Virginia did their part for the ACC in the 2010 ACC/Big 10 Challenge Monday evening in Minneapolis beating the Golden Gophers 87-79. Joe Harris led Virginia with 24 points, and Mustapha Farrakhan pitched in 23 for the Hoos who improve to 5-3 on the young season.
Mike Scott (12 rebounds) played well on both ends of the court as he scored 17. Assane Sene was a force inside disrupting shots, and running the floor quite well. Sene chipped in 7 for the Hoos all at the free throw line.
Minnesota was 27-0 under Tubby Smith in non-conference games at home, and I’m certain this loss was a brutal one for Smith especially since the Golden Gophers were up 10 at the break. Before Tony Bennett was hired, Virginia’s athletic department expressed interest in Smith moving to Charlottesville to run the Wahoo program.
This was the first loss of the season for Minnesota.
The Hoos were awesome at the line tonight finishing 25-30 for an excellent 83%. Virginia was also hot shooting the three-ball going 10-14.