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

Matt Newton | Feb 1, 2025

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Virginia (10-12, 3-8 ACC) suffered a 75-74 loss to Virginia Tech (10-12, 5-6 ACC) in the Commonwealth Clash on Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game in the thread below and stay tuned to Virginia Cavaliers On SI for more postgame coverage.

Virginia Tech 75, Virginia 74 | Final

Poteat misses both free throws, giving Virginia a chance to win. Rohde races the ball up the floor and puts up a fading floater from the baseline that bounces off the rim as time expires. Virginia Tech wins 75-74 at the buzzer.

Virginia Tech 75, Virginia 74 | Final

Virginia Tech wraps up McKneely before he can attempt his three-pointer and the refs call the foul on the floor. McKneely goes to the line for two free throws and makes both to make it a one-point game. Virginia Tech inbounds the ball to Mylyjael Poteat and Murray fouls him right away with 5.9 seconds remaining.

Virginia Tech 75, Virginia 74 | 5.9 2H

McKneely is fouled and makes both free throws. Rohde fouls Young, who misses the front end of the one-and-one. Rohde backs down his defender and hits a tough fadeaway jumper to make it a three-point game. Ames commits an ill-advised foul in the back court with it already being a one possession game. Virginia catches a lucky break though, as Hammond misses the front end of the one-and-one and then Lawal is called for a foul on the rebound, sending Blake Buchanan to the line. Buchanan misses the front end of the one-and-one and it remains a three-point game with 40 seconds to go. Buchanan plays excellent defense on Lawal to force a miss and Virginia secures the rebound before calling timeout. Tech leads 75-72 with 8.7 seconds remaining but the Cavaliers have a chance to tie.

Virginia Tech 75, Virginia 72 | 8.7 2H

Tobi Lawal backs down Ames in the paint and scores over him. Rohde knocks down a big three from the left corner to make it a five-point game. Lawal muscles through a double-team from Ames and Cofie and scores plus a foul on Cofie. Rohde slashes to the rim and scores off the glass. Ben Hammond hits a mid-range jumper and that might be the dagger, as it puts Virginia Tech ahead 75-68 with just 68 seconds remaining. Timeout Mike Young.

Virginia Tech 75, Virginia 68 | 1:08 2H

Rohde is fouled and makes a couple of free throws to end the Virginia drought. Cofie makes a couple of free throws to get the Cavaliers back within single digits. Virginia Tech turns the ball over and then Taine Murray capitalizes on some lazy transition defense by the Hokies and scores through contact at the rim. McKneely is fouled and makes 1/2 from the stripe. Ames gets a good look from three that would have made it a one-possession game but misses it badly. It remains a six-point game with three minutes to play.

Virginia Tech 69, Virginia 63 | 3:01 2H

Virginia Tech is on a 9-0 run and Virginia hasn't scored in nearly four minutes, allowing the Hokies to open up their largest lead of the game at 69-56. Ron Sanchez calls timeout.

Virginia Tech 69, Virginia 56 | 6:21 2H

McKneely makes two out of three free throws. Virginia runs an excellent play with Robinson slipping a back screen and Rohde throwing a perfect lob to him at the rim for the alley-oop dunk. Jaden Schutt once again quiets the crowd with his fourth three of the game. Andrew Rohde answers with his first made basket of the game, a three-pointer from the left wing. Wessler is fouled by Robinson and sinks a pair. Hammond gets a very favorable call on an air-balled jumper and barely avoids giving the UVA fans free bacon by making his second free throw. Virginia Tech is shooting above

Virginia Tech 64, Virginia 56 | 7:37 2H

Out of the timeout, McKneely flares behind a Buchanan screen and Rohde finds him for the open three. Virginia Tech responds as Burnham scores inside. Rechsteiner fouls McKneely on a three-point attempt and McKneely will shoot three free throws after the media timeout.

Virginia Tech 57, Virginia 49 | 11:55 2H

Virginia continues to struggle to defend the three-point line, giving the Hokies yet another wide-open look and Young swishes it. Blake Buchanan hits a short push shot in the paint, but Virginia Tech answers with another three, this time from Ben Burnham in the corner. Cofie leaves Brandon Rechsteiner open after hedging the ball screen and Rechsteiner says "thank you very much", swishing Virginia Tech's 10th three of the game. Hokies have their largest lead of the game at nine points. Ron Sanchez calls timeout.

Virginia Tech 55, Virginia 46 | 12:44 2H

Virginia converts on its first possession of the second half as McKneely sets up Cofie for a dunk, but Virginia Tech fires back with its sixth three-pointer of the game, this one from Johnson. Rohde intercepts a pass and sends the ball ahead to Ames for a transition layup. Lawal backs down Cofie and hits a tough hook shot over Cofie's contest. Cofie gives Virginia a second-chance opportunity and Ames eventually hits a contested step-back jumper late in the shot clock. Rohde finds Robinson at the rim for an alley-oop dunk. Lawal gets a wide-open practice three from the right wing and drills it to quiet the crowd. Ames blows by Lawal for a very difficult reverse layup. McKneely chases down a long rebound and throws it ahead to Ames, who finishes in transition with a great Euro-step move plus a foul on Hammond. Dai Dai Ames is 5/5 from the floor for 10 points and is a big reason why Virginia is down only three.

Virginia Tech 46, Virginia 43 | 14:50 2H

Ishan Sharma is left alone at the top of the key and McKneely finds him for the open triple. Schutt loses Sharma on a screen and hits the open three, his third three of the game and he's up to 13 points. Murray pulls the trigger on a corner three and knocks it down. Poteat elbows Robinson in the face and gets two free throws out of it, knocking down both. Tyler Johnson gets inside and scores over Ames to push the Hokie lead to seven. Virginia Tech takes a 38-31 lead to the halftime break.

Virginia Tech 38, Virginia 31 | Halftime

Cofie comes up with another block and that sparks a fastbreak opportunity with Rohde feeding ahead to Taine Murray, who attacks in stride and throws down a dunk. Virginia Tech gets back-to-back easy buckets from Poteat at the rim to push the margin back to five points. McKneely backs down Hammond and spins into a baseline jumper. Tyler Johnson finds Burnham in the opposite corner for a three-pointer and he knocks it down. Ron Sanchez calls timeout with his Cavaliers trailing by six points.

Virginia Tech 31, Virginia 25 | 3:26 1H

Ames sets up Ishan Sharma for a jumper and he knocks it down. Tobi Lawal scores off the glass plus a foul on Power. Virginia has been called for six fouls in the first nine minutes of the game. Blake Buchanan is called for his third personal foul with 9:33 to go in the first half. Mylyjael Poteat goes 1/2 from the stripe. Cofie blocks Lawal on one end and Virginia frees up McKneely for a three on the other. UVA gets another stop and then Ishan Sharma gets a clean look from the left wing and buries it. It's a lightning-fast 6-0 run for the Cavaliers to tie the game at 21-21. Jaydon Young silences the crowd with a pull-up three late in the clock.

Virginia Tech 24, Virginia 21 | 7:26 1H

During the timeout, Virginia was assessed an "administrative" technical foul that was related to Ron Sanchez walking all the way across the court to address the officials at the beginning of the timeout. As a result, Schutt makes two free throws. Anthony Robinson was fouled before the timeout, so he takes his two foul shots and sinks them both. TJ Power checks into the game and immediately makes an impact play, snagging an offensive rebound and passing out to Taine Murray for a wide-open three. Schutt answers with his second three-pointer of the game. McKneely hits a stepback jumper, but Schutt responds with a stepback jumper of his own. Schutt has 10 points already. Patrick Wessler grabs an offensive rebound and scores off the glass.

Virginia Tech 17, Virginia 13 | 11:30 1H

Isaac McKneely finds an open Blake Buchanan on the pick and roll and Buchanan glides to the basket for the game's first points. Ben Hammond gets Dai Dai Ames to bite on a pump fake and he scores plus a foul. Ames atones for his foul with a nice mid-range jumper. McKneely gets an open look at the free throw line and knocks down the jumper. Jaden Schutt hits a three-pointer to pull the Hokies even at 6-6. Buchanan is called for his second personal foul and Tobi Lawal hits two free throws; Anthony Robinson replaces Buchanan.

Virginia Tech 8, Virginia 6 | 15:54 1H

Here are the starting lineups for both teams:
Virginia Tech: Jaden Schutt, Tyler Johnson, Ben Hammond, Tobi Lawal, Mylyjael Poteat
Virginia: Dai Dai Ames, Taine Murray, Isaac McKneely, Blake Buchanan, Jacob Cofie

UVA announced that Elijah Saunders is OUT today for the second game in a row. It appears that Andrew Rohde is active today, but is not starting.

As we await our 4pm ET tipoff on the ACC Network for Virginia vs. Virginia Tech, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Virginia Tech Game Preview, Score Prediction

Virginia vs. Virginia Tech Pregame Notes

• Virginia leads Virginia Tech 98-60 in the all-time series that dates back to 1915.
• The Cavaliers are 43-13 against the Hokies in Charlottesville and 12-4 at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA has won the last five games against Virginia Tech at John Paul Jones Arena.
• Virginia is 2-3 in its last five games against Virginia Tech and 6-4 in the last ten games.
• The Cavaliers and Hokies have split the regular season series in each of the last three seasons. Last season, UVA won 65-57 at John Paul Jones Arena and Virginia Tech won 75-41 at Cassell Coliseum.
• Virginia is currently tied for 13th in the ACC standings with a 3-7 conference record, while Virginia is tied for 10th at 4-6 in ACC play.