UVA hoops tops Baylor in 1st game since shooting
LAS VEGAS– Armaan Franklin scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 16 Virginia used a big second-half go to knock off No. 5 Baylor 86-79 on Friday night in the team’s very first game given that 3 Cavaliers football players were eliminated in a campus shooting.Virginia’s players
used sweatshirts throughout warmups that honored the victims from Sunday’s shooting, which led to the cancellation of the Cavaliers’arranged home game a day later. A former Virginia football player has actually been charged with murder in the slayings of Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry. 1 Associated The Cavaliers(3-0)will play the winner of Friday’s night’s matchup between in between No. 19 Illinois and No. 8 UCLA in Sunday’s championship of the Continental Tire Centerpiece. Baylor (3-1)faces the loser in the alleviation game.Virginia went on a 21-2 run in the 2nd half and twice went ahead by 22 points.”That [huge run] gave us a distance, and we certainly required that the way they returned,”Virginia coach Tony Bennett stated. “We could not stop them at the end, which was the disappointing part.”Franklin scored 10 points during that burst, and he ended up 7 of 12 from the field, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range. “I understand I have teammates who remain in position of getting me the ball, and the exact same for them,”Franklin stated.” I know they can create
on their own. It was just taking open shots and being all set to shoot.”Keyonte George scored 20 points for Baylor, and LJ Cryer had 19. Trailing 62-40 midway through the second half, Baylor responded with an 8-0 run. The Bears utilized a full-court press and kept cracking away, two times getting as close
as six points, however Virginia hung on. “We’ve got to do a better job of getting simple containers,”Baylor coach Scott Drew said.”Normally, we get them off of our protective transition, and we didn’t get any stops for 10 minutes.” Kadin Shedrick included 17 points for the Cavaliers, Ben Vander Plas had 14 and Reece Beekman scored 10. The Associated Press contributed to this story.