Virginia vs. SMU Live Updates | NCAA Men's Basketball

Virginia (5-4) suffered a 63-51 loss to SMU (8-2) in the ACC opener on Saturday afternoon at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game in the thread below and stay tuned to Virginia Cavaliers On SI for a full recap of the game.

Read our five takeaways from the game here: Key Takeaways from UVA Basketball's 63-51 Loss at SMU

Virginia 51, SMU 63 | FINAL

SMU breaks the press and Sharma fouls Miller, who makes both free throws. Rohde drives and misses a heavily contested layup. Saunders hoists up a three and hits only backboard and that seals it. SMU beats Virginia 63-51.

Virginia 51, SMU 63 | Final

Chuck Harris is fouled by McKneely and makes both ends of the one and one, stretching the SMU lead to five points. McKneely threads a beautiful pass to Cofie and he blows the wide-open dunk. Saunders draws the fourth foul on Yigitoglu and makes both free throws. Boopie Miller blows by McKneely and scores high off the glass. Sharma commits a costly turnover with a bad a pass, but Virginia plays 50 seconds of good defense, forcing a shot clock violation after SMU got a second-chance opportunity. McKneely tries to draw a foul on a three-pointer and misses the heave. Sharma fouls Harris intentionally and he makes both free throws to push the SMU lead to 58-51. Rohde drives baseline, but dribbles the ball out of bounds. Ron Sanchez calls timeout, but that should just about do it.

Virginia 51, SMU 58 | 56.3 2H

Virginia tries to post McKneely up and he turns it over, leading to a pair of foul shots for Oquendo on the other end as he draws a foul on Sharma in transition. Oquendo misses the first, but makes the second. Buchanan is fouled in the paint and goes to the line for a one-and-one as Virginia is in the bonus. He makes both free throws to end a lengthy UVA scoring drought. SMU uses some great ball movement to free up the best shooter on the floor, Oquendo, for a wide open corner three to tie the game at 47-47. Oquendo gets another good look from the opposite corner and he knocks that one down too. SMU leads 50-47. McKneely is fouled on a drive and makes both free throws. Yigitoglu gets deep positioning on Buchanan and scores off the glass.

Virginia 49, SMU 52 | 3:52 2H

SMU answers out of the timeout at Matt Cross hits a corner three to stop the Virginia run. Boopie Miller pushes the ball in transition and scores through contact off the glass. It's a quick 5-0 burst from SMU to get back within two. Yigitoglu takes an an inadvertent elbow to the face from Buchanan and goes down hard. The refs are taking a look at it.

Virginia 45, SMU 43 | 8:13 2H

Oquendo grabs an offensive rebound and scores off the backboard. He has 12 points for SMU. Isaac McKneely is fouled on a three-pointer and he swishes it, his third triple of the game. McKneely comes free off of a screen in the corner and splashes the catch-and-shoot three. It's a personal 7-0 run for McKneely and SMU calls timeout with UVA now up by seven.

Virginia 45, SMU 38 | 10:17 2H

Jacob Cofie spins through the paint and scores with his left hand with some English off the backboard plus a foul. He completes the three-point play to tie the game. Cofie is left all alone at the right elbow and he swishes the jumper. Saunders hedges too hard on a ball screen and is called for his fourth personal foul with 12 minutes to go.

Virginia 38, SMU 36 | 11:49 2H

Oquendo ends an eight-minute scoring drought for SMU with a pair of free throws. Jerrell Colbert converts a short hook shot in the paint. Oquendo drives the lane and and scores with a nice move off the glass. It's a 6-0 run for SMU to retake the lead. Ron Sanchez calls timeout.

Virginia 33, SMU 36 | 14:01 2H

Still no Dai Dai Ames for Virginia to start the second half. Ames played just seven minutes in the first half and exited after landing awkwardly under the basket on a contested layup attempt. McKneely pulls the trigger on a corner three late in the shot clock and drills it, giving the Cavaliers the lead. Yigitoglu is called for two quick fouls early in the second half and he heads to the bench with three personal fouls. Rohde is fouled by Miller on a backdoor cut and makes both free throws. It's now an 11-0 run for Virginia spanning halftime.

Virginia 33, SMU 30 | 15:56 2H

Virginia ends a bit of a scoring drought as Isaac McKneely hit a very deep and well-contested three-pointer at the end of the shot clock. Anthony Robinson is in the game for Virginia and has made a couple of nice plays on the defensive end, collecting a rebound and now drawing an offensive foul on Yigitoglu in the post. Ishan Sharma splashes a three-pointer; he also made a nice defensive play a few possessions earlier, swiping the ball away from Boopie Miller. Elijah Saunders hit a three-pointer, but the refs say it was just after the buzzer. UVA ends the first half on a 6-0 run to enter halftime trailing by just two points.

Virginia 28, SMU 30 | Halftime

With the shot clock winding down, Rohde makes a great play, driving to his left and hitting a very tough floater off the glass. Yigitoglu dices UVA up out of the pick and roll and scores yet again. Chuck Harris gets a wide-open look from the right wing and swishes the three. It's a nine-point lead for SMU now. McKneely drives baseline and swings a great pass to Rohde, who drains the corner three. Yohan Traore discards Cofie to grab an offensive rebound and finds Yigitoglu for a dunk. SMU leads by eight at the under four minute timeout.

Virginia 22, SMU 30 | 3:59 1H

Cofie finds TJ Power at the top of the key and Power knocks the open three-pointer, a great sign for the Duke transfer who has struggled shooting the ball. Yigitoglu is back on the floor and scores inside to give him nine points already today. Buchanan misses a fadeaway jumper and then fouls Yigitoglu, who makes 1/2 free throws. Chuck Harris uses a nice dribble move to find a lane to the basket for a layup. Rohde turns it over and Boopie Biller takes it the other way for a layup plus an ill-advised foul on McKneely. It's a 7-0 run for SMU to take a 22-17 lead.

Virginia 17, SMU 22 | 7:06 1H

Matt Cross bullies his way past Andrew Rohde and scores on his second attempt despite some good resistance from Rohde defensively. Kario Oquendo comes in off the bench and hits a sweet step-back three-pointer. Jacob Cofie takes a three for the second possession in a row and gets a friendly roll off the front rim. Saunders is fouled inside and makes 1/2 free throws. Taine Murray attacks in transition and scores off the glass through contact. Oquendo pulls the trigger from the right wing and swishes his second three-pointer. He's a 50%+ three-point shooter on the season and Virginia needs to deny these open looks for him.

Virginia 14, SMU 15 | 10:39 1H

Both teams start the game getting a wide-open look for their centers rolling to the basket out of a pick and roll. Isaac McKneely finds Blake Buchanan for a dunk to get the scoring started, and then Samet Yigitoglu is fouled going to the basket and makes 1/2 free throws. Yigitoglu gets free again on SMU's next possession and slams home a dunk. Dai Dai Ames hits a mid-range jumper to put UVA back in front. Yigitoglu scores over Buchanan with a jump hook. Andrew Rohde slashes to the rim and scores with his inside hand. McKneely drives to the rim and scores with a crafty finish. Yigitoglu scores inside yet again for the Mustangs and has all seven of their points.

Virginia 8, SMU 7 | 15:03 1H

UVA's starting five for today's game has been announced:
- Dai Dai Ames, Isaac McKneely, Andrew Rohde, Elijah Saunders, Blake Buchanan

And here are SMU's starters:
- B.J. Edwards, Boopie Miller, Yohan Traore, Matt Cross, Samet Yigitoglu

As we await our 2:15pm tipoff for Virginia vs. SMU on The CW, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. SMU Game Preview, Score Prediction

Virginia vs. SMU Pregame Notes

Virginia and SMU are meeting for the second time ever, but for the first time since the Mustangs joined the Atlantic Coast Conference this summer.
In the lone previous matchup between these two programs, Anthony Gill scored 19 points and Joe Harris scored 15 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 76-73 win over the Mustangs on November 29th, 2013 in the semifinals of the Corpus Christi Tournament, which UVA went on to win by defeating Missouri State in the title game.
Virginia is opening its 72nd season of ACC basketball.
UVA is 36-35 all-time in ACC openers and Tony Bennett was a perfect 15-0 in ACC openers in his time at Virginia.
The Cavaliers have won their last 16 ACC openers.
Virginia is playing its second true road game in a row, having just lost at No. 13 Florida 87-69 on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. UVA was 5-6 in true road games in the 2023-2024 season.

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