In what turned out to be a frustrating loss to Navy, the Virginia Cavaliers did show flashes of encouraging play on Tuesday night. In particular, Reece Beekman had an underrated but sound performance on both ends of the floor as he starts to take on more responsibility in his second season in Charlottesville.
On the night, Beekman scored eight points on 4-8 shooting (0-1 from three), dished out six assists, recorded six (!) steals, grabbed five rebounds, and only turned the ball over once.
Of course, he’ll get dinged for missing two free throws late in the game and for that one turnover coming when the ‘Hoos absolutely needed a bucket.