CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Jacari White is back. And Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla., he brought back the Cavaliers.
White scored 19 points, his biggest came since coming back from a wrist injury, and No. 15 Virginia erased a 9-point deficit with 8:23 to play, topping Florida State 61-58 and winning its fifth in a row.
Thijs DeRidder added 9 points and 9 rebounds for UVA.
Lajoe Jones scored 21 and Robert McCray added 20 for the Seminoles, who saw their three-game win streak end.
Next up, Virginia plays Ohio State in a non-conference, neutral-site game in Nashville on Saturday.
