CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Reece Beekman had 17 factors and 7 assists as Virginia beat shorthanded Morgan State 79-44 on Wednesday night time.
Beekman had 11 factors and 5 assists within the first half to assist construct a 43-16 lead. The Cavaliers opened on a 14-5 run as Morgan State went 2 of 9 from the sphere within the first seven minutes. The Bears completed the half making simply 6 of 23 (26%) with 9 turnovers. Virginia made 18 discipline objectives, 5 coming from distance.
Virginia led by at the very least 19 factors the whole second half.
Jacob Groves, Andrew Rohde and Leon Bond III every scored 10 factors for Virginia (10-2). Ryan Dunn had 10 rebounds to go together with eight factors.
Rob Lawson scored 14 factors and Kamron Hobbs added 13 for Morgan State (4-11). The Bears have been with out starters Wynston Tabbs, averaging 16.4 factors per sport, and Will Thomas, 10.1 ppg.
Morgan State was held to 34% taking pictures from the sphere with 19 turnovers. The Cavaliers entered ranked second nationally in scoring protection (55.3 ppg), fourth in turnovers per sport (8.9) and sixth in discipline purpose proportion protection (36.9).
Virginia is 5-0 within the collection, whereas limiting the Bears to 48 or fewer factors previously three contests – together with 45 within the final assembly on Dec. 3, 2018.
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