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2010-11 Virginia Basketball Postgame Notes
November 29, 2010
Virginia 87, #15 Minnesota 79

Team Notes
• The win is Virginia’s first road win over a ranked opponent since Nov. 17, 2007, defeated #17 Arizona 75-72
• Virginia improves to 6-5 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (2-4 on the road)
• The win snaps a two-game losing streak in the challenge for the Cavaliers
• Virginia scored a season-high 87 points (most points in the Bennett era at Virginia)
• Virginia had two players score at least 20 points (Joe Harris and Mustapha Farrakhan) for the first time since Jan. 5, 2010 vs. Texas-Pan American (Mike Scott and Sylven Landesberg)
• The Cavaliers started the same lineup (Evans, Harris, Harrell, Scott, Sherrill) for the third consecutive game

Player Notes
• Mike Scott (17 pts, 12 rebs) had his 22nd career double-double (fourth this season, third consecutive)
• Scott scored in double figures for the 48th time in his career (sixth time this season)
• Scott had his 26th career double-figure rebound game (fourth this season)
• Joe Harris (24 pts) scored in double figures for the third time in his career
• Harris had his first career 20-point game
• Mustapha Farrakhan (23 pts) scored in double figures for the 19th time in his career (fifth this season)
• Farrakhan had his first career 20-point game

Player Career Highs
• Mustapha Farrakhan scored a career-high 23 points
• Mustapha Farrakhan tied a career high with four 3-pointers
• Will Sherrill had a career-high three assists
• Will Sherrill tied a career high with three steals