CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – In back-to-back wins over Texas and Dayton, both away from home, Virginia basketball showed it could defeat high-level competition. Tuesday night against Maryland Eastern Shore, the Cavaliers proved they could also simply take care of business in less compelling matchups.

No. 24 UVA used a 23-0 run first-half run to seize control and send it on its way to a lopsided victory, routing UMES 84-60 at John Paul Jones Arena.

Sam Lewis scored 15 points and Thijs DeRidder added 13 as the Cavaliers scored over 80 points for the ninth time in its 10 games under new coach Ryan Odom. Their total Tuesday was the most allowed by UMES so far this season.

Freshman point guard Chance Mallory, the former St. Anne’s-Belfield star, finished with 10 points, 6 steals and 5 assists.

About the only thing that didn’t go well was North Dakota State transfer Jacari White’s bid to extend his program record for consecutive made 3-pointers. White set a program record by hitting 12 straight 3-pointers over the past three games, including going 7 for 7 in Saturday’s win over Dayton. But he checked in 5:25 into the game Tuesday and four seconds later, attempted a shot from beyond the arc that missed.

White finished 1 for 4 from 3, scoring 7 points. 

The Cavaliers (9-1) go into exam break on a four-game winning streak. They next play Dec. 20 when they host Maryland, now coached by former Virginia