The UMBC Women's Basketball hits the road for the first time this season as it heads south to face Virginia on Thursday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

UMBC graduate student guard Ashia McCalla hit a short jumper with nine seconds left to give the Retrievers a hard-fought 79-77 victory over Gettysburg before a boisterous crowd in the opener at Chesapeake Arena.

The visiting Bullets committed a turnover on the ensuing possession and the Retrievers ran out the clock to claim the win.

Four Retrievers finished in double figures, led by graduate student forward Kiara Bell, who scored 18 points and added eight rebounds. Grad student guard KK White added 16 points, while Scoop Smith and McCalla tallied 12 apiece. Smith added nine rebounds.

UMBC scored 27 fourth quarter points, hitting 11-of 20 shots from the floor and 4-of-5 from the free throw line.  

Scouting Virginia

The Virginia women's basketball (1-0) team opened the 2022-23 season with an 85-59 victory against George Washington on Monday (Nov. 7) at John Paul Jones Arena.

The Cavaliers trailed 34-30 at the half and by six points early in the third quarter but outscored the Colonials 55-25 in the second half.

Camryn Taylor led the team with 22 points and 13 rebounds, one of five Cavaliers to finish the game in double figures. Kaydan Lawson scored a career-high 18 points with nine rebounds.

UVA is in its first season under new head coach Amaka "Mox" Agugua-Hamilton