Landesberg’s 22 points, late free throws lift Virginia past No. 20 Georgia Tech, 82-75

Landesberg’s 22 lift Virginia past GT, 82-75

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Sylven Landesberg scored 22 points and Virginia used a 16-4 run late in the second half to surge past No. 20 Georgia Tech 82-75 on Wednesday night.

Virginia (10-4, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its sixth straight game, its longest winning streak since it won seven in a row in the 2006-07 season, and opened ACC play 2-0 for the first time since 1994-95, when the Cavaliers won their first four conference games.

Georgia Tech (12-4, 1-2), coming off a victory against Duke, shot better than 50 percent from the field, but struggled mightily at the free throw line, missing 8 of 11 attempts.

The Cavaliers, conversely, were 23-for-26, including 14 of 15 in the final 8½ minutes.

Mustapha Farrakhan added 15 points and Mike Scott 12 for Virginia.

Zackery Peacock led Georgia Tech with 19 points and Iman Shumpert had 15.