A Sea Of Red

Landesberg didn’t seem deterred by Hall or anybody else. The freshman from New York once again showed the tremendous moxie that has already garnered him national attention, delivering the winning points for the second straight game. His two free throws with 29 seconds left propelled Virginia to a 68-66 win in front of 10,311 at John Paul Jones Arena.

Late in the second half of Friday night’s Virginia-Radford game, the Highlanders’ Eric Hall morphed into a shot-blocking machine. The 6-foot-8 forward was swatting the shot of just about any UVa player who entered the paint.

In one five-minute span, Hall blocked four Virginia shots.

“Coach Leitao was barking at us to pump fake,” said UVa guard Sylven Landesberg. “Guys were pump faking, but he was still getting them.”