Virginia Cavaliers at Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Guy, No. 2 Virginia pull away to beat Wake 59-49

Kyle Guy scored 17 points, and Virginia beat the Demon Deacons 59-49 on Sunday night for its 10th straight win.

De'Andre Hunter added 16 points to help the first-place Cavaliers (18-1, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) extend their longest winning streak since 2015-16 and open league play with seven victories for the second time in four years.

"In the second half, we got loose a little bit in that zone and got some clean looks," coach Tony Bennett said. "I think, to be in that spot (in a tight game) ... this is good. ... Can we dig a little deeper? And I thought our guys did a solid job."

Virginia shot nearly 46 percent in the second half, and the nation's most efficient defense held Wake Forest to 30 percent shooting after halftime.

"They kind of stuck it to us in the first half, and we were playing kind of sloppy," Guy said. "We were playing hard, but we just wanted to take it up another notch."

Bryant Crawford scored 11 points, and Mitchell Wilbekin and Brandon Childress added 10 apiece for the Demon Deacons (8-11, 1-6), who kept it close against a highly-ranked Virginia team for the second time in three years but were held 11 points below their previous scoring low for the season and lost their fifth straight.

"Historically, Tony's teams have been teams that score in this scoring range," coach Danny Manning said. "And I thought that they missed some shots. We played pretty good defense in the first half. In the second half, they got to the free-throw line."

Devon Hall added 12 points to help the Cavaliers win a tight one in which there were nine lead changes and five ties. Neither team led by more than seven until Hunter hit an important 3-pointer to extend Virginia's lead to 53-45 with 3:44 remaining.

BIG PICTURE

TURNING POINT

KEY STAT

Smaller Virginia outrebounded a Wake Forest team that has two 7-footers in the rotation, finishing with a 32-29 advantage. Moore had 13 rebounds for the Demon Deacons, but none of his teammates had more than three.

HE SAID IT

UP NEXT

Virginia: Hosts No. 20 Clemson on Tuesday night before a visit to fifth-ranked Duke next weekend.

Wake Forest: Hosts a second top-five opponent in three nights when No. 5 Duke visits Tuesday night.

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