After Virginia’s 76-51 my esteemed colleague Will Campbell mentioned that he was surprised at Marial Shayok’s 15 point outburst in 20 minutes, and I have seen similar sentiment among UVA fans. But should we be surprised? Given what Virginia lost coming into this season, someone has to step up, so why not Shayok? I’ll take that a step further and ask this question. Could Shayok be the next Justin Anderson?
Rewind back to three years ago. The Hoos were looking for someone to replace the irreplaceable Joe Harris. In stepped Justin Anderson. Coming off a summer spent improving his three point shot, Anderson took 2014-2015 by storm averaging 13.