North Carolina Defeats Virginia 63-43 [ACC Men's Basketball Live Updates]

Score updates and live analysis for Virginia vs. North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the No. 6 seed Virginia Cavaliers (19-12) vs. the No. 3 seed North Carolina Tar Heels (23-8) men's basketball game in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament on Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. 

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Read a full recap of the game here: Virginia’s NCAA Hopes Crash and Burn in Catastrophic Loss to North Carolina in ACC Quarterfinals

Final. North Carolina 63, Virginia 43

Virginia runs a lineup of Malachi Poindexter, Carson McCorkle, Taine Murray, Igor Milicic, and Kadin Shedrick to close out the game. Poindexter pulls up and cans a three-pointer to put the Cavaliers over 40 points. Poindexter feeds Shedrick for a layup over McKoy to bring the margin to 20 points. Virginia's run at the ACC Tournament comes to an end in the quarterfinals with a 20-point loss to UNC. 

Virginia 38, North Carolina 60 | 2:56 2H

Jayden Gardner drives baseline and scores a reverse layup plus a foul on Justin McKoy. Gardner completes the three-point play at the line. Beekman comes up with a steal and tries to throw down a dunk in transition, but he is fouled by Bacot and misses both free throws. RJ Davis' shot is tipped by Clark, but Davis grabs it in mid-air and lays it in. Justin McKoy splashes a three-pointer against his former team. Jayden Gardner makes an acrobatic up-and-under layup as the Cavaliers take advantage of a 5-on-4 situation with Caleb Love stumbling into the photographers on the baseline on the other end of the floor. Armando Bacot and Jayden Gardner trade dunks. 

Virginia 31, North Carolina 53 | 7:18 2H

Beekman kicks out to Kihei Clark for a three-pointer from the left wing. Love dishes to Manek for an easy layup, giving Manek 21 points in the game. RJ Davis gets inside for a layup late in the shot clock. Kihei Clark hits a floater for Virginia, who is just hoping to make it a more respectable score at this point. 

Virginia 26, North Carolina 49 | 11:38 2H

Kadin Shedrick gets free inside for back-to-back baskets. Clark goes under a screen, leaving Caleb Love wide open for another three-pointer. 

Virginia 22, North Carolina 46 | 12:48 2H

Leaky Black pump fakes to send Gardner flying past him and then he scores an easy layup. Jayden Gardner drives baseline and scores off the glass to finally get UVA to 20 points more than five minutes into the second half. Kihei Clark dribbles in a circle in the paint and gets free for an easy layup. Bacot works in the post on Caffaro and hits a turnaround hook shot. After a UVA turnover, Caleb Love hits an open transition three to push the Tar Heel lead back to 24 points. Timeout Tony Bennett. 

Virginia 18, North Carolina 39 | 15:43 2H

The second half starts the same way the entire first half went for the Cavaliers. UVA turns it over on the first possession and then Armando Bacot hits a short jumper in the paint. Armaan Franklin makes his first shot of the ACC Tournament to get the Hoos on the board in the second half. Jayden Gardner splashes a jumper from the left elbow. Beekman fouls Caleb Love on a three-pointer and Love makes two of three free throws. Bacot tips in Manek's missed layup. No signs of life for the Cavaliers. 

Halftime. Virginia 13, North Carolina 33

Brady Manek drives baseline and scores a layup to put UNC up 33-13 at the half. ESPN broadcast sums up Virginia's woeful first half with the following stat: UVA's 13 point first half is the lowest scoring ACC tournament first half in the shot clock era. 

Virginia 13, North Carolina 31 | 0:32 1H

UNC takes advantage of a UVA defensive breakdown on an inbounds play and Brady Manek strolls uncontested to the rim for a dunk. Gardner fouls Manek, who makes both free throws and is up to 17 first-half points. Everything is going Carolina's way in the first half as Leaky Black knocks down a long jumper as the shot clock expired. The Cavaliers have made just of their last 11 field goals. 

Virginia 13, North Carolina 25 | 3:59 1H

Beekman drives to the basket and his layup goes high off the glass but Shedrick is there to slam it home. Brady Manek stays hot with a mid-range jumper that touches all net. RJ Davis soars in for a tap-in putback of his own miss to put UNC up by 12. Virginia is struggling to keep up on both ends of the floor through the first 15 minutes of the game. UVA has scored just four points in the last 8+ minutes. 

Virginia 11, North Carolina 21 | 7:47 1H

Jayden Gardner ends UVA's scoring drought with his reliable mid-range jumper from the right elbow. Justin McKoy gets into the box score with a pull-up jumper from the right baseline. RJ Davis splits a double-team and finds Brady Manek on the right wing for a wide-open catch-and-shoot three-pointer to put the Tar Heels up by ten. 

Virginia 9, North Carolina 16 | 9:56 1H

Brady Manek knocks down a three-pointer from the top of the key as the shot clock expired. Reece Beekman makes a great defensive play, stripping the ball from Caleb Love, and UVA takes advantage on the other end as Gardner hits from the right elbow. UNC has an immediate answer on Brady Manek's second three-pointer of the game. Armando Bacot blocks Caffaro's hook shot and then Bacot gets free from Caffaro on the pick-and-roll and converts an open dunk. It's a 7-0 run for the Tar Heels and Virginia has missed six-straight shots. 

Virginia 7, North Carolina 6 | 15:12 1H

Brady Manek skies for an offensive rebound and then spins on Jayden Gardner on the baseline for a reverse layup for the game's first basket. The officials spend an extended time reviewing a Francisco Caffaro offensive foul in which he elbowed Brady Manek in the chin, but the refs conclude that it was just a common foul. Reece Beekman intercepts a pass and takes it the other way before finding Armaan Franklin, who misses the layup, but is fouled and makes both free throws. Virginia gets its first bucket of the game as Gardner muscles his way inside and scores over Manek. UNC ties it up as Leaky Black scores over Kihei Clark. Clark turns it over on the next possession and UNC gets an easy bucket in transition on an RJ Davis layup. Reece Beekman gets an open look for a catch-and-shoot three-pointer and he drains it from the left wing - UVA's first three-pointer of the 2022 ACC Tournament.