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Virginia Game Notes
No. 9 Virginia 61, Boston College 47
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
Team Notes
• Virginia upped its ACC winning streak to five games and is limiting its opponents to 58.4 points per game during that stretch
• UVA matched a season low in points allowed (previous was 47 Saturday at Louisville)
• BC shot 26.5 percent, lowest by a UVA opponent since the Cavaliers held Wake Forest to 21.8 percent shooting on Feb. 25, 2015
• Virginia is 12-7 all-time against Boston College, including a 7-2 mark in Charlottesville; UVA head coach Tony Bennett is 6-4 against BC
• Virginia is 31-1 in home ACC games the last four seasons
• Virginia has won 16 straight home games dating back to the 2014-15 season
• UVA is 134-36 in 10 seasons at JPJ, including 96-20 under Tony Bennett
• Virginia is 14-1 when leading at the half
• UVA held an 11-0 edge in points off turnovers in the first half
• Virginia did not trail against BC and has not trailed in a game since just prior to Darius Thompson’s buzzer-beating game winner at Wake Forest
• UVA has held back-to-back opponents under 50 points and is now 53-2 under Tony Bennett when limiting to opponents to fewer than 50 points
• UVA is 13-1 when out-rebounding its opponent
• UVA shot 50 percent (9-for-18) from 3-point range, marking the seventh time it has 50 percent or better from behind the arc
Player Notes
• Malcolm Brogdon became the 18th player in program history to eclipse the 1,500-point barrier
• Brogdon scored 27 points, his 11th game of 20-plus points this season and one off his career high
• Anthony Gill scored 10 points and reached double figures in scoring for the 22nd straight game this year and 24th overall
• Gill added 11 rebounds to record his second double-double of the season (WVU) and his fifth career