UVa-Wise Swings Momentum in Final Minutes to Take Alice Lloyd

January 29, 2008
BOXSCORE

Wise, Va. – Trailing 51-40 midway through the second half, UVa-Wise went on a 15-4 run over four minutes to swing the momentum and take Alice Lloyd on Tuesday evening. Freshman Adam Hood pumped in two three-pointers of his game-best 21 points in the spurt where the Highland Cavaliers rode the tide to a 74-63 win over the Eagles.

Hood (Rye Cove, Va.) made three triples total and six of seven free throws for his 21 points. The Cavs (10-13) saw four other players post eight points apiece in Bryan Sexton (Lebanon, Va.), Jarred Soles (Yorktown, Va.), Eric Swords (Williamsburg, Ky.) and Daniel Adams (Floyd, Va.). Swords added five assists and Travis Willis (Woodbridge, Va.) grabbed a team-best seven rebounds.

William Jones and William Dillard lead Alice Lloyd (8-15) with 15 and 14 points.

Seth Gibson (Wytheville, Va.) hit a short 10-footer to pull the Cavs back to within a point, 37-36, in the first four minutes of the second half. The Eagles answered by scoring 14 of the next 18 points for the game’s largest difference of 11 points, 51-40, with just over 11 minutes remaining.

After Swords made one of two free throws, UVa-Wise took advantage of two Alice Lloyd turnover by seeing Hood drain a three-pointer, two free throws by Soles and another Hood triple to make it 51-49. The home team kept battling until Adams laid in a putback to tie it at 55-55 with 7:07 on the clock.

The Eagles led 61-60 but the home momentum took over for a second time with a key 9-0 spurt capped by two Hood free throws for a 70-61 score with just 1:02 left. UVa-Wise made two more set of foul shots in the final minute to ice the 74-63 non-conference victory.

UVa-Wise will next travel to Bristol to face Virginia Intermont for a 7:30 p.m. game Saturday night.