Virginia Defeats North Texas 71-69 (OT) | NIT Men's Basketball Live Updates

Score updates and live analysis for Virginia vs. North Texas in the second round round of the National Invitation Tournament

Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the Virginia Cavaliers (20-13) vs. No. 2 seed North Texas Mean Green (25-6) men's basketball game in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament on Sunday night at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas. 

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Read a full recap of the game here: Franklin Catches Fire, Virginia Holds Off North Texas 71-69 in Overtime | NIT Second Round

Final. Virginia 71, North Texas 69 (OT)

Clark misses the first, but makes the second free throw to make it a two-point game. North Texas throws the full court pass to Perry, who chucks up a three-pointer at the buzzer that just barely misses its mark as the ball hits the backboard and then bounces off the rim. Virginia escapes with a 71-69 overtime win and advances to the NIT quarterfinals. 

Virginia 70, North Texas 69 | 4.0 remaining

Stattmann takes his turn missing the front end of the one-and-one. Perry quickly drives to the basket and scores a layup to make it a two-point game with 13.7 remaining. North Texas fouls Jayden Gardner and he (finally) makes both free throws to push the lead to four points. Beekman blocks Perry's layup and Stattmann grabs the rebound. Bell strips the ball from Stattmann and lays it in plus a foul. Bell makes the free throw to make it a one-point game. North Texas fouls Kihei Clark with 4.0 remaining. 

Virginia 68, North Texas 64 | 23.3 remaining

North Texas intentionally fouls a few times to get UVA into the bonus and sends Reece Beekman to the free throw line. Beekman misses the front end of the one-and-one and leaves the door open for North Texas. Tylor Perry takes an ill-advised deep three-pointer and misses it. Kody Stattmann gets the offensive rebound and is fouled by Ousmane, who fouls out of the game. 

Virginia 68, North Texas 64 | 38.1 remaining

Caffaro is called for a foul on his contest of Bell's layup attempt and fouls out of the game. Caffaro is also hit for a technical foul for complaining about the call. Virginia will play the remainder of the game without the services of either of its centers, as both Caffaro and Kadin Shedrick have fouled out. Perry makes both technical free throws and then Bell makes one of two free throws to make it a three-point game. Beekman curls off of a screen and then swings the ball to Gardner for a baseline jumper, the first points for Virginia not scored by Armaan Franklin since the 11:13 mark of the second half. Beekman comes up with a defensive rebound and then pushes in transition and scores a quick layup to extend the UVA lead to 68-61. After a UVA stop, the Cavaliers had a chance to put the game away with multiple offensive rebounds but they can't make the putback. Virginia then leaves McBride open and he drills the three-pointer to make it 68-64 with 38.1 seconds remaining. 

Virginia 64, North Texas 58 | 2:46 OT

Clark misses a three but Caffaro taps it out for the offensive rebound. UVA works the ball to Armaan Franklin for an open look from the left wing and he drains the three-pointer. McBride has the immediate answer as he pulls up from well beyond the arc and drains it. Franklin hits a heavily contested three from the left wing. Virginia comes up with a stop and then Franklin knocks down another three-pointer, his third of the overtime period and fifth of the game. He has 17 points, all coming after halftime. Armaan Franklin is the only Cavalier who has scored since the 11-minute mark in the second half. 

End of regulation. Virginia 55, North Texas 55

Tylor Perry chucks up a fallaway three-pointer at the buzzer that was well-contested by Clark and it falls well short of the rim. We're going to overtime. 

Virginia 55, North Texas 55 | 8.4 remaining

Jayden Gardner is called for his fourth foul on a box-out. Ousmane misses the front end of the one-and-one but North Texas gets an offensive rebound. Bell tries to drive baseline but Stattmann holds his ground and Bell loses it out of bounds. Jayden Gardner tries a long two-pointer and leaves it short. Virginia waits far too long to initiate its offense and Kihei Clark loses control for a shot-clock violation. North Texas will have a chance to win the game with eight seconds remaining. 

Virginia 55, North Texas 55 | 1:59 2H

Ousmane backs down Shedrick and puts up a jump hook that hits the front iron before dropping. Gardner tries to drive on Bell but is called for an offensive foul. North Texas gets an offensive rebound and the ball finds its way to Tylor Perry, who hits a three-pointer plus a foul on Shedrick, who made contact with Perry on the close out and fouls out of the game. Perry makes the free throw to complete the four-point game, capping a 12-3 run to tie the game at 55-55. 

Virginia 55, North Texas 49 | 3:37 2H

Franklin makes both free throws to push the lead to nine points. McBride is left wide open at the left wing and splashes the three-pointer. McBride makes another three from the right corner to bring the Mean Green to within three points. Gardner kicks to Armaan Franklin the left corner and Franklin hits a big-time three-pointer to stem the tide. Franklin has eight second-half points to give UVA a massive boost. 

Virginia 50, North Texas 43 | 7:54 2H

Reece Beekman grabs a defensive rebound and pushes the tempo before slamming on the breaks and passing out to Kihei Clark for a wide open three-pointer. Ousmane gets free in the paint for a dunk. Ousmane is fouled by Caffaro. Virginia has five team fouls in the second half as compared to zero for North Texas. Ousmane makes both free throws. Armaan Franklin comes off of a screen and knocks down a catch-and-shoot three-pointer in the left corner for his first points of the game. Ousmane picks up his third personal as he fouls Caffaro, who misses both free throws. Bell drives past Stattmann and scores off the window with his left hand. Armaan Franklin drives to the basket and draws a foul on Ousmane, who picks up his fourth personal with just under eight minutes remaining. 

Virginia 44, North Texas 37 | 11:40 2H

Shedrick fouls Ousmane to prevent him from finishing a dunk but picks up his third personal foul in the process. Shedrick stays in the game and Ousmane makes both free throws. Ousmane works on Shedrick and eventually spins into a right hook off the glass to cut it to a five-point game. Beekman swings a pass to Gardner on the baseline and Gardner hits it to quiet the crowd. Kadin Shedrick picks up his fourth foul. 

Virginia 42, North Texas 33 | 13:29 2H

North Texas ends the 10-0 run as Ousmane is left open under the basket for a dunk. Gardner has the answer as he hits a tough fadeaway jumper on the left baseline. The Mean Green move the ball around and find McBride for a three-pointer from the right wing. Gardner pump fakes and drives to the rim, hangs in the air, and finishes over Ousmane. Bell works in the post on Gardner and spins into a lefty bank shot that falls. Stattmann nearly has it stolen but Gardner is there to pick up the garbage and lay it in. Gardner had five points in the first half and already has six points in the first six and a half minutes of the second half. 

Virginia 36, North Texas 26 | 17:01 2H

Perry and Ousmane run the pick and roll and Caffaro lost Ousmane on the roll as Perry found him for an easy dunk to tie the game. Kody Stattmann splashes a three-pointer from the right wing to put the Cavaliers back in front. Reece Beekman jumps a passing lane and takes the ball the other way for a transition layup. Jayden Gardner comes up with a steal and then Beekman hits a three-pointer. For the third possession in a row, UVA comes up with a steal as Kihei Clark forced the turnover and took it the other way. His layup attempt rimmed out but Beekman was there for the layup. Virginia with a rare lightning-fast 10-0 run over the last ninety seconds, with the last seven points coming from Reece Beekman. 

Halftime. Virginia 26, North Texas 24

Tylor Perry knocks down a heavily contested pull-up three-pointer. McBride drives baseline and is fouled by Caffaro. He makes one of two free throws to tie the game at 21-21. Jayden Gardner is left open at the right elbow and makes the jumper for his second basket of the game. Gardner draws a foul on a baseline drive and goes 1/2 at the line. Gardner picks up his second foul with a little over a minute left in the first half. Clark drives left on Bell and flips in a lefty layup off the glass. Perry drives past Malachi Poindexter and finishes a tough layup plus a foul on Armaan Franklin. Stattmann drives the lane and is fouled by Aaron Scott, who tried to set a charge but did not have his feet set. Stattmann misses the front end of the one-and-one and UVA takes a 26-24 lead into halftime. 

Virginia 21, North Texas 17 | 3:49 1H

Tylor Perry puts up a circus push-shot at the end of the shot clock and banks it in from just inside the three-point line. Kihei Clark responds by swishing a baseline jumper. Kadin Shedrick picks up his second foul of the first half and checks out of the game. Beekman drives baseline and finishes with a beautiful up-and-under layup to give the Cavaliers their first lead of the game. Stattmann gets a piece of JJ Murray's three-pointer and then leaks out in transition before receiving the pass from Kihei Clark and finishing the fastbreak layup. Virginia is on a 13-2 run over the last six minutes. Timeout North Texas. 

Virginia 15, North Texas | 7:47 1H

Clark leaves a jumper short but Stattmann gets the rebound and is fouled before making both free throws. Virginia goes small to match North Texas with Kody Stattmann and Jayden Gardner as UVA's two bigs. North Texas scores late in the shot clock again as Bell gets inside for a layup. McBride blows past Taine Murray for a lefty layup. Kihei Clark fakes a pass and drains a deep three-pointer that just barely left his hand in time to beat the shot clock. Beekman and Gardner run the pick and roll and Beekman finds Gardner for a baseline jumper - bread and butter play for the Cavaliers. Virginia finally uses its size advantage as Kadin Shedrick gets the ball at the free throw line and soars to the basket for a flush. UVA uses a 7-0 run to tie the game at the under-8. 

Virginia 6, North Texas 11 | 12:00 1H

Mardrez McBride hits a catch-and-shoot three-pointer from the right wing to make it 7-1. Six minutes into the game, Virginia gets its first made field goal of the game as Reece Beekman drives to the basket and finishes off the glass. The Mean Green immediately get one back as Bell finds a wide open Aaron Scott under the basket for a layup. Kadin Shedrick is fouled and makes one of two free throws. Matthew Stone gets inside positioning for an offensive rebound and putback. Kody Stattmann drives to the basket for a layup. 

Virginia 1, North Texas 4 | 15:34 1H

Virginia wins the tip and Jayden Gardner misses a mid-range jumper but Francisco Caffaro is there for the offensive rebound and is fouled. Caffaro goes 1/2 from the line to get the scoring started. North Texas gets the ball inside to Abou Ousmane, who scores a floater. Armaan Franklin turns the ball over and Thomas Bell drives to the basket for an easy layup. Both teams trade a few empty possessions and we go to the first media timeout with North Texas leading 4-1. I hope you took the under.