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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014\u00a0Ugonna\u00a0Onyenso\u00a0scored 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting, Thijs De Ridder and Sam Lewis each scored 16 points and No.\u00a02-seeded\u00a0Virginia beat\u00a0No. 3-seeded\u00a0Miami 84-62 on Friday to advance to the\u00a02026\u00a0T. Rowe Price ACC Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament\u00a0championship game for the first time since 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mailk Thomas scored nine of his 15 points in the second half for the Cavaliers, who improved to 29-4 under first-year coach Ryan Odom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tru Washington scored 13 points and Shelton Henderson added 12 for Miami, which shot just 39\u00a0percent\u00a0from the field and was outrebounded 35-24.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No. 10\u00a0Virginia broke\u00a0open\u00a0a tightly contested defensive game with a 13-2 run over the final 2:47 of the first half for a 38-23 lead at the break.\u00a0Chance Mallory closed out the run with a running 3-pointer to beat the buzzer following a Miami turnover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes never recovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lead grew to 18 points six minutes into the second half as Miami struggled to find lanes to attack the basket against the taller Cavaliers. Miami\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0hit from deep, missing 10 of its first 11 shots from behind the 3-point line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Miami made a run and closed within 53-42 after Noam\u00a0Dovrat\u00a0hit two 3s and Henderson followed up a miss on a fastbreak with a two-handed dunk. But Thomas took over and scored eight of Virginia’s next 10 points to push the lead back to 18 points with eight minutes left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Virginia’s lead reached 26 points late in the second half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Virginia\u2019s 22-point win is tied for the fifth-largest\u00a0margin of victory in an ACC Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament semifinal. The win is the largest in an ACC semifinal since 2016, when North Carolina beat Notre Dame 78-47.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Onyenso\u2019s\u00a0four blocked shots are\u00a0tied for the third-most\u00a0ever in\u00a0an ACC Tournament\u00a0semifinal\u00a0contest,\u00a0happening\u00a0on seven\u00a0previous\u00a0occurrences, most recently in\u00a02017.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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