
No. 3 Virginia wins 8th in row
N.C. State's top player Freeman held scoreless in 1st loss to ranked foe
Published 9:54 pm, Sunday, January 14, 2018
Charlottesville, Va.
Devon Hall scored a career-best 25 points and No. 3 Virginia pushed its winning streak to eight with a 68-51 victory over North Carolina State on Sunday night.
Kyle Guy added 17 points for the Cavaliers (16-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Virginia has won 11 straight regular-season meetings against the Wolfpack.
Torin Dorn scored 16 points to lead N.C. State (12-6, 2-3), which arrived with a 3-0 record against ranked teams. The Wolfpack has beaten the No. 2 team twice — Arizona on Nov. 22 and Duke on Jan. 6 — and was coming off a 78-77 victory against No. 19 Clemson.
N.C. State scoring leader Allerik Freeman (15.2 points per game) did not score in 29 minutes, missing all five of his shots from the field.
Virginia led 30-20 at the break and quickly built its margin to 37-20 in the opening minutes after halftime. The lead grew as high as 21.
Note: West Virginia says it is reviewing an incident in which Mountaineers forward Wes Harris is seen striking a Texas Tech fan who had joined thousands of others on the court in a postgame celebration Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. Other players were involved in a separate skirmish trying to protect a teammate in the swarm.