Cavaliers Down Georgia Tech for Seventh-Straight Win

ATLANTA, Ga.  — Led by a double-double from Tabitha Amanze and an environment friendly taking pictures evening from Paris Clark, the Cavaliers (13-3, 5-0 ACC) defeated Georgia Tech (7-10, 2-3 ACC) by a rating of 61-59 on Thursday evening (Jan. 8) at McCamish Pavilion. The Cavaliers got here up with essential defensive stops late within the recreation to increase their profitable streak to seven straight and begin 5-0 in ACC play for the primary time since 2017-18.

Virginia mixed to dam 13 pictures for the second consecutive recreation led by Caitlin Weimar’s six blocked pictures within the first half. Weimar completed the sport with eight factors, six rebounds, six blocks and one steal in her second begin of the season.

Clark (14 pts, 5-8 FG, 2-2 3FG, 3 ast) led the Cavaliers offensively whereas Amanze (11 pts, 12 reb, 3 blk) recorded her fifth double-double of the season. Kymora Johnson netted 12 factors to go together with six rebounds, six assists and one steal.

The Yellow Jackets had been led by Talayah Walker (21 pts, 11-12 FT, 8 reb) and Briann Turnage (9 pts, 7 reb, 5 stl) on the stat sheet. Georgia Tech shot simply 28 % from the ground (17-61) however went 22-for-26 from the free-throw line.

How It Happened
Virginia scored the primary 9 factors of the sport led by a scorching begin from Romi Levy who poured in 4 factors with one help and a pair of steals to assist the Cavaliers construct an early benefit. Georgia Tech scored 9 straight factors, together with seven from the free-throw line, to take their first lead [12-13]. The Cavaliers trailed by a rating of 15-13 going into the second quarter.

Virginia scored the primary 10 factors of the second quarter to stretch its result in as many as eight factors [23-15] earlier than Georgia Tech answered with 5 straight factors of their very own. The Cavaliers took a five-point lead into the break [31-26] led offensively by Johnson (8 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast) who transformed on a pair of three-pointers late within the half. Weimar blocked six pictures within the opening half as UVA mixed for 9 blocks within the first 20 minutes.  

Georgia Tech reduce the Cavalier result in as few as two factors [36-34] within the third quarter, however Virginia outscored the Yellow Jackets 22-20 within the interval to take a seven-point lead [53-46] into the fourth quarter. Clark led the Cavaliers within the third scoring seven of her 14 factors within the body.

The Yellow Jackets continued to chip away, chopping the Cavalier result in as few as two factors [59-57] with below two minutes remaining. Brown got here up with an essential block in addition to the game-sealing rebound on the defensive finish.

From Head Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton:
“We have to learn some stuff from this game. And my thing is, let’s learn the lessons from the wins. So, I’m just really happy that we were able to persevere through adversity, get over the hump, but we have to make sure that we learn, and we have to be able to win close games. We did that. We were down one obviously, Sa’Myah Smith wasn’t here. So, I thought our bigs stepped up. Tabbie stepped up, Caitlin stepped up. I think there was a little bit of fatigue there from some of our guards, where they pushed through. And so, I’m just happy with the win. Winning on the road in this conference isn’t easy. It’s something that we’ve struggled with before. So, I’m just happy to see us get over that hump”

With the Win:

• Virginia improves to 60-20 within the all-time sequence with Georgia Tech
• The Cavaliers begin their ACC slate with 5 consecutive wins for the primary time since beginning 5-0 in convention play in 2017-18
• The Cavaliers enhance their general profitable streak to seven straight video games, its second-longest streak below Amaka Agugua-Hamilton.
• Virginia’s five-game profitable streak in ACC play is the longest below Agugua-Hamilton

Game Notes

• Double determine scorers: Clark (14), Johnson (12) Amanze (11)
• Amanze (11 pts, 12 reb) recorded her fifth double-double of the season
• Amanze’s 12 rebounds match a career-high
• Caitlin Weimar recorded six blocks, only one shy of her career-high
• Weimar made her second begin of the season
• Kymora Johnson led the staff with six assists, she has recorded 5+ assists in 14 of Virginia’s 16 video games
• The Cavaliers blocked 13 pictures and have recorded double-figures in blocks 5 occasions this season, they lead NCAA Division I with 8.4 blocks per recreation
• UVA has blocked 13+ pictures in back-to-back video games
• Virginia received the rebound battle 45-35 and improves to 13-1 when outrebounding its opponents
• Romi Levy led Virginia with three steals
• Three Cavaliers recorded 4+ offensive rebounds: Amanze (5), Hurd (4), Weimar (4)
• Virginia recorded 18 assists on 23 made discipline objectives
• UVA has recorded 18+ assists in 11 video games this season
• The Cavaliers outscored Georgia Tech 30-22 within the paint

Up Next:
Virginia returns dwelling to tackle Syracuse on Sunday (Jan. 11). Tipoff from John Paul Jones Arena is about for two p.m. on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX).