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March 24, 2013
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Virginia 68, St. John’s 50
NIT 2nd Round
Team Notes
• Virginia hosted its single-season, school-record 21st home game, surpassing 20home games in 2007-08.
• Virginia hosts Iowa in the NIT quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m.
• Virginia improves to 17-10 all-time in the NIT
• The Cavaliers’ 23 wins are their most since winning 25 in 1994-95
• The Cavaliers extended their home winning streak to 19 games (JPJA record), theirlongest home winning streak since the school-record 34 game home winning streak(1980-83)
• Virginia’s 20 home wins this season (20-1) are a school record
• Virginia has increased its win total in each of the last four seasons (15 in 2009-10,
16 in 2010-11, 22 in 2011-12 and 23 in 2012-13).
• Cavalier freshmen scored the team’s first 11 points of the game and 24 of theteam’s 32 first half points
Player Notes
• Akil Mitchell (305 rebounds this season) reached the 300-rebound mark for theseason, just the eighth time a Cavalier has accomplished the feat (Ralph Sampson [4times], Bob Mortell, Travis Watson, Norm Carmichael)
• Justin Anderson (18 pts) scored in double figures for the 11th time this season
• Mike Tobey (10 pts) scored in double figures for the eighth time this season
• Taylor Barnette (13 pts) scored in double figures for the first time this season
• Mitchell (9 rebs) led the team in rebounding for the 27th time this season
Player Career Highs
• Taylor Barnette had a career-high 13 points
• Barnette tied a career high with three 3-pointers
• Justin Anderson had a career-high 18 points
• Anderson set career highs in made free throws (9) and attempted (10)
Record Book Updates
• Joe Harris (1,244 points) moved into 28th place on Virginia’s career scoring list,passing Billy Langloh (1,240 pts, 1974-77) and Tom Sheehey (1,241 pts, 1984-87)
• Akil Mitchell (305 rebounds) moved into seventh place on Virginia’s single-seasonrebounding list, passing Norm Carmichael (1967-68)