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  Friday, Mar. 3 8:00pm ET
Virginia keeps its hex over Wake
 
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Telisha Quarles and Svetlana Volnaya powered a second-half run that helped Virginia (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 16 AP) extend its dominance of Wake Forest with a 72-47 victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Friday night.

Schuye LaRue and Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick
Wake Forest's Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick looks to pass around Virginia's Schuye LaRue.
Quarles finished with 16 points, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, and Volnaya added 12 points as Virginia (23-7) improved to 47-1 against the Demon Deacons, including victories in their last 45 games.

The top-seeded Cavaliers secured a berth in Sunday's semifinals with a 13-0 surge in the second half. Volnaya had a 3-pointer and an assist in the run and Quarles hit a pair of 3-pointers to help Virginia build a 23-point lead.

The Cavaliers also got 14 points and four steals from Renee Robinson and 11 points from Schuye LaRue.

Wake Forest (7-21) never led on the way to losing for the 10th time in 11 games. Alisha Mosley had 16 points for the Demon Deacons and LaChina Robinson had 10.

The Cavaliers opened the game with a 20-4 run and led by 15 after a first half in which they held the Demon Deacons to 29-percent shooting.

Wake Forest put together a 9-0 surge early in the second half, capped by a 3-pointer from Val Klopfer, that made it 41-31 before Volnaya and Quarles finished off any hopes by the Demon Deacons for an upset.

The Cavaliers pushed their lead as high as 27 in the closing minutes.

 


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