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Jan. 5, 2007
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –
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The Game
Virginia enters today’s non-conference game against Stanford with a 9-3 record. UVa is 1-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers, who have won three consecutive games, are coming off a 108-87 win over Gonzaga (Jan. 3) at the John Paul Jones Arena.
Stanford is 8-4 overall and 1-2 in the Pac-10. The Cardinal has lost its last two games and is coming off a 67-63 loss to Cal (Jan. 3) at home.
Television
Today’s game will be televised by Fox Sports Net (FSN). Rod Thulin will handle the play-by-play. Dan Bonner is the analyst. Jenn Hildreth is the sideline reporter.
Radio
All UVa games are heard on the Virginia Sports Network originating at the Charlottesville Radio Group and WINA-AM/WWWV-FM in Charlottesville. Mac McDonald calls the play-by-play. Jim Hobgood provides the analysis.
The Series vs. Stanford
Stanford leads the all-time series against Virginia 4-1. Last year, the two teams met in the postseason for the first time with the Cardinal winning at home 65-49 in the opening round of the NIT on March 14.
Stanford is playing for the third time in Charlottesville and is 1-1 in its previous trips to UVa. The two teams met four consecutive seasons from 1991-92 through 1994-95 with the Cardinal winning in all but the 1992-93 season. UVa won convincingly 72-48 on Dec. 5, 1992 at University Hall, but the Cardinal evened its record in Charlottesville with a 64-60 victory on Dec. 22, 1994.
Stanford won the first meeting of the series 74-60 on Dec. 21, 1991 at home and also won 84-72 in California on Dec. 22, 1993.
Virginia vs. The Pac-10
Virginia is 8-7 all-time against current members of the Pac-10 and 3-1 at home, including a 93-90 win over then 10th-ranked Arizona in the 2006-07 season-opener on Nov. 12. UVa closed out the 2005-06 season with a loss to Stanford (65-49) in the opening round of the NIT. Prior to UVa playing Arizona the last three seasons (a win in 2004-05 and an 81-51 loss last year), the Cavaliers’ most recent meeting with a Pac-10 school was during the 1999-2000 season. UVa defeated Arizona State 70-64 (Nov. 27) in the Puerto Rico Shootout in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
UVa is 2-0 vs. Washington State, 1-0 vs. Arizona State, Southern California and Washington, 1-4 vs. Stanford, 2-2 vs. Arizona and 0-1 vs. UCLA. The Cavaliers have never faced California, Oregon, or Oregon State.
The Century Mark
The Cavaliers have reached the century mark twice this season. UVa scored 108 points against Gonzaga (Jan. 3) and it marked the most points Virginia has scored in a game since putting 112 points on the scoreboard against Grambling on Dec. 30, 2001. The Cavaliers scored 104 points in their win over Maryland Eastern Shore (Nov. 26), marking the first time since the Grambling game UVa surpassed the century mark. Virginia had gone 145 games without scoring 100 points.
Heating Up
After shooting only 22.2 percent (8-36) from the field in three games in the San Juan Shootout, Sean Singletary has bounced back with a pair of 9-16 (56.3 percent) shooting performances against American (Dec. 28) and Gonzaga (Jan. 3). He made just 1-11 three-point tries in Puerto Rico, but bounced back by making 12-21 (57.1 percent) trifectas in the last two games. Singletary had made only 15 threes in the first 10 games of the season.
Singletary is averaging 35.0 points per game in the last two outings and now leads the ACC in scoring at 19.1 points a game. UVa made its final 13 free throws against American and connected on its first 10 free throws vs. Gonzaga (Jan. 3) for an impressive streak of 23 consecutive free throws made.
18 Three-Pointers
The Cavaliers set the school record for made three-pointers in a game with 18 against Gonzaga (Jan. 3). UVa was 18-34 for 52.9 percent against the Bulldogs. The old mark was 15 vs. North Carolina (Feb. 14, 1990) and Hampton (Nov. 25, 1998). UVa made 12 three-point field goals in the first half, including their first four attempts and eight of their first nine attempts.
Virginia’s 34 three-point attempts are the second most in a game. The school record for three-point attempts is 38 vs. Clemson on Jan. 15, 2000.