The Cavs used defense and rebounding to earn a hard fought victory. Dunn and Minor led the offensive effort. Dunn was the leading scorer with 13 points and leading rebounder with 12 while Minor was one of five to score double figures and was the second leading rebounder with 9 which helped lead Virginia to a 54 to 32 advantage on the boards. NC State played a very tight pressing defense. The Wolfpack had 10 steals, forced 15 turnovers, and held Virginia to 4 for 17 shooting from behind the arc. Murray came off the bench to tie Beekman with 11 points by making both of his 3-point shot attempts and 3 of 4 frm the foul line. He led the team with 19 in +/-.