The University of Virginia women’s basketball team has a flair for the dramatic.
A knack for winning, too.
The 10th-seeded Cavaliers have gone from the First Four to the Sweet 16 after a dramatic, double overtime, 83-75 win over the second-seeded University of Iowa on Monday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, played at a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
UVA star guard Kymora Johnson can’t contain her excitement as she dribbles out the final seconds of the Wahoos’ win. Johnson, a Charlottesville native, scored 28 points to lead the Cavaliers. (Virginia Athletics photo)
UVA needed one overtime session to .
Monday was more of the same – and then some, as the Hoos (22-11) stunned the host Hawkeyes (27-7) in front of 15,000 fans.
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UVA first overcame a nine-point deficit in the final 8:07 of regulation to force the initial extra session. And then, with 13 seconds left in the first overtime, Kymora Johnson hit a running jump shot to tie the game at 65.
A Paris Clark layup with 3:38 remaining in the second overtime gave the Cavaliers a lead they’d never relinquish.
Johnson played all 50 minutes and scored 28 points, while Clark saved 15 of her 20 points until after the start of the fourth quarter.
