just their second of the night. Virginia somehow commits three fouls in less than a minute to start the half, but BC can't convert any into points. Virginia gets their first three points of the second half on a gritty and-one floater from McKneely as the shot clock nearly expired. After a BC offensive foul, Dai Dai Ames drives and draws a foul. He's good on one of his two free throws, his first point of the night.

Brown fights through the lane and gets an easy layup for the Eagles. We go to a media timeout.

Virginia 41, Boston College 23 | HALFTIME

Chad Venning dunks home an easy 2 off a pick-and-roll; he leads BC in scoring with 8 on the night. Isaac McKneely responds with another beautiful three-pointer. He's got a game-high 12 points and is perfect from distance.

Fred Payne drives and connects on a contested layup for the Eagles. Saunders gets in the paint and kicks to Rohde, who drills a corner three - he's 2-2 on the night from deep himself. Fred Payne quickly answers with a dunk off a Virginia defensive breakdown. Virginia turned in an excellent offensive half - perhaps the best of their season and leads by 18 at the break.

Virginia 35, Boston College 17 | 3:56 1H
Both teams exchange turnovers out of the timeout before McFarlane drives and gets his first points on the night. On the next BC possession, Buchanan gets a strong stop and rebound in the paint before Virginia turns it over again. Six turnovers from BC compared to three from UVA thus far.

Donald Hand Jr. gets to the free throw line, the first trip to the line for either team through fifteen minutes, and connects on both. Buchanan scores a putback layup as the shot clock expires on the next possession for Virginia, ending a three-minute scoring drought. After a Venning miss, Isaac McKneely drills a sweet moving 3 PT - he's 3-3 from three on the night.

Virginia 30, Boston College 11 | 8:12 1H
Elijah Saunders swishes home his first 3PT of the night off a Jacob Cofie offensive rebound and assist. On the very next Virginia possession, Saunders knocks down another three ball. He's now 4-4 with 10 PTS and the Virginia lead has ballooned to 17. After a BC miss, Andrew Rohde drives and finds the lane for another bucket. 19-point UVA lead and an 8-0 run. BC can hardly get anything going against a disciplined Virginia defensive attack. Timeout Eagles.

Virginia 22, Boston College 11 | 10:51 1H
BC travels and gives the ball to the 'Hoos after the break. Virginia capitalizes with Rohde immediately making a tough baseline floater - he's 2-2 to start the game and Virginia has an early eight-point lead.

The Eagles are struggling with Roger McFarlane turning the ball over for the second time in two plays; Virginia executes once again off the BC errors, this time a beautiful pick-and-roll between Rohde and Buchanan leads to a Buchanan dunk. BC's Joshua Beadle responds with a baseline, mid-range jumper to end the short Virginia run, before Saunders gets another Virginia bucket in the paint. Isaac McKneely knocks down his second three on as many attempts, this one a quick catch-and-shoot off the assist from Dai Dai Ames. Donald Hand Jr answers with a three of his own, the first of the night for Virginia before Ishan Sharma gets it right back, knocking down his first three of the night.

Chad Venning breaks through into the lane and dunks home his third FG of the night. Virginia is 9-13 from the field to start the contest, an excellent start as they seek to snap a five-game losing streak.

Virginia 10, Boston College 4 | 15:34 1H
Isaac McKneely connects on his first shot of the game, a three-pointer to open tonight's scoring. BC big man Chad Venning responds and muscles his way into the lane for his first bucket in the paint, before Jacob Cofie immediately gets his first points of the contest on a nice floater.

Elijah Saunders stays patient, backing down his defender and connecting on a turnaround floater. Venning scores his second basket for the Eagles off a nice cut and spin move in the paint, before Andrew Rohde swishes home a corner three. BC Timeout.

Virginia 0, Boston College 0 | 20:00 1H

Virginia Starters: Andrew Rohde, Dai Dai Ames, Isaac McKneely, Elijah Saunders, Jacob Cofie

Boston College Starters: Dion Brown, Roger McFarlane, Joshua Beadle, Donald Hand Jr, Chad Venning

As we await our 7 pm ET tipoff for Virginia vs. Boston College on the ACC Network, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Boston College Game Preview

Boston College vs. Virginia Pregame Notes

• Virginia meets Boston College for the lone time in 2024-25.
• UVA has lost five consecutive games for the first time since 2010 when the Cavaliers suffered a nine-game ACC losing streak from Feb. 6 to March 6 (Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Florida State, Clemson, Miami, No. 5 Duke, Boston College and No. 22 Maryland).
• UVA and Boston College are tied for 16th in the ACC at 1-6.
• Virginia is 21-9 all-time vs. Boston College, including a 2-0 mark last season, in a series that dates to 1971-72.
• The Cavaliers posted a 72-68 road win and 66-60 overtime win at the ACC Tournament against the Eagles last season
• UVA has won 14 of the last 17 games in the series.
• UVA has limited Boston College to 58 or fewer points in eight of the last 13 meetings.
• The Cavaliers are 11-2 against the Eagles in Charlottesville, including an eight-game win streak at John Paul Jones Arena.