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No. 6 Virginia vs. No. 3 Notre Dame Postgame Quotes
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March 10, 2017
Virginia Game Notes
No. 3 Notre Dame 71, No. 6 Virginia 58
Thursday, March 9, 2017
ACC Tournament Notes
- Virginia is 38-62 all-time in the ACC Tournament, including 8-7 in eight seasons under Tony Bennett
- Virginia reached the quarterfinals for the sixth straight season
- This was the first-ever ACC Tournament meeting between UVA and Notre Dame
Team Notes
- Virginia is 10-2 all-time against Notre Dame, including 5-1 as ACC foes
- Virginia had its four-game win streak snapped
- UVA is 4-6 this year against ranked opponents
- After making at least 10 3-pointers in each of its last four games, UVA hit seven today (19 attempts)
- UVA trailed at the half for the seventh time this year (3-4 record in those games)
- Virginia’s six-point halftime deficit was its third-largest halftime deficit of the year (12 vs. Ohio State and at North Carolina)
- UVA led for only 39 seconds, its lowest total in any game this year (2:23 against Ohio State)
- UVA’s bench outscored Notre Dame’s reserves, 33-7, marking the 24th time this year the Cavaliers’ bench outscored the opposing bench
- Sixteen of UVA’s 26 first-half points came from players off the bench
- Notre Dame shot 52.2 percent from the field, becoming just the fifth team to crack the 50 percent mark against UVA this year (last by Syracuse on Feb. 4)
- UVA is 17-3 this year when out-rebounding its opponent
- Ten Virginia players saw playing time, with each getting at least 11 minutes
Player Notes
- London Perrantes made his 132nd career start, first all-time in program history
- With three 3-pointers, Darius Thompson matched a career high, set Dec. 3 against West Virginia; he has hit at least two 3-pointers in three straight games
- Thompson scored 12 points, his most since a 12-point effort at Boston College (Jan. 18)
- Jarred Reuter scored nine points, his most since a 10-point effort at Pitt on Jan. 4
- Reuter played 13 minutes, his most since 13 at Syracuse on Feb. 4
- Marial Shayok scored 10 points, his 14th game in double figures this year
- Ty Jerome scored 10 points, his fifth game in double figures this year
- Devon Hall scored 12 points, marking his 15th game in double figures (13 against ACC teams)
- Hall matched a career high with nine rebounds
- Perrantes was held to a season-low three points