Sam Brunelle returned from injury as the Cavaliers continued their undefeated start to the season.
The Cavaliers slowly built up a rhythm that left the Hawks struggling to keep up.
Coach Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton discussed this season’s outlook with the press Monday.
The Cavaliers have made moves in an effort to establish themselves toward the top of the conference for the coming years.
Virginia finds themselves sitting at 15-11 in Agugua-Hamilton’s first season as head coach — an increase in winning percentage from 18 percent to just under 58 percent.
The Cavaliers showed incredible resiliency in defending their home floor to earn their first victory since Jan. 15 against Boston College.
The loss marks the fifth-consecutive defeat for Virginia and the seventh-straight time the Tar Heels (17-5, 8-3 ACC) have bested the Cavaliers dating back to 2018.
The most recent loss plunged the Cavaliers into a four-game losing streak as Coach Mox and her team seem to be drifting further and further from their prime performance early in the season.
The schedule has not been kind to Virginia as of late — the bout with Notre Dame marked the Cavaliers’ third road game against a top-10 opponent since the calendar flipped to 2023.
After suffering its first loss of the season in Durham Dec. 21 against Duke, Virginia bounced back at home, earning a 69-63 win over Georgia Tech Thursday.
With the decisive victory over the Bears, the Cavaliers improved upon their best start to a season since 1991 and kept red-hot as they head into ACC competition.
The Cavaliers remain undefeated and continued their best start to a season since 1991 with the victory while the Nittany Lions were handed their first loss of the season.
The wins leave Virginia with a perfect 8-0 record, the first time that the Cavaliers have reached that mark since the 1992-93 season
“I’m lucky to be able to go home. Before it was 10 hours [away]. Now I’ve got my support system here in the backyard basically.”
The Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton era started off with a bang Monday evening inside John Paul Jones Arena as the Virginia women’s basketball team soared to an 85-59 win over George Washington.
Virginia fans should hope to see the implementation of a new vision for the program and hopefully some significant steps in the right direction on the court.
In the midst of the spring season, there are plenty of reasons for optimism about various women’s sports.
In her three years as coach of Missouri State, her teams went an impressive 73-14 in overall play while going 46-6 in the Missouri Valley conference.
Athletic Director Carla Williams revealed that the remainder of Thompson’s contract — one with a year still remaining — will be terminated.
The Cavaliers controlled the game and were able to outlast the Blue Devils for their first conference win of the season.
