Jayden Gardner had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 13 Virginia dealt a damaging blow to North Carolina’s already shaky NCAA Tournament hopes, beating the Tar Heels 68-59 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night.
Reece Beekman added 15 points, five assists and five steals for the second-seeded Cavaliers , who finally wrestled away control of the game with a 9-0 run in the final two minutes after the Tar Heels had cut a 10-point deficit to 57-55. Much of that production came at the foul line, where the Cavaliers made 9 of 10 as UNC finally ran out of gas.
Virginia big man Kadin Shedrick put the final touches on the win, swatting away Davis’ driving layup at one end and then sprinting the floor to take a feed from Armaan Franklin for a two-handed dunk with 27 seconds left. Franklin finished with 14 points for Virginia, which scored on 13 of 16 possessions coming out of halftime and stretched its lead to 10 points on three occasions. The Cavaliers shot 58.3% in the second half.
Virginia: The Cavaliers had lost at Boston College and at UNC before regrouping with wins against Clemson and Louisville to close out the schedule and clinch a share of the ACC regular-season title. Coach Tony Bennett had said the last two games were “a step in the right direction” in terms of “the right kind of tenacity,” and his team showed it in repeatedly turning back second-half pushes by the Tar Heels.
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