No. 2 Virginia Plays at Boston College on Saturday Afternoon

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Jan. 16, 2015

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 2 Virginia (16-0, 4-0 ACC) looks to stay unbeaten in an ACC road contest at Boston College (8-7, 0-3) on Saturday, Jan. 17. Tipoff at Conte Forum is set for 2 p.m.

For Openers
• Virginia (16-0) is off to its best start since the 1980-81 season when that team led by legendary center Ralph Sampson started 23-0.
• UVa has started 4-0 in ACC play for the first time since 1994-95 and seeks its first 5-0 start since 1980-81.
• UVa ranks first in the nation in scoring defense at 50.6 points per game.
• The Cavaliers are 5-0 in true road games for the first time since 1990-91 and seek their first 6-0 start since 1980-81.
• The Cavaliers have won 12 of their 16 games by 11 or more points.
• UVa is ranked No. 2 for the first time since March 8, 1983.

Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Boston College game will be televised on the Regional Sports Network (locally on Comcast SportsNet Atlantic) and streamed online at ESPN3.com.
• The game will be broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Athletics mobile app on iTunes or Android.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.

The Head Coaches
Virginia: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992), 122-60 in six seasons at UVa and 191-93 in nine seasons overall.
Boston College: Jim Christian (Rhode Island, 1988), 8-7 in his first season at Boston College and 251-160 in 13 seasons overall.

UVa Ranked No. 2 For The First Time Since 1983
• UVa is ranked No. 2 in the AP poll for the first time since March 8, 1983.
• Virginia has delivered three of the 10 home losses by teams currently ranked in the top 17 of this week’s AP poll (Notre Dame, Maryland, VCU).
• The Cavaliers have been ranked in the top 10 for the first 11 weeks of the season for the first time since 1982-83.
• The No. 9 AP preseason ranking was UVa’s best since a No. 1 ranking to start the 1982-83 season.
• UVa is one of three teams (Duke and Arizona) that have been ranked in the top 10 for 13 straight weeks dating back to last season.

Virginia All-Time vs. Boston College
• Virginia is 10-7 all-time vs. Boston College, including a 7-7 ACC mark, in the series that dates back to 1971-72.
• The Cavaliers posted a 77-67 win over the Eagles last season in Charlottesville, and have won three of the last four games in the series.
• Virginia is 1-4 vs. Boston College in Chestnut Hill, posting its lone road win in the series in 2008.
• Head coach Tony Bennett is 4-4 all-time against Boston College.

Last Time Out
• Malcolm Brogdon had 16 points and Justin Anderson added 15 to lead Virginia to a 65-42 win over Clemson on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
• The Cavaliers led Clemson 25-19 at the half and used a 29-6 run to start the second stanza to stay unbeaten at 16-0.
• Virginia shot 50 percent from the field for the first time in ACC play and held Clemson to 35.7 percent.
• Darion Atkins added six points and a team-high six rebounds, and Isaiah Wilkins provided another spark off the bench with five points and his first career 3-pointer.
• Virginia was outrebounded for the third time in four league games, but committed only four turnovers in its 20th-straight home win.

Last Time vs. Boston College
• Malcolm Brogdon had 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double in Virginia’s 77-67 win over Boston College on Feb. 5, 2014.
• Brogdon added a career-best seven assists and converted 4-of-4 free throws in the final minute to ice the win.
• The Cavaliers built a 21-point second half lead, but Boston College closed with a 17-4 run.
• Anthony Gill and Justin Anderson added 13 points each for Virginia, while Ryan Anderson had a game-high 20 points for Boston College.
• The Cavaliers owned a 40-27 rebounding advantage.

On The Horizon
• Virginia hosts Georgia Tech on Thursday, Jan. 22. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 8 p.m. The game will be televised on the ACC Network.