Isaac McKneely and Andrew Rohde led a hot-shooting Virginia team to a 70-60 win over Villanova.
. Six straight made threes – yes, you read that right – and the Virginia Cavaliers had a 23-14 lead and were effectively never challenged again.A win is a win is a win. After beating up on sub-standard competition, Virginia was ready for a real test. Unfortunately, it’s been three years since Jay Wright patrolled the sidelines for Villanova, and this Wildcat team is reeling.
Andrew Rohde played his best game as a Cavalier. After being a game-time scratch versus Coppin State, a game in which Dai Dai Ames played pretty well, Cavalier Nation was bracing for a “quarterback” controversy. Ames got the start against Villanova, but head coach Ron Sanchez used a lot of three guard lineups and Ames and Rohde shared the court for 24 minutes.It could take Rohde three games to match Ames’ 13 points in this game.
Well, Rohde put a lie to that statement, as he did score 13 points. More impressively, he connected on his first three attempts from deep and was the central character in that blitz of six made threes. Who had three consecutive makes on their Bingo card? Rohde also had a team high four assists and he cut his turnovers by half from the Campbell game.
When you have Rohde connecting on his first three treys, and Isaac McKneely a perfect 6/6, it’s going to be a good night. The rest of the team was a respectably 5/15 as four other players made threes on the night. Here are all of them: Jacob Cofie has been a revelation this young season, and he frequently drew the assignment of guarding Nova’s Eric Dixon. Dixon is their best player, and he’s a respectable shooter from three, but two times Dixon easily pump-faked Cofie en route two a pair of threes. Villanova made a minor run late in the first half, and it was aided by a Dixon 4-point play that resulted from a Cofie foul. He’s young, presumably he’ll get better.With 4.
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