TENNESSEE TURNS BACK UVA

JaJuan Smith led a second-half comeback, Chris Lofton made one free throw after another in the final seconds and the Volunteers held off Virginia 77-74 Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Virginia couldn't get one more shot out of its fabulous guard tandem at the end.

Point guard Sean Singletary missed a 3-pointer with 1 second left, then fell to the floor and rested his forehead on the court in dismay as Virginia (21-11) watched its top two scorers come up empty.

Virginia shot 37.5% from the field, but only 26% from behind the arc (7-26).

Singletary was 1 for 7 from threepointville and Mamadi Diane was 0 for 4. The Cavs did stick it from the free throw line making 31 of 36. After the game Singletary said, “Hey, it took Tyler Hanzorobrough a couple of games to get used to the mask, so it only makes sense that its gonna take me a few games to get used to the blindfold.”

Singletary, a junior, has no more games this season.