Yonta Vaughn keyed a 26-point third quarter and Virginia cruised to a 76-47 win over visiting La Salle.
used a strong second half performance to power past La Salle 76-47 on Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. Val has the Plus/Minus to break down what we saw from the Cavaliers in their third victory of the seasonA win is a win is a win. It’s early days as yet another out-manned foe comes to JPJ for what amounts to little more than an exhibition game. The La Salle Explorers, coming off an 8-22 year last year, feature 13 new players to go with just two returning sophomores.
La Salle – tallest player 6’1” – pounded Virginia on the offensive boards early. They had 10 in the opening quarter, but because of that height disparity, and the fact that they aren’t really good, they had zero second-chance points. For the game Virginia would end up with a 46-45 rebounding margin. Virginia has good size on the wing with McGhee and Breonna Hurd as well as more size down low with 6’4” Latasha Lattimore and 6‘7” Taylor Lauterbach, but it’s not translating to rebounds.
Paris Clark sat out for an unspecified injury. Taylor Lauterbach only played one minute after sitting out the Radford game. It doesn’t look like she’s ready for real minutes.Latasha Lattimore had the kind of game she was brought here to provide, a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double. She flipped the script with Hurd, having a much stronger second half than her first half. Lattimore has a disturbing penchant to want to prove herself to be a wing player.
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