Steve Gruber set the show on fire for Virginia Cavaliers. It was the most entertaining game witnessed by Virginia fans at John Paul Jones Arena.



Gruber, a 5 feet 11 inches back up guard was the main attraction of the second half, the most entertaining part was when this junior from Milwaukee, netted an off balance shot from about 50 feet.

The time was running out, Gruber caught the ball in the back court and without wasting any time he threw the ball and the ball was in the hoop ending his dry run this season.

The sparsely populated crowd at the John Paul Jones Arena was dozing off for most part of the game. Gruber brought them back to life by his spectacular 50 feet shot. The crowd gave him a standing ovation for putting up a spectacular show. Several replays of Gruber were played on the replay board which is a very rare phenomenon.

Gruber helped Virginia win its last non conference game of the season, 74-50.

Virginia's defense was very strong, especially in the second half. They forced the Bears to stretch out and run more to match the pace of Virginia defense. As the game, progressed the Bears started to worn out. Virginia defense kept the Bear down and only conceded 23 percent shoots in the second half.

Virginia which is currently having a record of 7-5 in the season, were strong on the rebound too. Virginia took 41 rebounds as compared to 29 by the Bears. For the Cavaliers, Mike Scott scored 15 points and took 10 rebounds, he was closely matched by Sammy Zeglinski who scored 14 points.

Sylven Landesberg, disappointed his fans. Landesberg came in to the match as a leading scorer, but didn't perform as per the expectations and scored just four points and that too all from the free-throw line.

Cavs didn't make an impressive start and were outplayed by a more methodical and copy book Bears. But the Bears were not able to extend the play through out the game. At the half time, the Cavs were leading by just 10 points but after that there was no stopping them.

The Cavaliers will now be looking forward to their much more difficult ACC match against their southern neighbors which also happens to be a road game. Considering the performance that the Cavs put up against the Bears, and the form achieved by Gruber and Scott, they will be able to pull that game off too.

Virginia Cavaliers outplayed a more methodical Bears in an entertaining game. The star of the show was Steve Gruber and his 50 feet 3- pointer.