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U.Va. rallies past Cleveland State

STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Published: November 26, 2009

CANCUN, Mexico -- Guard Sylven Landesberg scored 20 points to lead five Virginia players in double figures, and the Cavaliers rallied from a 34-27 halftime deficit to defeat Cleveland State 76-65 yesterday in the Cancun Challenge.

Forward Will Sherrill, who went 4 for 5 from 3-point range, added 18 points for U.Va. Mike Scott (18), Mustapha Farrakhan (11) and Sammy Zeglinksi (10) also contributed double-figure efforts.

Virginia returns to action Monday night as host for Penn State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

VIRGINIA (4-2)

	M	FG	FT	R	PF	A	Pt
Scott-------------------------	36	6-10	3-4	8	0	3	15
Meyinsse-------------------------	11	1-2	0-0	2	3	0	2
Farrakhan---------------------	33	4-7	0-0	1	1	2	11
Zeglinski-------------------------	38	4-7	0-0	3	1	4	10
Landesberg------------	38	6-13	7-9	5	2	5	20
Evans-------------------------	0+	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Baker-------------------------	9	0-2	0-1	0	0	1	0
Sene-------------------------	6	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0
Sherrill-------------------------	24	7-9	0-0	6	3	2	18
Jones-------------------------	5	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0
Team				4
Totals -------------------------		28-53	10-14	32	10	17	76

CLEVELAND STATE (3-3)

	M	FG	FT	R	PF	A	Pt
Cunningham-------	24	2-5	0-0	4	1	0	6
Pogue-------------------------	37	5-5	3-6	4	2	4	13
Harmon-------------------------	24	3-9	0-0	2	0	1	7
Cole-------------------------	38	5-10	0-0	1	3	5	12
Brown-------------------------	36	2-4	0-0	3	5	4	4
James-------------------------	3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0
Montgomery-----	20	5-8	1-1	1	0	0	14
Woods-------------------------	0+	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
McCoy-------------------------	0+	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Ajere-------------------------	8	3-4	0-1	2	2	0	6
Kamczyc-------------------------	10	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	3
Latas-------------------------	0+	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Team				4
Totals -------------------------		26-47	4-8	18	16	14	65

Virginia ------------------------- 27 49 -- 76
Cleveland State ------------------------- 34 31 -- 65

3-point goals -- Virginia (10-17): Sherrill 4-5, Farrakhan 3-5, Zeglinski 2-5, Landesberg 1-1, Jones 0-1. Cleveland State (9-21): Montgomery 3-4, Cole 2-4, Cunningham 2-4, Kamczyc 1-1, Harmon 1-7, Brown 0-1.

Turnovers -- Virginia (10): Farrakhan 4, Zeglinski 3, Scott 2, Landesberg. Cleveland State (10): Harmon 3, Brown 2, Ajere 2, Kamczyc, Pogue, Cole.

Blocked shots -- Virginia (2): Sherrill, Farrakhan. Cleveland State (3): Pogue 2, Cole.

Steals -- Virginia (6): JSherrill 3, Zeglinski 2, Landesberg. Cleveland State (7): Cole 3, Ajere, Pogue, Brown, Harmon.

A -- n/a.

ACC

WISCONSIN 78, NO. 21 MARYLAND 69: Jason Bohannon scored 20 points and Jon Leuer added 16 to lead Wisconsin to a win over Maryland in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational at the Lahaina (Hawaii) Civic Center. Trevon Hughes scored 14 points for the Badgers (4-1). Greivis Vasquez led Maryland (4-2) with 18 points.

State

W&M 62, HAMPTON 61: Quinn McDowell scored 11 points, including two free throws down the stretch, and William and Mary defeated Hampton in Williamsburg. The Tribe (3-2) broke a 57-57 tie on a free throw by Danny Sumner with 3:40 left. Steven Hess then put William and Mary ahead 60-57 on a jump shot with 1:44 remaining.

The Pirates (0-4) cut the gap to one with 1:22 remaining on Charles Funches' jump shot. With 47 seconds left, McDowell made both of his free throws as the Tribe went ahead 62-59.

On the Pirates' next possession, Mike Tuill hit two free throws with 44 seconds to pull to 62-61. But Hampton couldn't score on its next possession as Darrion Pellum missed a 3-pointer with 8 seconds to play.

E ASTERN MENNONITE 81, FERRUM 66: George Johnson led five Eastern Mennonite players in double figures with 18 points, and the Royals (5-0) pulled away from a tie at halftime to beat host Ferrum.

Top 25

NO. 13 UCONN 81, LSU 55: Jerome Dyson and backcourt mate Kemba Walker each scored 20 points, and Connecticut (4-0) routed previously unbeaten LSU in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York.

Gavin Edwards added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies, who advanced to play No. 7 Duke or Arizona State for the championship tomorrow at Madison Square Garden. Stanley Robinson finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.