▁goals . ▁Virginia ▁forward ▁Tim ▁M ull en ▁later ▁said , ▁" I ▁remember ▁us ▁getting ▁like ▁ 1 0 ▁reb ounds ▁per ▁possession ▁and ▁missing ▁lay ups . ▁The ▁ball ▁would ▁not ▁go ▁in ." ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁half , ▁the ▁Cav ali ers ▁and ▁the ▁Sil vers words ▁were ▁tied , ▁ 4 3 – 4 3 . ▁ ▁Virginia ▁gained ▁the ▁lead ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁and ▁a ▁R icky ▁Sto kes ▁score ▁gave ▁the ▁Cav ali ers ▁a ▁seven - point ▁lead ▁with ▁ 1 1 : 1 4 ▁remaining . ▁Cham ina de ▁respond ed ▁with ▁a ▁ 7 – 0 ▁scoring ▁run ▁to ▁force ▁a ▁ 5 6 – 5 6 ▁tie , ▁before ▁Sam pson ▁made ▁a ▁turn around ▁jump ▁shot ▁to ▁give ▁Virginia ▁the ▁lead ▁back . ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁his ▁basket , ▁S li vers words ▁players ▁Tim ▁Dun ham ▁and ▁Mark ▁Rod rig ues ▁combined ▁on ▁an ▁al ley - oop ▁play ; ▁Rod rig ues ▁passed ▁the ▁basketball ▁to ▁Dun ham , ▁who ▁d unk ed ▁over ▁Sam pson . ▁Cham ina de ▁forward ▁Richard ▁Ha en isch ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁basket , ▁" After ▁that ▁play , ▁I ▁think ▁we ▁all ▁got ▁the ▁feeling ▁we ▁could ▁actually ▁win ." ▁With ▁less ▁than ▁six ▁minutes ▁left ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁the ▁teams ▁were ▁tied ▁at ▁ 6 2 – 6 2 . ▁Dun ham ▁made ▁a ▁ 2 2 - foot ▁j um per ▁to