National Basketball Association
Virginia 81, Syracuse 58
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, January 25, 2021
Where: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Kipp Kissinger, # Keith Kimble
Attendance:
250
By Field Level Media
Sam Hauser and Jay Huff each scored 21 points as No. 8 Virginia cruised to an 81-58 win over Syracuse in Atlantic Coast Conference play Monday night in Charlottesville, Va.
The Cavaliers (11-2, 7-0 ACC) shot 45.2 percent (14 of 31) from behind the arc and extended their winning streak to seven. Virginia is 7-0 at home and has won 15 consecutive conference games dating back to last season.
Hauser made 7 of 13 attempts from 3-point range. Huff set a career high in points and matched his career high with 12 rebounds for the double-double. Trey Murphy III added 16 points and Reece Beekman scored 10.
Quincy Guerrier tallied 15 points to lead the Orange (9-5, 3-4), who had a two-game winning streak snapped and fell to 1-4 in road games this season. Alan Griffin added 13 points and Buddy Boeheim had nine points but was just 1 of 8 from long distance.
Syracuse shot 37.3 percent from the field and 20.8 percent (5 of 24) from 3-point range.
The Cavaliers outrebounded the Orange 41-28 and had 23 assists on their 29 made field goals, including nine assists by Kihei Clark.
Virginia opened the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers by Hauser and Huff to pull ahead 41-26. The Cavaliers led by double figures the rest of the way.
The closest Syracuse got down the stretch was 65-54 on two Griffin free throws with 5:17 to play.
Virginia led 35-26 at halftime thanks to Hauser's hot hand. After making a combined 8 of 10 attempts from 3-point distance in the Cavaliers' previous two games, he canned 5 of 8 from deep before the break.
Virginia took an early 14-6 lead with a 12-0 run that featured three straight alley-oop passes from Clark, two of them to Huff. The Cavaliers' largest lead of the half came at 30-18 on a Hauser 3-pointer with 5:34 left.
UVA shot 41.2 percent (7 of 17) from behind the arc in the opening half, while Syracuse missed its first seven from long range and finished the half 2 of 11.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Syracuse |
|
Virginia |
|
Quincy Guerrier 15 |
Scoring |
Sam Hauser 21 |
|
Marek Dolezaj 3 |
Assists |
Kihei Clark 9 |
|
Alan Griffin 8 |
Rebounds |
Jay Huff 12 |
|
Alan Griffin 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Reece Beekman 5 |
|
Marek Dolezaj 3 |
Steals |
Reece Beekman 2 |
|
Kadary Richmond 2 |
Blocks |
Jay Huff 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Syracuse
|
58 |
37.9 |
5-23 |
9-10 |
10 |
26 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
| Virginia
|
81 |
49.2 |
14-31 |
9-11 |
23 |
40 |
5 |
7 |
13 |
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