Syracuse Orange vs Virginia Cavaliers

College Basketball

13-11

59-72

Final

20-3

John Paul Jones Arena

TV: ESPN

Team	1H	2H	T
SYR	35	24	59
UVA	38	34	72

Who won: Virginia 72-59

The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Syracuse Orange 72-59 on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at John Paul Jones Arena. The Virginia outscored the Syracuse 34-24 in the 2nd half. Sam Lewis led the Virginia in points (16). Naithan George led the Syracuse in points (19).

Leaders

SYRUVA

Points

Naithan George

19

Sam Lewis

16

Assists

Donnie Freeman

4

Dallin Hall

5

Rebounds

Donnie Freeman

9

Ugonna Onyenso

8

Scoring

1st Half

7:00

LayUpShot

J.J. Starling makes driving layup

20-29

6:41

LayUpShot

Malik Thomas makes driving layup (Chance Mallory assists)

20-31

6:10

JumpShot

Donnie Freeman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Naithan George assists)

23-31

5:35

LayUpShot

J.J. Starling makes driving layup (Donnie Freeman assists)

25-31

5:03

LayUpShot

Ugonna Onyenso makes layup

25-33

4:36

JumpShot

J.J. Starling makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot

27-33

4:04

JumpShot

Tyler Betsey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Donnie Freeman assists)

30-33

3:20

JumpShot

Naithan George makes 8-foot pullup jump shot

32-33

3:20

MadeFreeThrow

Naithan George makes free throw 1 of 1

33-33

2:05

DunkShot

Thijs De Ridder makes 3-foot dunk (Dallin Hall assists)

33-35

1:40

JumpShot

Naithan George makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (J.J. Starling assists)

35-35

0:49

JumpShot

Jacari White makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)

35-38

2nd Half

19:05

JumpShot

Malik Thomas makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot

35-41

17:36

MadeFreeThrow

Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 1 of 2

35-42

17:36

MadeFreeThrow

Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 2 of 2

35-43

17:18

JumpShot

Nate Kingz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naithan George assists)

38-43

16:59

JumpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Ugonna Onyenso assists)

38-45

16:33

JumpShot

Naithan George makes 17-foot pullup jump shot

40-45

15:47

LayUpShot

J.J. Starling makes driving layup

42-45

15:15

JumpShot

Sam Lewis makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Devin Tillis assists)

42-48

15:03

JumpShot

William Kyle III makes 8-foot hook shot (Donnie Freeman assists)

44-48

14:31

JumpShot

Sam Lewis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacari White assists)

44-51

14:01

LayUpShot

Naithan George makes driving layup

46-51

13:03

JumpShot

Jacari White makes 14-foot step back jumpshot

46-53

12:46

TipShot

Ugonna Onyenso makes 0-foot tip in dunk

46-55

10:24

JumpShot

Nate Kingz makes 7-foot jumper

48-55

9:54

JumpShot

Ugonna Onyenso makes 6-foot hook shot

48-57

8:42

TipShot

Thijs De Ridder makes 0-foot tip in layup

48-59

8:26

JumpShot

Nate Kingz makes 12-foot step back jumpshot (Bryce Zephir assists)

50-59

7:37

LayUpShot

Nate Kingz makes driving layup

52-59

7:11

LayUpShot

Chance Mallory makes driving layup

52-61

6:57

JumpShot

Naithan George makes 13-foot pullup jump shot

54-61

6:10

DunkShot

Ibrahim Souare makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Naithan George assists)

56-61

5:10

MadeFreeThrow

J.J. Starling makes free throw 1 of 2

57-61

4:47

JumpShot

Sam Lewis makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Dallin Hall assists)

57-63

2:53

LayUpShot

Dallin Hall makes driving layup (Jacari White assists)

57-65

2:34

LayUpShot

Nate Kingz makes driving layup

59-65

2:17

JumpShot

Chance Mallory makes 24-foot three point jumper (Thijs De Ridder assists)

59-68

1:25

DunkShot

Ugonna Onyenso makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Chance Mallory assists)

59-70

0:41

TipShot

Ugonna Onyenso makes 0-foot tip in layup

59-72

Scores shown as SYR-UVA.

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