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Aug. 23, 2000
BOCHOLT, BELGIUM – The University of Virginia men’s basketball team bouncedback from the first loss of its European tour with a 108-69 victory overLummen BBC on Wednesday (August 23). With the win, the Cavaliers improveto 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 ateam-high 23 points and added three assists. Watson scored 22 points on11-14 shooting from the field and pulled down six rebounds. Chris Williams(Birmingham, Ala.) posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 reboundsand also added five assists. Adam Hall (Katy, Texas) and Jason Rogers(Staunton, Va.) totaled 12 points apiece to round out UVa’s double digitscorers. Rogers and Hall also grabbed seven and six rebounds,respectively. Stephane Dondon (Toulouse, France) scored nine points andhad six rebounds in the first quarter, but sprained an ankle at thebeginning of the second quarter and did not return to the game. He is veryquestionable for the final game of the tour on Friday. Roger Mason (SilverSpring, Md.) missed his second consecutive game with a sprained ankle whichhe 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 onthe tour, especially Josh Hare and Jason Rogers. The team played with alot of energy and came out of the box pretty good and picked it up midwaythrough the first quarter. We played pretty well considering it was ourfifth game in five days. Keith Friel shot the ball very well and had aterrific game. We got a real good scoring contribution from Travis Watsonas well. They couldn’t handle him inside.
“The biggest negative of the game was that Stephane suffered an ankleinjury. Our trainer, Sue Saliba, thinks it’s a severe ankle sprain. He isvery questionable for the last game of the tour in Paris, which is horriblebecause we are playing much closer to his hometown. We’ll take itday-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 everyonethought 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.