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Hawkeyes end U.Va’s NIT run

Iowa exploits poor Cavalier defensive peformance, earns trip to tournament semifinals in New York

Jenna Truong | Cavalier Daily

Senior guard Jontel Evans posted four assists and four fouls in his final game as a Cavalier. Evans was named to the 2013 ACC All-Defensive team.

By Daniel Weltz

Cavalier Daily Sports Editor From the moment the Virginia basketball team learned its season would culminate not in its second straight NCAA Tournament berth but rather in the NIT, the team set its sights on making the trip to the historic Madison Square Garden that had eluded them earlier in the year. Wednesday’s season-ending 75-64 loss to Iowa at John Paul Jones Arena once again snuffed out those hopes, but the result was far more painful this time around. “Everybody was thinking about getting that opportunity [to play at MSG],” senior guard Jontel Evans said. “We just came up short again.” Iowa ended Virginia’s recordbreaking 2012-13 season with a gutsy performance in front of 11,141 hostile fans, answer-

ing each Cavalier rally swiftly. Led by a team-high 24 points by junior guard Roy Devyn Marble, the Hawkeyes became the first road team to win in Charlottesville in more than four months to advance to the NIT semifinals, where they will meet another ACC foe, Maryland. The Hawkeyes beat the Cavaliers at their own game, winning the hustle stats and playing tenacious defense to wear down Virginia. Iowa outrebounded Virginia 34-26 and scored 24 points in the paint, and benefited from its opponents’ fatigue by taking control down the stretch. Virginia led 41-39 with 13:34 remaining, but the Hawkeyes used a 22-8 run in the next 10 minutes to grab control. “Playing teams that are real tough is kind of a gut check,” coach Tony Bennett said. “You

realize this is what tournament basketball is, desperately trying to advance to something significant, what you need to bring and how it has to be done. There’s some wisdom in that to motivate us to work really hard in the offseason.” Freshman guard Justin Anderson was once again the spark plug for Virginia, registering five 3-pointers and five blocked shots while scoring a team-high 24 points, but even his allaround performance was not enough. The Cavaliers’ vaunted packline defense, which had become the most prominent aspect of an arena-record 19-game winning streak at JPJ, betrayed them when it mattered most. Iowa shot 49 percent from the field while reaching the highest point total of any non-conference foe Virginia has faced this season. The Hawkeyes

an energized crowd stunned. Seven different Iowa players scored during the decisive 10-minute stretch after Tobey’s go-ahead dunk. “They’re hard to play because I think they’re balanced,” Bennett said. “We gave them way too many easy looks.” Tobey’s layup and three made free throws cut the deficit to 49-46 with 8:05 remaining, but for the first time at home in months, the Cavaliers could not come up with the needed stops. The Hawkeyes reeled off another nine straight points in the next 2:45, as junior forward Zach McCabe drilled a backbreaking 3-pointer to stretch the lead to 12. Anderson continued his frantic play by scoring nine points in the last 5:04, but his efforts were not enough for Virginia. With the lead swelling as high as 14 with under a minute remaining, a Cavalier fan base that has grown accustomed to winning rose to its feet to give its team a warm send-off with a standing ovation while chanting “U-V-A.” The loss concluded the careers of Evans and senior walk-on Doug Browman, who have each seen a program on the rise since the hiring of Bennett. Evans struggled in his final collegiate action, failing to score and committing four fouls while being

outscored the Cavaliers 44-36 in the decisive second half, pulling away on a combination of sharpshooting and hustle plays. Iowa made all 15 free throw attempts on the night and shot 8-of-17 from long range, but they also tallied 17 second chance points and dominated on the glass. “I challenged them at halftime to come out and play, embrace the physicality of this game,” Bennett said. “They did for a bit, and then [Iowa] just kept playing and playing and we wore down.” Virginia, meanwhile, was out of sorts offensively in its final game of the season. Third-team All-ACC junior forward Akil Mitchell continued his lateseason struggles, scoring just nine points on two made field goals. Cavalier starters aside from Anderson scored just 23 points and junior guard Joe Harris missed 7-of-11 field goal attempts. “Joe carried a big load all year,” Bennett said. “I think he looked worn down at the end and didn’t play his best basketball the last few games.” F r e s h m a n f o r w a r d M i ke Tobey, who led all reserves with 15 points, gave the Cavaliers their final lead of the game with 13:34 remaining on a twohanded slam. Marble’s lone 3-pointer of the night sparked an 8-0 run that put the Hawkeyes ahead for good and left

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Grad students Va. debates abortion ban showcase work Gov. Bob McDonnell proposes amendment to prohibit abortion coverage

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed an amendment Monday that would prohibit health insurance companies from offering abortion coverage through the federally run health insurance exchange.

Huskey Research Exhibition recognizes graduate projects, awards more than $8,000 to students By Alia Sharif

Cavalier Daily News Associate The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences held its 13th annual Robert J. Huskey Research Exhibi-

tion Wednesday in Newcomb Hall to publicize student research and reward exceptional projects. The Exhibition was part of Grad Days, Please see Exhibition, Page A3

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Graduate student presented their research projects to their peers, faculty and the public at the 13th annual Huskey Research Exhibition on

Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed an amendment Monday that would prohibit abortion coverage in health insurance plans purchased through the federal health care exchange that will soon be available in Virginia. The amendment, which also prevents individuals from purchasing abortion coverage in addition to a regular health insurance plan, must now be approved by the General

will bring Virginia up to code with the Affordable Care Act. The only exceptions would be for rape, incest or cases where the life of the mother is at risk. “This would affect approximately 50,000 Virginia women who are expected to use Virginia’s health exchange,” according to NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia. Steve Pazmino, the executive director of the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus, said he

Assembly. “No qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through an exchange established or operating in the Commonwealth shall provide coverage for abortions, regardless of whether such coverage is provided through the plan or is offered as a separate optional rider thereto,” the amendment reads. The amendment was added to the health insurance reform recently passed by both houses of the Virginia legislature that

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Harringtons file civil negligence lawsuit Morgan Harrington’s parents sue Regional Marketing Concepts, Inc., seek $3.9 million compensation, hope to prevent future violence By Sara Rourke

Cavalier Daily Staff Writer Dan Harrington, father of the late Morgan Harrington, announced in an email Tuesday the Harrington family will file

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an amended civil lawsuit against defendant Regional Marketing Concepts, Inc. for negligence the night of their daughter’s disappearance at John Paul Jones Arena in 2009. Morgan, a 20-year-old Virginia

Tech student at the time, was reported missing after leaving a Metallica concert at JPJ in October, 2009. Her body was found in January, 2010 in the field of an Albemarle County farm. The suit provides previously

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unreleased details about Morgan’s condition when she left JPJ following the concert. “Since the original suit was filed, investigation has produced further information about the events preceding Morgan’s death,” said

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Lee Livingston, the Harrington’s attorney, in a press release. “The Amended Complaint uses this new information to make more specific allegations.”

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