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Virginia Game Notes
No. 6 Seed Virginia 75, No. 14 Seed Pitt 63
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
ACC Tournament Notes
– Virginia is 38-61 all-time in the ACC Tournament, including 8-6 in eight seasons under Tony Bennett
– Virginia reached the quarterfinals for the sixth straight season
– Kyle Guy is the first UVA freshman to score 20 points in an ACC Tournament game since J.R. Reynolds recorded 20 against Duke on March 12, 2004
– UVA plays No. 3 seed Notre Dame Thursday night in the quarters, marking the teams’ first-ever matchup in the ACC Tournament
Team Notes
– Virginia is 13-4 all-time against Pitt, including 6-1 as ACC members and 2-0 in ACC tournament matchups
– Virginia won its 22nd game of the season and has won 22 or more games in six straight seasons, a program record
– UVA’s 75 points marked the Cavaliers’ most in regulation since a 77-73 win over Clemson on Jan. 14
– Virginia went 11-for-22 from 3-point range, reaching double figures in made 3-pointers for the fourth straight game (UVA also was 11-for-22 from three last Saturday against Pitt)
– UVA is 6-1 this year when making 10 or more 3-pointers
– UVA’s bench outscored Pitt’s reserves, 23-0, marking the second time this year an opposing team’s bench did not score against UVA (Providence)
– UVA’s bench has outscored the opposing team’s bench 23 times this year
– Virginia is 94-6 when holding its opponent under 70 points during the Tony Bennett era
– UVA is 17-2 this year when out-rebounding its opponent
– Ten Virginia players saw playing time, with each getting at least seven minutes
– Virginia held Pitt without a field goal for the final 7:30 of the first half.
Player Notes
– London Perrantes made his 131st career start, tops all time in program history
– Perrantes recorded his 107th career win, tied for fifth in program history
– With 14 points tonight, Perrantes moved up two spots into 36th in scoring in program history (1,181 points)
– Kyle Guy matched his career high with 20 points, set on Nov. 22 against Grambling
– Guy scored in double figures for the 11th time this season and the sixth against an ACC opponent
– Ty Jerome recorded a career-high seven rebounds
– Jerome scored 11 points, his fourth double-figure game of the year, with two coming against Pitt