Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 60

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Gary Forbes scored 17 points in the last 13:09 of the second half Saturday and Virginia rallied to beat Virginia Tech 65-60, the Cavaliers&#39; third consecutive dramatic victory.<br> <br> Forbes scored 14 points of Virginia&#39;s 16 points in a span of 6.5 minutes when the Cavaliers (13-9, 4-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) turned a 38-32 deficit into a 48-46 lead with 6:32 remaining. Sean Singletary&#39;s 3-pointer made it 51-46, and Virginia led by at least three thereafter.<br> <br> The Hokies (12-10, 5-6), who beat the Cavaliers 79-73 in Blacksburg 16 days earlier, closed to 62-58 on Coleman Collins&#39; dunk with 33.9 seconds left. Forbes hit a free throw, then blocked Jamon Gordon&#39;s shot, but Collins stuffed it back it to make it 63-60 with 22.8 seconds left.<br> <br> The Hokies fouled T.J. Bannister with 21.4 seconds to go, and he made them both before two stops close to the Hokies basket sealed the outcome.<br> <br> The Cavaliers, coming off late victories against North Carolina State and Florida State, will have a tougher time keeping it going in their next game, when they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to play No. 3 North Carolina.<br> <br> Forbes led the Cavaliers with 21 points, Devin Smith had 16 and Singletary had 10 points, six rebounds and seven assists.<br> <br> Zabian Dowdell led Virginia Tech with 20 points and Collins had 19, but the Hokies&#39; No. 2 scorer, Carlos Dixon, sat out most of the first half in foul trouble and finished with four, 10 below his average.<br> <br> The Hokies used a 12-4 run to take a 19-11 lead with 8 minutes left in the first half. Virginia immediately scored 13 of the next 17 to take its first lead at 24-23, and the teams were tied 26-all at the break.<br> <br> Only four Hokies scored, with Dowdell (11) and Collins (10) accounting for all but five of the points. Smith had 10 to lead the Cavaliers.<br> <br> Virginia also celebrated its 100 years playing basketball at halftime with about 50 former players and a triple-decker cake at center court.

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