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Aug. 23, 2000
BOCHOLT, BELGIUM – The University of Virginia men’s basketball team bounced back from the first loss of its European tour with a 108-69 victory over Lummen BBC on Wednesday (August 23). With the win, the Cavaliers improve to 4-1 on their six-game European tour.
Five Virginia players scored in double figures with Keith Friel (Durham, N.H.) and Travis Watson (Brookneal, Va.) leading the way. Friel scored a team-high 23 points and added three assists. Watson scored 22 points on 11-14 shooting from the field and pulled down six rebounds. Chris Williams (Birmingham, Ala.) posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds and also added five assists. Adam Hall (Katy, Texas) and Jason Rogers (Staunton, Va.) totaled 12 points apiece to round out UVa’s double digit scorers. Rogers and Hall also grabbed seven and six rebounds, respectively. Stephane Dondon (Toulouse, France) scored nine points and had six rebounds in the first quarter, but sprained an ankle at the beginning of the second quarter and did not return to the game. He is very questionable for the final game of the tour on Friday. Roger Mason (Silver Spring, Md.) missed his second consecutive game with a sprained ankle which he suffered in the third game of the tour on Monday, August 21.
“We were in control most of the game,” said assistant coach Tom Herrion. “We got some guys real good minutes this evening who hadn’t played a lot on the tour, especially Josh Hare and Jason Rogers. The team played with a lot of energy and came out of the box pretty good and picked it up midway through the first quarter. We played pretty well considering it was our fifth game in five days. Keith Friel shot the ball very well and had a terrific game. We got a real good scoring contribution from Travis Watson as well. They couldn’t handle him inside.
“The biggest negative of the game was that Stephane suffered an ankle injury. Our trainer, Sue Saliba, thinks it’s a severe ankle sprain. He is very questionable for the last game of the tour in Paris, which is horrible because we are playing much closer to his hometown. We’ll take it day-by-day, but we don’t anticipate him playing in the last game.
“Roger Mason was held out again this evening. His injury is not serious. He could have played if the game had a lot of meaning to it, but everyone thought it was in his best interest to hold him out.”
Virginia plays its sixth and final game of the tour on Friday (August 25) against Sceaux (pronounced “so”) BBC in France.