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No. 18 Virginia knocks off Notre Dame 80-68
By: Mike Stiles - Thursday, January 14, 2021


(CHARLOTTSVILLE) – Jay Huff scored 18 points and Sam Hauser had 15 points and nine rebounds Wednesday as No. 18 Virginia beat Notre Dame 80-68 for its fourth consecutive victory. Huff, who is 7 foot 1, made a career-best four 3-pointers in the first half as Virginia (8-2, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened an 18-10 lead and built it to 37-25 by halftime. Cormac Ryan scored 16 points and Trey Wertz had 13 for the Fighting Irish (3-8, 0-5), who lost their fourth in a row and fell to 0-11 against Virginia in conference games. Nate Leszewski, who burned Virginia for 28 points in their first meeting, finished with 12. Huff hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first 8 1/2 minutes as Virginia took control right away and never let up. The Irish trailed 55-33 with 13 minutes left and used a 15-5 run to get within 66-56 with 5:41 to play. The Irish arrived leading the ACC in 3-point percentage, but made just 5 of 22.

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