Associated Press

Virginia's Jontel Evans (1) goes up for a shot in the Cavaliers' 68-55 loss at Boston College.

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- The return of leading scorer Sylven Landesberg had little effect on a Virginia men's basketball team that has now matched its longest losing streak since 1962.

The Cavaliers fell behind early Wednesday night and never recovered in a 68-55 loss to a Boston College team that had lost 10 of its previous 15 games.

UVa's eighth straight loss also yielded the Cavaliers' sixth straight double-figure setback, which hadn't happened since 1961.

"We've got one more game left in the regular season and, hopefully, we'll come out and fight," said first-year UVa coach Tony Bennett, whose Cavaliers entertain Maryland at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. "We're looking for the guys who want to represent this program with the effort and toughness to go beyond where we're at."

The Cavaliers (14-14 overall, 5-10 ACC) dropped into a tie for ninth in the ACC with North Carolina. Boston College (15-13, 6-9) gained sole possession of eighth place.

For the second game in a row, Virginia got off to a miserable start. The Cavaliers, who quickly fell behind 20-4 in a 67-49 loss to Duke on Sunday, trailed 11-2 after the first 3:05 on Wednesday.

UVa subsequently hit six straight shots from the field in cutting the deficit to 22-16 and the Cavaliers got as close as 24-20 after Mustafa Farrakhan scored and was fouled with 9:11 to play before halftime.

Farrakhan missed the free throw and the Cavaliers went on to score three points over the remainder of the half, going 1-for-10 from the field.

Boston College pounded the offensive boards, twice scoring on their fourth shot of a possession.

"Some guys can play in that setting and some can't," Bennett said.

"It kind of knocked some of our guys back. I call them 'self-inflicted wounds,' whether it's forgetting to block out [or] a forced play when a guy's wide open."

UVa switched to a zone defense to start the second half and immediately gave up a stickback by Joey Trapani, who knocked down a 3-pointer on the next possession. BC scored on its first four possessions of the second half in extending its lead to 46-27.

The Cavaliers cut the deficit to 13 on three occasions, the last time at 60-47 before Landesberg missed both ends of a two-shot free-throw opportunity.

Landesberg had missed the Duke game with a bruised thigh that had left him doubtful for Wednesday night's game.

Virginia made only five of 11 free throws. The Eagles were 15-of-18.

Landesberg finished with 13 points to share team scoring honors with Scott, who hit six of eight shots after going scoreless in his previous two games. Jerome Meyinsse was 6-of-6 from the floor and scored 12 points, his third straight game in double figures.

UVa shot 58.2 percent from the field in the second half and 46.2 for the game, which was its high over the past nine games, but the Cavaliers were only 2-of-13 from 3-point range.

The Eagles, who were only 3-of-12 from beyond the arc, were led by Cory Raji with 18 points.

VIRGINIA (14-14)

Meyinsse 6-6 0-0 12, Sene 1-1 0-0 2, Evans 0-2 0-0 0, Zeglinski 0-6 0-0 0, Landesberg 6-15 0-2 13, Farrakhan 3-6 1-3 8, Sherrill 1-3 0-0 2, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Scott 6-8 1-2 13, Tat 1-3 3-4 5. Totals 24-52 5-11 55.

BOSTON COLLEGE (15-14)

Raji 6-12 6-9 18, Trapani 5-8 2-2 14, Southern 1-2 0-0 2, Jackson 1-3 2-2 4, Sanders 5-12 0-0 11, Paris 0-1 0-0 0, Mosakowski 0-1 0-0 0, Roche 2-8 0-0 4, Ravenel 3-4 1-1 7, Rehnquist 0-1 0-0 0, Elmore 1-2 4-4 6, Dunn 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-57 15-18 68.

Halftime--Boston College 37-23. 3-Point Goals--Virginia 2-13 (Farrakhan 1-1, Landesberg 1-6, Jones 0-1, Sherrill 0-2, Zeglinski 0-3), Boston College 3-12 (Trapani 2-4, Sanders 1-3, Rehnquist 0-1, Jackson 0-1, Roche 0-3). Fouled Out--None. Rebounds--Virginia 31 (Scott 9), Boston College 35 (Raji 9). Assists--Virginia 13 (Farrakhan 4), Boston College 14 (Jackson 4). Total Fouls--Virginia 17, Boston College 14. A--3,968.