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2011-12 Virginia Basketball Postgame Notes
March 4, 2012
#24 Virginia 75, Maryland 72 (OT)
Team Notes
• Virginia’s first overtime game of the season
• The Cavaliers snapped a four-game losing streak in overtime games
• Virginia won its 22nd regular season game, most since 25 in 1982-83
• The Cavaliers finish ACC play with a winning record (9-7) for the first time since going 11-5 in 2006-07
• Virginia sweeps the season series with Maryland for the first time since 2006-07
• The Cavaliers won in College Park in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1992 and 1993
• Virginia nine road/neutral wins in the regular season for the first time since 10 in 1990-91
• The Cavaliers clinch the No. 4 seed in next week’s ACC Tournament
Mike Scott Notes
• Mike Scott (35 pts, 11 rebs) had his 33rd career double-double (ninth this season)
• Scott’s 35 points are the most by a Cavalier in an ACC game since Sean Singletary scored 41 points at Miami (Mar. 1, 2008)
• Scott becomes the first Cavalier since 2008-09 to score at least 25 points in consecutive games (Sylven Landeberg – 26 at Georgia Tech and 25 vs. Xavier in 2008-09)
• Scott had his ninth career “20-10” game of his career (fifth this season)
• Scott scored in double figures for the 78th time in his career (27th this season)
• Scott had his 10th 20-point game of the season (16th of his career)
• Seven of Scott’s 10 20-point games this season have come in ACC play
Other Player Notes
• Sammy Zeglinski (20 pts) scored in double figures for the 47th time in his career (12th this season)
• Zeglinski had his second 20-point game of the season (fifth of his career)
• Zeglinski tied his season high with four 3-pointers
• Jontel Evans (6 assists) had his 12th game this season of at least five assists
• Evans’ six assists ties his season high
Player Career Highs
• Mike Scott scored a career high with 35 points
• Jontel Evans tied a career high with four steals (a new ACC career high)
Virginia Career Record Book Updates
• Mike Scott moved into 16th place on Virginia’s career scoring list with 1,500 points, moving past Donald Hand (1,486, 1998-01) and Othell Wilson (1,469, 1981-84)
• Mike Scott becomes the 33rd player in ACC history to record 1,500 career points and 900 career rebounds