No. 14 Cavaliers Fall to No. 22 Tar Heels – Virginia-Sports

By Jeff White (jwhite@virginia.edu)VirginiaSports.com CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The UVA men’s basketball team is no longer unbeaten at home. For much of the first half Saturday afternoon (Jan. 24), the 14th-ranked Cavaliers appeared headed to a victory that would have improved their record at John Paul Jones Arena to 11-0. Two minutes before halftime, Virginia led No. 22 North Carolina by 16 points. From there, however, the Tar Heels dominated. UNC scored the final seven points of the opening half and, on a frigid day in Central Virginia, never really cooled off in an 85-80 win over UVA in front of a sellout crowd at JPJ. “The end of the half was a killer,” Virginia head coach Ryan Odom said. “The beginning of the second half was another killer. We did not come out with enough fire on the defensive side of the ball to make things harder [on UNC].” For the Wahoos (16-3 overall, 5-2 ACC), the loss ended their five-game winning streak. After falling behind by five midway through the second half, they staged a spirited comeback of their own, and they led 74-72 with 3:51 to play. The home fans did their to urge the Cavaliers on, but
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