Virginia (14-12, 5-8) lost their sixth game in a row Tuesday evening in Miami. The Wahoos played better than they had as of late, but did not have any way to contain Miami’s two best players. Miami (18-9, 4-10) had four players finish with double-figures led by Dwayne Collins who scored 18 points on 7-11 shooting. Collins also had a career high in assists. Miami’s Julian Gamble and James Dews both chipped in 13 points in the victory.
The Hoos were led (once again) by second-year Sylven Landesberg who scored 27 on 8-13 shooting. Sylven shot well from three-point-land as he made 6-8 for a career-high three-point shooting performance. Jerome Meyinsse actually played pretty well tonight as he threatened to finish with a double-double scoring 13 and grabbing 7 strong rebounds. Virginia continued to shoot the ball poorly as they only shot 35% for the game. The Hoos also got almost nothing out of the struggling Mike Scott, who looked lost out there tonight. He finished with 0 points on 0-7 shooting. Many of the attempts Scott shot tonight were outside shots that he really should have thought twice about hoisting up.
Mustapha Farrakhan did not play, and Virginia fans saw the return of Solomon Tat to action in the second-stanza. Sammy Zeglinski also struggled finishing with just 5 points on 2-10 shooting. The Hoos only committed 8 turnovers, their only bright spot of the game.
Virginia has almost a week to get ready for ACC leader Duke. The Blue Devils come to Charlottesville Sunday for a 7:45 p.m start. Times are tough here in Charlottesville for the once scrappy Hoos.