Breona Hurd scored a career-high 22 points for Virginia, but Maryland Baltimore County stunned the Cavaliers 61-56 Tuesday night before 3,531 at John Paul Jones Arena. UMBC (2-1) was an underdog of more than 30 points to the Cavaliers (2-1), according to one site.
For some UVA fans, the loss might have brought back memories of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, when UMBC became the first No. 16 men’s seed to upend a No. 1, ousting the Cavaliers 74-54. The Retrievers’ coach that night, Ryan Odom, is now in his first year coaching UVA.
Heidi Williams and Gabby Scott led UMBC with 14 points each and Carmen Yanez added 11. The Retrievers never trailed and staved off a late UVA rally to gain the win.
Hurd was 7 for 10 from the field and 8 for 11 from the free-throw line, as well as providing seven rebounds and four blocks.
But star guard Kymora Johnson finished with four points on 1-for-16 shooting as the Cavaliers shot 19 for 59 (32.2%). UVA was 0 for 14 from 3-point range, while UMBC was 9 of 14.
“We didn’t compete today, which was very disappointing, because that’s the one thing I’m very confident that this group does,” Cavaliers coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton said on virginiasports.com. “Credit to UMBC. They came in, they played tough, and they got us out of our rhythm.”
UVA trailed 11-2 early and 50-46 at the start of the fourth quarter, but rallied to tie the game at 54 on a layup by Romi Levy. After a UMBC free throw by Kennedy Austin, Bellamy converted a reverse layup for a 57-54 lead with 27.8 seconds left.
Hurd netted a pair of free throws, but Williams iced the win for UMBC with four free throws to make the final score 61-56. In between, the Cavaliers missed 3-pointers.
Virginia Tech 87, Gardner-Webb 51: Kilah Freelon powered the Hokies (3-0) past the Runnin’ Bulldogs (0-4) in Blacksburg with 12 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, including nine on the offensive glass. Tech dominated the boards 54-27 and generated 35 second-chance points.
Samyha Suffren led Tech with career-highs of 17 points and four steals. Fellow guard Mackenzie Nelson had seven assists.
No. 3 UCLA 78, No. 11 North Carolina 60: All-American Lauren Betts had 20 points and 10 rebounds in Las Vegas in the WBCA Challenge, the Bruins’ second win over a ranked team this week. UCLA (4-0) also topped No. 6 Oklahoma 73-59 on Monday in Sacramento, California.
Betts also had seven assists. Teammate Kiki Rice had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Angela Dugalic added 14 points and Gabriela Jaquez had 12.
Elina Aarnisalo led UNC (2-1) with 13 points.
No. 9 Maryland 88, Towson 70: Freshman Lea Bartelme left in the second quarter in College Park with what looked like a potentially severe knee injury.
Fellow freshman Addi Mack had 15 points and six assists for the Terrapins (4-0), and Kaylene Smikle had 13 points. The Tigers (2-2) got 23 points from India Johnston.
Men
No. 2 Purdue 87, No. 8 Alabama 80: Braden Smith scored 29 points, including 21 in the second half, in Tuscaloosa as Purdue won the first matchup of top-10 teams this season.
Trey Kaufman-Renn added 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Boilermakers (3-0), who notched the program’s first road win against a top-10, nonconference opponent since winning at Louisville in 1982.
Purdue outrebounded the Crimson Tide 52-28. Alabama (2-1), led by Aden Holloway’s 21 points, kept it close by hitting 16 of 44 from 3-point range.
No. 17 Michigan State 79, San Jose State 60: Jaxon Kohler had 17 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Jeremy Fears scored a career-high 15 points and had nine assists, and MSU (3-0) beat visiting San Jose State (0-3) in an all-Spartans clash. MSU led by 23 points at halftime, with Carson Cooper scoring 12 of his 17.
West Virginia 71, Pittsburgh 49: Harlan Obioha had 19 points, Honor Huff scored 11 of his 15 in the second half in Morgantown, and WVU won the 192nd Backyard Brawl. West Virginia (4-0) has won seven of the last nine meetings in the series for a 102-90 all-time advantage.
Jasper Floyd had 13 points, five rebounds and seven assists for West Virginia. Cameron Corhen had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Pitt (3-1).
East Carolina 71, Elizabeth City State 70: Giovanni Emejuru scored 23 points to help ECU edge Division II ECSU in Greenville, North Carolina.
Emejuru’s dunk with 1:42 remaining gave ECU a 71-65 lead. He added 10 rebounds for the Pirates (2-1).
Trevor Smith, from Newport News, finished with 20 points for the Vikings.
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