Postgame Notes - UVA 63, Ohio State 61
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Virginia Game Notes
No. 6 Virginia 63, Ohio State 61
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016
Team Notes
– This was Virginia’s sixth game with Ohio State; the series is now tied 3-3
– Virginia is now 11-6 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, including a 6-2 mark at home
– Virginia’s 16-point deficit (32-16) in the first half was its largest of the season (previous was five against Yale)
– The 16-point deficit was UVA’s largest since the Cavaliers trailed by 37 points in the second half during an 87-52 loss at Tennessee on Dec. 30, 2013
– Virginia became just the second team in the Thad Matta era (since 2005) to rally from a 15-point deficit against Ohio State; OSU is 214-2 under Matta when leading by at least 15 points (lost after holding 15-point lead on 2/12/11 against Wisconsin)
– Virginia extended its home win streak to 24 games (sixth longest in the nation), dating from Feb. 7, 2015, and has won 45 of its last 46 home contests
– UVA extended its program-record win streak at John Paul Jones Arena, dating from Feb. 7, 2015
– UVA is 142-36 in 11 seasons at JPJ, including 104-20 under Tony Bennett
– UVA trailed at the half at JPJ for the first time since a 29-28 deficit against Oakland (12/30/15)
– Ohio State’s 36-point first half marked the most points allowed by UVA in a first half this year (21 against Yale)
– UVA shot 28.6 percent (8-for-28) in the first half, its lowest output in any half this season
– UVA went on a 13-0 run spanning the first and second half, cutting a 36-22 deficit to one point
– Virginia forced OSU into 20 turnovers, an OSU season high
Player Notes
– Devon Hall scored a season-high 12 points, his fifth career game in double figures and one off his career high, set last season against Morgan State
– London Perrantes scored a season-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers (also a season best)
– Darius Thompson had a career-best three blocked shots