Stanford 55, at Virginia 70

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Interstat) — In a clash of contrasting styles, the Virginia Cavaliers used a dominant defensive performance and a methodical offensive attack to defeat the Stanford Cardinal 70-55 in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena. A crowd of 14,637 watched as Virginia, improving to 14-2, built a commanding first-half lead and stifled Stanford’s offense throughout, holding the Cardinal to a season-low point total. Stanford, which entered the game averaging over 77 points per contest, fell to 13-4. The most important part of the game was Virginia’s overwhelming first-half surge, which established a… Read more...