Long Beach State is next for Virginia
Anthony Gill scored 16 points and Malcolm Brogdon scored 13 on Thursday night, helping Virginia bounce back from its first loss of the season with an 8257 victory over Bradley in the opening round of the Charleston Classic at Charleston, S.C.
The No. 6 Cavaliers (2-1) will face Long Beach State on Friday night for a spot in Sunday’s championship game.
Virginia lost at George Washington on Monday and opened this one a bit sluggish. The Cavaliers trailed, 22-19, before taking off on an 18-3 run and steadily pulling away, at one point stretching their lead to 31 points.
“I knew it was going to click,” said London Perrantes, who scored 12 points for Virginia. “I feel like we definitely had to come out and respond.”
Bradley (1-2) is one of the youngest teams in the country,
starting four freshmen.
at No. 12 Arizona 88, Boise State 76: Gabe York made four three-point shots and scored a career-high 23 points for the Wildcats, who pulled away in the second half.
Freshman Allonzo Trier scored 11 of his 13 points after halftime and Arizona (3-0) stretched its home-court winning streak to 41 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the country. Parker Jackson-Cartwright scored 14 points, also a career high, and Kadeem Allen had 10 for Arizona.
“The strength of our team is the depth and versatility,” Arizona Coach Sean Miller said. “There’s not a lot of drop-off from our thirdbest player, whoever that is, and our ninth-best.”
James Webb scored a career-high 27 points for Boise State (1-2).
No. 16 Utah 73, Texas Tech 63: Lorenzo Bonam scored a season-high 20 points to lead the Utes in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Jordan Loveridge added 18 points for Utah (3-0), which dominated the boards and scored 16 second-chance points after halftime to stay in control — especially as the Red Raiders (1-1) kept trying to rally.
“I actually challenged the guys [at halftime],” Utah Coach Larry Krystkowiak said. “I think there’s a perception out there maybe that the Big 12 is a real physical league and maybe the Pac-12’s not and it looked like that in the first half.”
at No. 17 Vanderbilt 79, Stony Brook 72: Reserve Wade Baldwin IV scored 21 points to lead the Commodores to an overtime victory.