Beekman scores 18, Virginia survives late rally in 72-68 win over Boston College
BOSTON (AP) Reece Beekman had 18 points and eight assists and Virginia held off a last-minute rally to defeat Boston College 72-68 on Wednesday night.
Quinten Post’s jumper got Boston College within 70-65 with a minute to go. After a Virginia turnover, Mason Madsen hit a layup and connected on the and-one to make it a two-point game with 29 seconds left. BC needed to foul and sent Virginia’s Isaac McKneely to the line. He made two for a 72-68 lead. With 10 seconds left, a held ball was called and Boston College retained possession. Madsen missed a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left and Virginia ran out the clock.
McKneely scored 14 points and Jacob Groves had 13 for Virginia (21-8, 12-6 ACC). Ryan Dunn had 13 rebounds.
Post had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Jaeden Zackery scored 12 and Madsen had 10 for Boston College (15-13, 6-11). The Eagles shot 41% but made only 5 of 22 3-point tries.
A layup by Devin McGlockton drew Boston College within one point with 13 1/2 minutes left in the second half and his dunk on the next possession gave the Eagles their first lead of the game, 40-39. There were five lead changes in the next seven minutes before Virginia went up 57-51 with three 3-pointers on consecutive possessions - two by McKneely and the third by Groves. They both made 3 of 6 3-pointers for the game.
A pullup 3-pointer by Donald Hand Jr. got Boston College within 66-63 with 2 minutes to go, but Beekman made two free throws and Blake Buchanan hit a jumper for the Cavaliers to set the stage for the final minute.
Virginia took an early 11-2 lead, but a 3-pointer by Zackery got the Eagles within 15-13 with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Several minutes later, a layup by Madsen made it 22-21. Virginia did not give up the lead and went on to hold a 27-23 edge at halftime.
Virginia reached 50 points for the first time in four games.
Virginia visits No. 10 Duke on Saturday and Boston College hosts Pittsburgh on Saturday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | (Eagles gains possession) | Â | |
19:41 | Â | Quinten Post misses two point jump shot | Â | |
19:39 | Â | Jordan Minor defensive rebound | Â | |
19:15 | Â | Jacob Groves misses two point jump shot | Â | |
19:13 | Â | Quinten Post defensive rebound | Â | |
19:04 | Â | Mason Madsen turnover (lost ball) (Isaac McKneely steals) | Â | |
18:47 | Â | Jordan Minor misses two point layup | Â | |
18:45 | Â | Quinten Post defensive rebound | Â | |
18:37 | Â | Mason Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:35 | Â | Isaac McKneely defensive rebound | Â | |
18:19 | Â | Reece Beekman misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:17 | Â | Mason Madsen defensive rebound | Â | |
18:03 | Â | Quinten Post misses two point jump shot | Â | |
18:01 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
17:34 | +2 | Isaac McKneely makes two point jump shot | 2-0 | |
17:06 | +2 | Quinten Post makes two point layup | 2-2 | |
16:47 | Â | Claudell Harris Jr. personal foul (Isaac McKneely draws the foul) | Â | |
16:41 | +2 | Reece Beekman makes two point jump shot | 4-2 | |
16:20 | Â | Mason Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:18 | Â | Reece Beekman defensive rebound | Â | |
15:59 | +3 | Isaac McKneely makes three point jump shot (Reece Beekman assists) | 7-2 | |
15:38 | Â | Quinten Post misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:36 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
15:28 | Â | Reece Beekman misses two point jump shot | Â | |
15:26 | Â | Jaeden Zackery defensive rebound | Â | |
15:20 | Â | Claudell Harris Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:18 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
14:51 | +2 | Reece Beekman makes two point jump shot | 9-2 | |
14:21 | Â | Quinten Post turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
14:21 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
14:03 | Â | Isaac McKneely misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:01 | Â | Donald Hand Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
13:44 | Â | Blake Buchanan blocks Quinten Post's two point layup | Â | |
13:42 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
13:32 | +2 | Reece Beekman makes two point layup | 11-2 | |
13:02 | Â | Jaeden Zackery misses two point jump shot | Â | |
13:00 | Â | Mason Madsen offensive rebound | Â | |
12:54 | Â | Mason Madsen misses two point jump shot | Â | |
12:52 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
12:29 | Â | Isaac McKneely misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:27 | Â | Quinten Post defensive rebound | Â | |
12:15 | Â | Donald Hand Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:13 | Â | Devin McGlockton offensive rebound | Â | |
12:08 | +3 | Mason Madsen makes three point jump shot (Jaeden Zackery assists) | 11-5 | |
11:52 | Â | Jacob Groves misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:50 | Â | Quinten Post defensive rebound | Â | |
11:35 | Â | Reece Beekman personal foul (Quinten Post draws the foul) | Â | |
11:35 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:32 | +2 | Mason Madsen makes two point jump shot (Claudell Harris Jr. assists) | 11-7 | |
11:09 | +2 | Jacob Groves makes two point layup (Andrew Rohde assists) | 13-7 | |
10:44 | Â | Donald Hand Jr. misses two point jump shot | Â | |
10:42 | Â | Armani Mighty offensive rebound | Â | |
10:39 | Â | Blake Buchanan blocks Armani Mighty's two point layup | Â | |
10:39 | Â | Armani Mighty offensive rebound | Â | |
10:37 | Â | Blake Buchanan shooting foul (Armani Mighty draws the foul) | Â | |
10:37 | Â | Armani Mighty misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
10:37 | Â | Armani Mighty misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
10:37 | Â | Andrew Rohde defensive rebound | Â | |
10:11 | Â | Jacob Groves misses two point jump shot | Â | |
10:09 | Â | Donald Hand Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
10:02 | +2 | Claudell Harris Jr. makes two point jump shot | 13-9 | |
9:32 | +2 | Dante Harris makes two point layup | 15-9 | |
9:09 | Â | Dante Harris shooting foul (Claudell Harris Jr. draws the foul) | Â | |
9:09 | +1 | Claudell Harris Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 15-10 | |
9:09 | Â | Claudell Harris Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
9:09 | Â | Jordan Minor defensive rebound | Â | |
8:53 | Â | Taine Murray turnover (bad pass) (Quinten Post steals) | Â | |
8:40 | +3 | Jaeden Zackery makes three point jump shot | 15-13 | |
8:13 | Â | Quinten Post shooting foul (Jordan Minor draws the foul) | Â | |
8:13 | +1 | Jordan Minor makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 16-13 | |
8:13 | +1 | Jordan Minor makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-13 | |
7:55 | +2 | Quinten Post makes two point layup | 17-15 | |
7:31 | +3 | Taine Murray makes three point jump shot (Ryan Dunn assists) | 20-15 | |
7:08 | +2 | Jaeden Zackery makes two point layup | 20-17 | |
6:43 | +2 | Andrew Rohde makes two point jump shot (Taine Murray assists) | 22-17 | |
6:13 | +2 | Claudell Harris Jr. makes two point layup | 22-19 | |
5:50 | Â | Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:48 | Â | Eagles defensive rebound | Â | |
5:46 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
5:35 | Â | Quinten Post misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:33 | Â | Reece Beekman defensive rebound | Â | |
5:09 | Â | Blake Buchanan misses two point jump shot | Â | |
5:07 | Â | Mason Madsen defensive rebound | Â | |
4:59 | +2 | Mason Madsen makes two point jump shot | 22-21 | |
4:36 | Â | Taine Murray misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:34 | Â | Jaeden Zackery defensive rebound | Â | |
4:12 | Â | Quinten Post misses two point jump shot | Â | |
4:10 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
3:54 | Â | Isaac McKneely misses two point jump shot | Â | |
3:52 | Â | Prince Aligbe defensive rebound | Â | |
3:42 | Â | Claudell Harris Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:40 | Â | Reece Beekman defensive rebound | Â | |
3:29 | +2 | Reece Beekman makes two point jump shot | 24-21 | |
3:06 | Â | Prince Aligbe misses two point jump shot | Â | |
3:04 | Â | Taine Murray defensive rebound | Â | |
2:42 | Â | Ryan Dunn misses two point layup | Â | |
2:40 | Â | Ryan Dunn offensive rebound | Â | |
2:34 | +2 | Ryan Dunn makes two point layup | 26-21 | |
2:08 | Â | Mason Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:06 | Â | Isaac McKneely defensive rebound | Â | |
2:06 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
1:59 | Â | Ryan Dunn turnover (lost ball) (Jaeden Zackery steals) | Â | |
1:52 | Â | Mason Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:50 | Â | Jacob Groves defensive rebound | Â | |
1:19 | Â | Jordan Minor misses two point layup | Â | |
1:17 | Â | Ryan Dunn offensive rebound | Â | |
1:12 | Â | Ryan Dunn misses two point layup | Â | |
1:10 | Â | Jaeden Zackery defensive rebound | Â | |
1:04 | +2 | Devin McGlockton makes two point layup (Mason Madsen assists) | 26-23 | |
0:51 | Â | Ryan Dunn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
0:49 | Â | Jordan Minor offensive rebound | Â | |
0:44 | Â | Mason Madsen shooting foul (Ryan Dunn draws the foul) | Â | |
0:44 | Â | Ryan Dunn misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
0:44 | +1 | Ryan Dunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 27-23 | |
0:29 | Â | Reece Beekman blocks Jaeden Zackery's two point jump shot | Â | |
0:27 | Â | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
0:06 | Â | Devin McGlockton personal foul (Jacob Groves draws the foul) | Â | |
0:04 | Â | Cavaliers 30 second timeout | Â | |
0:04 | Â | Donald Hand Jr. personal foul | Â | |
0:01 | Â | Ryan Dunn misses two point layup | Â | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |