With the deaths of three fellow athletes on their minds, the Cavaliers use a big run in the second half to beat the Bears.
Their thoughts instead frequently wandered back to the Grounds, where a memorial service was being planned for Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena forAll three were juniors, as is a fourth player, Mike Hollins Jr., who is recovering in a hospital following multiple surgeries.“I’ll be honest: It was really hard to stay focused in practice Tuesday and Wednesday,” said Cavaliers center Kadin Shedrick, who had 17 points on 6-for-6 shooting.
Getting back onto the court did provide some mental relief, and the Cavaliers were able to gain significant separation with elevated attention to defense in the second half during a 30-5 run that gave them a 60-38 lead with 10:48 to play. Virginia went 8 for 9 on three-point tries in that torrid stretch.
“We played for them today. We played for the whole Charlottesville community,” Franklin said. “Just trying to be strong for each other, but it’s hard not to think about it, three great people.”Virginia had been scheduled to play Northern Iowa at John Paul Jones Arena the night after a lone gunman opened fire on a charter bus carrying approximately 25 students who had attended a play and dined together in the District as part of a school trip.
The basketball team hasn’t finalized plans for Saturday, but Bennett indicated players will watch via live stream and conduct a practice in preparation for the title game.“This has probably been one of the single hardest weeks of my life, just mentally and all that, as it is for a lot of my teammates and really the whole Charlottesville community,” Shedrick said. “It meant a lot to come out here and do it for them.
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