Virginia Falls 63-45 at Virginia Tech in the Commonwealth Clash

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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia women’s basketball team (11-17, 5-10 ACC) fell 63-45 at Virginia Tech (18-10, 5-10 ACC) on Thursday (February 28) at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
 
Junior guard Jocelyn Willoughby (East Orange, N.J.) led the team with 15 points. Regan Magarity scored 18 points with 17 rebounds for Virginia Tech with Taylor Emery scoring 19 points with six assists. Virginia shot 34.5 percent (19-of-55) and Virginia Tech shot 47.7 percent (21-of-44). Virginia held a 32-30 edge in rebounding.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Virginia Tech hit three three-pointers to open the game on a 9-0 run. The Cavaliers chipped away at the deficit, with sophomore guard Khyasia Caldwell (Pocono Summitt, Pa.) driving through the lane for six points in the first quarter to narrow the gap to 18-16. Virginia took a 21-20 lead on Caldwell’s fourth layup of the game with 8:09 remaining in the second quarter, but the Hokies answered with back-to-back baskets to retake the lead. Virginia Tech ended the quarter on a 9-0 run to take a 33-24 lead into the halftime break. In a cold-shooting third quarter, the Hokies slowly built up an 8-0 run to take a 41-26 lead with 3:41 remaining in the period. Virginia cut a once 17-point deficit down to nine on an 8-0 run flanked by three-pointers from Willoughby and junior guard Dominique Toussaint (Staten Island, N.Y.) in the fourth quarter, but the Hokies scored eight points in a 1:32 span to push the advantage out to 60-42 with 3:11 remaining. Both teams traded threes in the final two minutes for the final 63-45 score.

NOTES

• Khyasia Caldwell scored all nine of her points in the first half
• Jocelyn Willoughby scored 10 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter
• Junior Dominque Toussaint (Staten Island, N.Y.0 scored seven points with five assists
• Virginia Tech was 11-of-26 (42.3 percent) from three-point range; Virginia was 4-of-19 (21.1 percent)
• Virginia outscored Virginia Tech in the paint, 24-14
• Virginia started the game making just one of its first seven shots, but went 7-of-12 to close out the first quarter. Virginia Tech started the first quarter going 4-of-6 from the field, but made just two of its final eight attempts in the period
• The Cavaliers did not score a basket for the final 5:24 of the second quarter and had a 6:47 scoring drought in midst of the third quarter
• Virginia Tech only took six shots in the third quarter, making three of them. Virginia also made three baskets in the quarter, on 16 attempts. The Hokies were 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the period to outscore the Hoos 14-6 in the frame
• Virginia led for 26 seconds in the game

 
COMMONWEALTH CLASH

• The Commonwealth Clash presented by Virginia529 is a head-to-head, points-based competition between the athletic teams at University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Commonwealth Clash encourages a friendly, statewide rivalry between the two schools across all school-sponsored sports with 21 individual event points on the line. The school that accumulates 11 points or more will be crowned the winner and take home the Virginia529 Commonwealth Clash trophy. Visit www.TheCommonwealthClash.com for more information
• There was a half-point at stake on Thursday in the Virginia529 Commonwealth Clash Virginia Tech now leads this year’s challenge, 7.5-5.5

 
ON THE HORIZON

• The Cavaliers close out the regular season by playing Sunday, March 3 at No. 4 Notre Dame (26-3, 12-3 ACC) at 12:30 p.m.
• The bracket for the ACC Tournament will be announced on Sunday evening
• The 2019 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will be taking place March 6-10 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. It is the 19th year the Coliseum has played host to the event