For the seventh straight year, the Virginia Cavaliers are November tournament champs as the Hoos took down Arizona State 48-45 in the championship game of the Air Force Reserve Tip-Off tournament. Virginia improved to 6-0 (1-0 ACC) on the season, and ASU fell to 3-2. First year Casey Morsell was a revelation for Virginia with a career-high 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting. Morsell added two steals and two rebounds in the game.
Mamadi Diakite started slowly, but finished with 15 points, three rebounds, two blocks, and a steal. Diakite and Morsell combined for 18 of Virginia’s 22 second half points on a day where Kihei Clark (2-for-10) and Braxton Key (1-for-7) struggled offensively.