Wake Forest guard C.J. Harris shoots in front of Virginia guard Sammy Zeglinski, who had four assists and no turnovers.

Virginia guard Joe Harris drives past Wake forward Travis McKie during Wednesday night's game in Charlottesville. Harris finished with 10 points.

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Virginia's Mike Scott shoots over Wake Forest's Nikita Mescheriakov. Scott made all nine of his shots Wednesday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett had no ulterior motives Wednesday night when he decided to rest center Mike Scott for the final 12:41 against Wake Forest.

Up to that point, Scott had made all nine of his field-goal attempts, tying a school record.

"Looking at the stat sheet, I didn't realize he did not miss a shot," Bennett said after a 68-44 UVa victory. "He didn't have one bucket, except one, that was in the paint. They were all outside. He was in the zone."

Scott became the third player in UVa history to go 9-for-9 in a game. Nobody has gone 10-for-10, and neither of the other 9-for-9 performances, by Jeff Jones and Kenny Turner, occurred in an ACC game.

Scott, who entered the game with an ACC-leading 58.8 percent field-goal percentage, also became the first player to hit as many as nine shots without a miss against Wake Forest.

"Our intentions were good coming out of the gate," said second-year Wake coach Jeff Bzdelik, who had not previously faced Scott, who was injured last year, "but he was just on fire. So were the other guys."

Wake (11-13, 2-8) had won the previous six games between the teams, including a 76-71 triumph last year in Winston-Salem, N.C.

That was the only conference victory Wake had all season, and nobody on the Cavaliers' roster had ever beaten the Deacs.

"Really?" UVa freshman -Malcolm Brogdon said. "Oh, wow!"

For the second game in a row, Brogdon had 10 points off the bench and the Cavaliers had five double-figure scorers for the first time all season.

Scott led the way with 19 points in 26 minutes. Joe Harris, who had three 3-pointers in the first 5:42, was next with 11.

The Cavaliers (19-4, 6-3) shot 70.8percent from the field in the first half, which they ended with a 12-0 run, and stretched a 40-19 halftime lead to 56-23 with 12:33 remaining.

So much for the notion that nothing comes easy for 19th-ranked UVa, which earlier had posted a 70-38 victory at Georgia Tech.

The Cavaliers were coming off a 58-55 loss Saturday at Florida State, where they overcame a 13-point second-half lead and took the lead for a stretch before falling in the final minute.

"I thought our defense played well enough to win [Saturday], and we just tried to build on that," said Sammy Zeglinski, who, like Scott, is a fifth-year senior.

The Florida State game was particularly difficult for Zeglinski, who was serenaded with chants of "airball" after missing four 3-pointers.

"It was tough," Zeglinski said, "but I've been there before. I've been through a lot of peaks and valleys."

Zeglinski missed his only two 3-point attempts Wednesday but had four assists and no turnovers in 22 minutes. Backcourt partner Jontel Evans also had a 4-0 assist-turnover ratio to go with 10 points.

Still, the night belonged to Scott, a 6-foot-8, 234-pound Chesapeake product. He served notice when he opened the night with a step-back jumper over 7-foot Ty Walker, best known as a shot-blocker.

"We thought our length would at least bother him, and it didn't," Bzdelik said. "You can't double him in the mid-post area. When he catches it and you run at him, he is used to that. He shoots it very quick."

Scott said he knew he hadn't missed a shot but didn't know he was 9-for-9.

"I knew I had made a lot," he said. "I was just screening and, the better I screen, either the guards get open or I'll get open. It creates space."

Scott had no qualms about his early exit.

"It's about time-management, and I knew we had a game coming up," said Scott, referring to a Saturday visit to North Carolina. "I'm not one of those selfish-type players."

WAKE FOREST (11-13)

Mescheriakov 2-8 0-0 4, McKie 4-7 8-11 16, Walker 0-1 0-0 0, Chennault 0-5 0-0 0, Harris 2-7 4-4 10, Fields 0-0 0-0 0, Green 1-1 0-0 2, Fischer 3-7 0-0 8, Desrosiers 2-4 0-0 4, Godwin 0-1 0-2 0, Jennings 0-0 0-0 0, Ingle 0-0 0-0 0, Keenan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-41 12-17 44.

VIRGINIA (19-4)

Scott 9-9 1-2 19, Ak.Mitchell 4-10 2-2 10, Evans 5-9 0-0 10, Harris 4-8 0-0 11, Zeglinski 1-4 2-2 4, Browman 0-0 0-0 0, Jesperson 0-1 0-0 0, Vozenilek 0-2 0-0 0, An.Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Brogdon 4-5 0-0 10, Rogers 0-1 0-0 0, Atkins 2-5 0-2 4. Totals 29-54 5-8 68.

Halftime-Virginia 40-19. 3-Point Goals-Wake Forest 4-13 (Harris 2-4, Fischer 2-5, McKie 0-1, Mescheriakov 0-3), Virginia 5-11 (Harris 3-4, Brogdon 2-3, Rogers 0-1, Jesperson 0-1, Zeglinski 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Wake Forest 26 (Desrosiers, McKie 6), Virginia 31 (Ak. Mitchell 6). Assists-Wake Forest 9 (Chennault, Mescheriakov 3), Virginia 19 (Evans, Ak. Mitchell, Zeglinski 4). Total Fouls-Wake Forest 7, Virginia 15. A-10,786.