Tennessee Volunteers vs Virginia Cavaliers, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 2nd Round

College Basketball

24-11

79-72

Final

30-6

Xfinity Mobile Arena

TV: TNT

Team	1H	2H	T
TENN	36	43	79
UVA	31	41	72

Who won: Tennessee 79-72

The Tennessee Volunteers beat the Virginia Cavaliers 79-72 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 2nd Round on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Ja'Kobi Gillespie led the Tennessee in points (21). Thijs De Ridder led the Virginia in points (22).

Leaders

TENNUVA

Points

Ja'Kobi Gillespie

21

Thijs De Ridder

22

Assists

Bishop Boswell

9

Dallin Hall

7

Rebounds

Felix Okpara

8

Dallin Hall

7

Scoring

2nd Half

15:17

LayUpShot

Ugonna Onyenso makes layup (Devin Tillis assists)

44-39

14:50

JumpShot

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes 12-foot floating jump shot

46-39

14:38

LayUpShot

Chance Mallory makes driving layup

46-41

14:16

LayUpShot

Nate Ament makes layup

48-41

13:57

JumpShot

Chance Mallory makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)

48-44

13:37

LayUpShot

Jaylen Carey makes layup (Bishop Boswell assists)

50-44

13:36

MadeFreeThrow

Jaylen Carey makes free throw 1 of 1

51-44

13:04

LayUpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes layup (Dallin Hall assists)

51-46

12:53

JumpShot

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bishop Boswell assists)

54-46

12:29

JumpShot

Malik Thomas makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Thijs De Ridder assists)

54-48

11:01

MadeFreeThrow

Felix Okpara makes free throw 2 of 2

55-48

10:31

LayUpShot

Felix Okpara makes layup (Bishop Boswell assists)

57-48

10:13

JumpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)

57-51

9:42

JumpShot

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes 25-foot three pointer

60-51

9:23

LayUpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes layup

60-53

9:15

DunkShot

J.P. Estrella makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)

62-53

9:01

LayUpShot

Chance Mallory makes layup

62-55

8:37

MadeFreeThrow

Nate Ament makes free throw 1 of 2

63-55

8:01

JumpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot

63-58

7:05

LayUpShot

Dallin Hall makes driving layup

63-60

6:36

JumpShot

Bishop Boswell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)

66-60

6:10

LayUpShot

Dallin Hall makes driving layup

66-62

5:36

DunkShot

Johann Grunloh makes 2-foot dunk (Dallin Hall assists)

66-64

4:44

MadeFreeThrow

Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 1 of 2

66-65

4:44

MadeFreeThrow

Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 2 of 2

66-66

4:32

MadeFreeThrow

J.P. Estrella makes free throw 1 of 2

67-66

4:32

MadeFreeThrow

J.P. Estrella makes free throw 2 of 2

68-66

4:02

LayUpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes layup

68-68

3:37

JumpShot

J.P. Estrella makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot (Bishop Boswell assists)

70-68

2:03

JumpShot

Thijs De Ridder makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)

70-71

1:37

MadeFreeThrow

Nate Ament makes free throw 1 of 2

71-71

1:37

MadeFreeThrow

Nate Ament makes free throw 2 of 2

72-71

0:46

MadeFreeThrow

Bishop Boswell makes free throw 2 of 2

73-71

0:26

MadeFreeThrow

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes free throw 1 of 2

74-71

0:26

MadeFreeThrow

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes free throw 2 of 2

75-71

0:13

MadeFreeThrow

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes free throw 1 of 2

76-71

0:13

MadeFreeThrow

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes free throw 2 of 2

77-71

0:11

MadeFreeThrow

Chance Mallory makes free throw 1 of 2

77-72

0:08

MadeFreeThrow

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes free throw 1 of 2

78-72

0:08

MadeFreeThrow

Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes free throw 2 of 2

79-72

Scores shown as TENN-UVA.

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