Virginia Men grab first win over a ranked opponent of the Tony Bennett era.
The Wahoos earned the first big win of the Tony Bennet era Wednesday evening at the John Paul Jones Arena by beating UAB 72-63. The win was the first for the Bennet led Cavs over a ranked opponent. Virginia was led by super second-year Sylven Landesberg who was 6-16 shooting and added 19 points in the effort.
UAB was led by Elijah Millsap who had a huge first half and finished with 27 points in the loss. The Wahoos trailed for most of the game, but after Sammy Zeglinski added a rare four point play at the 7:17 mark the Hoos never relinquished the lead again.
Virginia next plays Texas-Pan American on January 5th at the JPJ at 7 p.m. Go Hoos!