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

Henry Pallatroni | Nov 22, 2024

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Virginia (3-1) suffered a 64-42 loss to No. 11 Tennessee (5-0) on Thursday night in the semifinals of the Baha Mar Hoops Championship at Baha Mar Convention Center in Nassau, The Bahamas. See below for a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game. Updates are posted in reverse chronological order with the most recent updates at the top of the page.

Read five takeaways from the game here: Virginia Basketball Falls to Tennessee 64-42 | Key Takeaways

Virginia 42, Tennessee 64 | FINAL

Virginia 38, Tennessee 62 | 1:43 Second Half
Tennessee freshman Boswell checks in and gets a quick two. UVA's Anthony Robinson gets fouled on a dunk attempt and drains both his free throws.

Virginia 38, Tennessee 62 | 1:58 Second Half
Zeigler lobs Okpara for a strong alley-oop slam, extending the Tennessee run to 16-0 in the last 5+ minutes of scoreless basketball from Virginia.

Virginia 38, Tennessee 60 | 3:39 Second Half
Lanier connects on his sixth three-pointer of the night. Zeigler drives and finishes an AND-1 at the rim. FG draught for the Cavaliers continues.

Virginia 38, Tennessee 55 | 5:06 Second Half
Lanier drills an elbow jumper, and he now has a game-high 23 on the night. Gainey finishes a strong layup plus the foul on the other end, knocking down the free throw for a 3-PT play. The Hoos turn the ball over yet again off the inbound (now at 16 TO on the night), and Gainey gets right back to the free-throw line. Gainey connects on both FTs.

Mashack strips McKneely and breaks free for a euro-step finish at the rim. 2:27 without a FG for the Hoos.

Virginia 38, Tennessee 46 | 7:33 Second Half
Ames connects on a three-pointer as the shot clock expires, he's the first Hoo into double figures with 11 PTS.

Taine Murray checks in and knocks down his first 3PT shot fresh off the bench. Milicic responds for the Vols with a three of his own, his second of the night. Milicic scores again on the Vols next possession off a nice pump-fake down low. The Hoos turn the ball over and Milicic drives violently at the rim, going for the highlight-reel dunk but is fouled; he knocks down both FT attempts.

UVA turns the ball over after failing to inbound the ball, a glaring problem for them throughout the night. Both teams exchange sloppy misses for a minute before Murray picks off a TENN pass and Rohde knocks down his second three-pointer of the night.

Virginia 28, Tennessee 39 | 11:59 Second Half
Milicic misses a turnaround mid-range jumper. Saunders fouls pursuing the rebound, and we go to another quick media TO. Tennessee ball when we return.

Virginia 28, Tennessee 39 | 12:18 Second Half
Lanier swishes yet another three and now has 19 of the 33 Vol points. Rohde pushes off drawing the offensive foul and giving the ball back to Tennessee. A missed three is put back on a strong jam from Okpara, another poor display of rebounding by the Cavaliers. UVA has just three points through the first 6 minutes of the half.

Gainey misses a driving layup but it is put back for another easy bucket for the Vols. Cofie makes a nice move to set up Buchanan for a bucket down low. Lanier drives past Cofie for a quick two, and Ames responds on the other end with a driving bucket of his own.

Virginia 24, Tennessee 30 | 15:19 Second Half
Saunders misses a turnaround jumper to start the half - he's now 1-8 from the field. An alley-oop from Zeigler to Okpara draws a shooting foul. Okpara misses both from the FT line, but Saunders can't handle the rebound under the rim turning it back to the Vols. No FG through the first two minutes of second-half play, marking a slow start from both teams out of the locker room.

McKneely is blocked on a weak turnaround jumper, and another offensive rebound for the Vols leads to a Lanier three, the first FG of the second half. TENN is dominating the Hoos on the glass so far, with 12 OREB to just 5 for the Hoos.

Virginia turns the ball over again on a poor Buchanan pass. Lanier immediately lets it fly on the other end and drains his fourth three of the night. McKneely hits a three for the first Virginia FG of the half, but Lanier responds with a long two, pushing him to 1000 career collegiate points.

Virginia 21, Tennessee 22 | HALFTIME
After an offensive rebound, Gainey drives and is fouled. Dubar scores after the inbound pass, his second bucket in his debut for the Vols. Rohde scores a nice driving bucket along the baseline, his first bucket on the night. Mashack is fouled after some nice action on the pick-and-roll with Zeigler. Mashack misses both free throws.

Ames hits a clean mid-range jumper - he's been calm and collected thus far. After a Zeigler miss, Rohde connects on a clean catch and shoot three to end the half.

Virginia 14, Tennessee 20 | 3:30 First Half
Ames turns it over on a poor pass after the break. Abhorrent TO troubles from the Hoos to start, and the Vols capitalize with a Lanier three on the other end - his second on the night. Buchanan cleans up a Power miss and gets the first UVA FG in over six minutes. Buchanan scores again on a nice pass from Rohde for back-to-back FG. Mashack knocks down a corner three after some nice ball movement from the Vols. McKneely and Power both miss threes, and UVA is 1-8 to start from behind the arc.

Cofie gets tied up and a jump ball is called.

Virginia 10, Tennessee 14 | 7:56 First Half
Lanier puts back a missed three for a quick bucket uncontested. Virginia's McKneely turns the ball over (5 TO already for the Hoos, 2-11 FG to start).

Milicic knocks down a clean three on the wing, giving the Vols their first lead of the game 11-8. Lanier knocks down a three from the same spot on the wing as Milicic - he has 5 PTS early. An offensive foul on Rohde is the Cavs 6th TO of the game. Virginia is scoreless for 3+ minutes until Ames makes a nice move to get fouled at the rim - Ames knocks down both free throws.

Tennessee and Virginia exchange turnovers to take us to a break.

Virginia 8, Tennessee 6 | 11:59 First Half
After the Virginia TO, Saunders misses a long two at the end of the shot clock. Tennessee swings the ball and Milicic cleans up a missed three for a quick layup to get on the board for the night. McKneely launches and misses a tough three. Zeigler turns the ball over after the miss, giving Virginia the ball right back.

Ames rushes to the rim and is fouled hard from behind. He knocks down both free throws. The Vols respond with a powerful putback on the other end. McKneely misses a layup, and TENN travels turning the ball back to the Cavaliers.

Saunders misses a three. The Hoos start 1-9 from the field. TENN misses a three after some nice ball movement. Cofie knocks down his first shot of the game, a clean mid-range jumper. A Vol miss and the Hoos have the ball right back, Rohde attacks the rim and gets blocked by Tennessee's Okpara. Off the inbound pass, McKneely is fouled while shooting a three. McKneely goes 1-3 from the line.

Some good defense from the Hoos forces a tough midrange miss from the Vols towards the end of the shot clock. A moving screen from Buchanan gives the ball right back to TENN. Media TO.

Virginia 3, Tennessee 2 | 16:21 First Half
Ames misses a jumper to start. Tennessee's Lanier misses a good look. Saunders misses an elbow jumper in the Hoos second possession. Buchanan gets a nice block at the rim, and Saunders gets blocked on the other end as well. Power is forced to hoist and miss a three as the shot clock expires.

Power misses a corner three on a nice pass from McKneely. Zeigler misses a layup on the other end, and the Hoos come right back down and turn it over for the first time in the game. Mashack drives and scores the first bucket of the game. Virginia comes back down and Saunders knocks down a three, the Hoos first basket of the contest. Tennessee's Lanier commits an offensive foul. Virginia ball.

UVA struggling to inbound the ball finally calls TO.

Virginia 0, Tennessee 0 | 20:00 First Half

Virginia Starters: Dai Dai Ames, Isaac McKneely, Elijah Saunders, TJ Power and Blake Buchanan

Tennessee Starters: Chaz Lanier, Zakai Zeigler, Jahmi Mashack, Felix Okpara, and Igor Milicic Jr.

Update: Baylor and St. John's went to double overtime in the first semifinal, with Jeremy Roach hitting a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give Baylor a 99-98 victory over St. John's. The start of the Virginia-Tennessee game will be delayed and likely will not start until around 10:20pm ET.

The winners of the two semifinal games will face off in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship Game on Friday at 9:30pm, while the losers will play in a consolation game on Friday at 7pm.

As we await tipoff for Virginia vs. Tennessee in The Bahamas, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Tennessee Game Preview, Score Prediction

Pregame Notes for Virginia vs. Tennessee

• Virginia leads Tennessee 8-5 in the all-time series, which dates back to 1917.
• UVA holds a 5-1 record against Tennessee in Charlottesville and a 3-1 record against Tennessee on neutral courts, including a pair of victories in the 1981 and 1982 NCAA Tournaments.
• The Volunteers have beaten the Cavaliers each of the three times the two teams played in Knoxville, including an 87-52 rout the last time these two teams met back on December 30th, 2013. Virginia followed up that blowout loss by winning 21 of its next 23 games, going on to win the ACC regular season title and the ACC Tournament Championship.
• UVA is scheduled to face two SEC opponents in the 2024-2025 season, as the Cavaliers are also set to face Florida as part of the second-annual ACC/SEC Challenge on December 4th.
• Virginia is 70-62 all-time against current members of the SEC, including a pair of victories over Florida and Texas A&M last season.
• Virginia went 52-48 against ranked opponents under Tony Bennett, but was 1-3 against ranked teams last season.

Read more Virginia men's basketball news and content in the links below:

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