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Anderson Named ACC Co-Player of the Week

From Virginia Athletics Media Relations News Releases

Virginia junior guard Justin Anderson has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Co-Player of the Week, announced Monday (Dec. 8) by the ACC.

Anderson, who shared this week's honor with Notre Dame's Jerian Grant, averaged 18.5 points and seven rebounds as No. 6/5 Virginia posted road wins at then-No. 21 Maryland (76-65) and VCU (74-57).

Anderson tallied 16 points and six rebounds in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge win at Maryland. Anderson added a season-high 21 points and eight rebounds in the 17-point win at VCU. Anderson was 6-7 from the field, including 3-4 from 3-point range, and was a perfect 6-6 from the charity stripe against the Rams. Anderson sparked Virginia's second-best field goal shooting performance (68.3%) in school history at VCU.

The 6-6, 228-pound Anderson has led Virginia in scoring in seven of nine games, and is averaging career highs in points (15.8), rebounds (5.8), field goal percentage (57%), 3-point percentage (58.8%) and free-throw percentage (80%). He ranks second in the ACC in 3-point percentage and eighth in scoring.

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This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne

UVa’s Scott Stadium is once again the host site of the Virginia High School League 5A and 6A Championships. The 2014 title games take place this Saturday beginning at noon, when L.C. Bird (Chesterfield, VA) meets Tuscarora (Leesburg, VA) in the 5A Championship. Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA) then takes on Centreville (Clifton, VA) in the 6A Championship.

Both games are intriguing. L.C. Bird is seeking its third straight state title, but it will have to take down a Tuscarora squad that has cruised through the 2014 season, winning each of its 14 games by double digits. Tuscarora’s closest game was a 21-8 win over Loudoun County. Bird features junior quarterback/athlete Jalen Elliott, who has received several FBS scholarships already including one from Virginia Tech.

Numerous FBS prospects will be on display in the 6A contest. Centreville, which defeated Oscar Smith to claim the 2013 6A State Championship, features South Carolina-bound tailback A.J. Turner and Vanderbilt-bound offensive lineman Justin Skule, among others, while Ocean Lakes is led by future Virginia Cavalier Jahvoni Simmons, Arizona State-bound running back/athlete Jaason Lewis, Virginia Tech-bound defensive back Jahque Alleyne, heralded junior corner Levonta Taylor and freshman quarterback Tyler DeSue. UVa has offered Taylor and DeSue.

I plan to be on hand for both state championship games and will provide game updates and recruiting updates over the weekend. I’ll also update you on how other UVa-bound prospects perform on the gridiron this week. Altavista (VA) senior athlete Juan Thornhill, a Virginia verbal, is seeking to lead the Colonels to their second straight state championship. Thornhill has also captured two basketball state titles in his decorated high school career.

In addition to the typical recruiting beat, I am working on my final class of 2015 in-state rankings, which will be out around Christmas, as well as “Strategy Session” updates on football and basketball. Stay tuned for those reports in the month of December.

Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for EDGE subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an EDGE subscription, please check out the Sabre EDGE Sign Up and Information Page. If you're already on board as an EDGE subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting.

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Four Cavaliers Honored by the Touchdown Club of Richmond: Virginia football players Henry Coley, Eli Harold, Anthony Harris and Ian Frye have been named College Award winners by the Touchdown Club of Richmond. Coley has been named the Touchdown Club’s linebacker of the year, Frye has been named co-specialist of the year, Harold has been named defensive lineman of the year and Harris has been named co-defensive back of the year.
Virginia Advances to Second Straight NCAA College Cup: The Virginia men's soccer team advanced to its second straight NCAA College Cup after winning a penalty-kick shootout, 5-4, against No. 8 seed Georgetown on Saturday. The Cavaliers silenced the Shaw Field sellout crowd of 2,232 with a Todd Wharton goal in the final minute of regulation and went on to win in penalty kicks.
Cavaliers Fall 1-0 to Florida State in College Cup Final: The Virginia women's soccer team finished the 2014 season as the NCAA runner-up, falling to Florida State 1-0 Sunday afternoon in the Women's College Cup final at FAU Stadium. The second-ranked Seminoles (24-1-1) captured their first NCAA Championship with the win, while the fourth-ranked Cavaliers (23-3-0) fell in their first appearance in the NCAA final.
Virginia Hits the Century Mark in a 100-62 Victory over Delaware State: The Virginia women's basketball team (6-2) heads into exam week after earning a 100-62 victory over Delaware State (1-7) on Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena. After Delaware State tied the game, 11-11, on a pair of free throws seven minutes into the game, Virginia went on a 30-4 run. Virginia had five players finish the game scoring in double figures.
No. 12 Virginia Takes Eighth at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational: The 12th-ranked Virginia wrestling team finished eighth at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, hosted Friday and Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. UVa racked up 73 points, as Nick Sulzer captured the championship at 165 pounds, while Blaise Butler scored a huge upset en route to a runner-up finish at 174.
Virginia Concludes Action at Georgia Fall Invitational: The Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams closed out the Georgia Fall Invitational with three more school records Sunday at Gabrielsen Natatorium. UVa finished the weekend with 11 school records broken for the meet.
Virginia Duo Part of Team USA Title at Master'U BNP Paribas: Virginia tennis standouts Julia Elbaba and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski helped guide Team USA to the Master'U BNP Paribas championship Sunday (Dec. 7) in Aix-en-Provence, France. Team USA defeated France 4-1 in the final as Elbaba defeated Alice Bacquie 6-4, 6-2 in women's singles competition. Elbaba finished the tournament with a perfect 3-0 singles record and 1-0 doubles mark with UCLA's Chanelle Van Nguyen. Kwiatkowski was 2-1 in singles and 1-0 in doubles with Georgia's Nathan Pasha.

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