Virginia vs. Bucknell: Chance Mallory Has 16 Points and 6 Assists as No. 6 Cavaliers Win 95-61
Virginia scored the first 11 points, led 53-31 at the half and won the paint 46-16 at John Paul Jones Arena. No Virginia starter played more than 21 minutes.
Photo: Virginia Athletics. Chance Mallory, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
FINAL, John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Va.: No. 6 Virginia 95, Bucknell 61.
Chance Mallory did most of his damage before halftime. By our count from the ESPN play-by-play, he scored 13 of his 16 points and threw all 6 of his assists in the first half, which put him on 28 of Virginia's 53 first-half points as a scorer or passer. He finished 6 of 9 from the field and 3 of 5 from three, with 3 steals and 4 turnovers in 21 minutes.
Virginia scored the first 11 points. Bucknell's first basket was a Rocco Lamuno 3 with 15:24 left in the half. Virginia led 53-31 at the break and by as many as 37, per ESPN.
Who else carried it
Thijs De Ridder scored 15 on 6-of-10 shooting with 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Nolan Adekunle added 14 on 5-of-6 shooting, 3 of 4 from deep. Johann Grunloh had 13 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. Off the bench, Elijah Gertrude handed out 7 assists, a career high per Virginia on SI, and Favour Ibe blocked 4 shots in 7 minutes.
Virginia had 30 assists on 37 baskets and blocked 11 shots. ESPN's team stats credit the Cavaliers with a 46-16 edge in the paint and a 27-12 edge in points off turnovers. The bench scored 33, by our count.
Aleksander Pachucki and Luke Soden scored 12 apiece for Bucknell, and Soden made 4 of 5 threes in 18 minutes. Lamuno added 10. The Bison made 11 threes, good for 33 of their 61 points by our count, but shot 20 of 57 overall.
The context
This was Virginia's fourth game in eight days, per the Field Level Media preview on CBS Sports, and the ESPN box shows no starter above 21 minutes. The Cavaliers came in having beaten Drexel, Northeastern and No. 12 Arkansas by a combined 73 points, per the same preview. De Ridder was named Co-ACC Player of the Week before the game, per Virginia. Mallory, a Charlottesville native out of St. Anne's-Belfield, was a preseason All-ACC second-team pick, per his Virginia bio.
Bucknell was picked sixth in the 10-team Patriot League and has not beaten a ranked opponent since No. 17 Syracuse on Nov. 22, 2005, per Field Level Media.
Virginia is 4-0 and plays at Maryland on Friday. Bucknell falls to 0-3 and hosts Columbia on Friday.
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