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Virginia Hosts Coppin State on Sunday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia women’s basketball team (2-5) hosts Coppin State (0-4) on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m., at John Paul Jones Arena.
 
Broadcast Information

  • The game will stream on ACC Network Extra, which is available to authenticated subscribers of ESPN3 through WatchESPN and the ESPN app
  • All of the 2018-19 Virginia women’s basketball games – home and away – are available locally on the radio on NewsRadio 1070 AM and 98.9 FM WINA
  • Fans can also keep up with the action through live stats on VirginiaSports.com.

Noting the Cavaliers

  • Since moving into the starting lineup two games ago, junior forward Lisa Jablonowski (Ernster, Luxembourg) is 9-of-16 shooting (56.2 percent), averaging 7.0 rebounds and 9.5 points per game. After averaging 16.9 minutes per game in her first two seasons, Jablonowski has played 30 minutes in each of the last two games
  • Sophomore guard Brianna Tinsley (Madison, Va.) has scored in double figures in three of the last four games, including scoring a career-high 19 points on Wednesday night at Michigan State. Last season, Tinsley had two games scoring in double figures, including a then-career-high 13 points against Miami
  • Junior guard Jocelyn Willoughby (East Orange, N.J.) has a streak of five-straight games in which she has scored in double figures, including scoring a season-high 16 points at Michigan State
  • Willoughby has posted double-doubles in each of the last two games, with 11 points and 13 rebounds against Saint Louis and 16 points with 11 boards at Michigan State
  • Willoughby is shooting 47.6 percent from three-point range (10-of-21) and Tinsley is making 40.0 percent of her attempts (16-of-40)
  • Tinsley has taken 40 three-point shots this season. She took 70 all of last year
  • The Cavaliers are attempting 21.7 three-point shots per game. Last season, the team averaged 17.48. UVA is making 8.0 per game. Last season, the team made 6.0 per game
  • Sophomore guard Khyasia Caldwell (Pocono Summit, Pa.) scored a career-high nine points at Michigan State

Last time out

  • The Cavaliers suffered a 91-66 loss at Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
  • Michigan State came out hot, shooting almost 60 percent in the first quarter (10-of-17, 58.8 percent) to build up a 25-4 lead. The Cavaliers rebounded in the second quarter, outscoring the Spartans 22-21 in the period, but still went into the break trailing by 20 points. The Spartans opened the fourth quarter on a 10-2 run to put the game out of UVA’s reach
  • Virginia shot 14.3 percent in the first quarter (2-of-14) and then shot 50.0 percent or better in the subsequent periods, going a combined 23-of-41 (56.1 percent) in the final three quarters
  • Brianna Tinsley scored a career-high 19 points, including going 5-of-9 from three-point range to lead the Cavaliers offense. Jocelyn Willoughby had her second-straight double-double, scoring 16 points with 11 rebounds
  • Michigan State scored 48 points in the paint, Virginia had 22
  • Virginia went 8-of-8 from the free throw line
  • The ACC won the challenge by a tally of 8-6. It was the ninth time that the Atlantic Coast Conference prevailed in the challenge

Scouting Coppin State

  • Coppin State is 0-4 heading into this weekend, but that record includes road losses at No. 25 West Virginia, No. 9 Maryland and No. 6 Mississippi State. The Lady Eagles still have Minnesota and Florida Gulf Coast remaining on their schedule
  • The Eagles will play at Marshall on Saturday before heading to Charlottesville. Their previous last game had been on Nov. 18, giving them a 12-day break in the schedule
  • Chance Graham leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.8 points per game and 12.0 rebounds per game. She seldom leaves the court, averaging 39.0 minutes per game
  • Junior center Adrienne Darden is a native of Charlottesville, having attended The Miller School. She initially went to Delaware, but then transferred in the spring of her freshman year to Hawai’i. She sat out the first half of the 2016-17 season because of NCAA transfer rules before playing in 19 games with two starts, averaging 1.4 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. At The Miller School, she played four years of both basketball and volleyball, helping her team to conference and state basketball championships in 2014 and 2015
  • Coppin State went 6-23 last season, posting a 5-11 mark in the MEAC
  • Virginia leads the all-time series 5-0
  • The last meeting between the two teams was a 103-40 victory on Nov. 13, 2016

On the Horizon

  • Virginia has three home games this week, hosting Coppin State on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m., followed by American on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., and Radford on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m., before heading into an 11-day break for final exams
  • The game against Radford on Saturday, Dec. 8 is the Cavaliers’ last home game before Christmas. The next time UVA will be at JPJ will be on Sunday, Dec. 30 to host Charlotte in the final non-conference game of the season
  • New this year for all regular-season home games, available reserved single-game tickets can be purchased for $8 in advance, online and via mobile devices, or for $10 at the John Paul Jones ticket office on game day. General admission single-game tickets are $5 in advance, online and via mobile devices or $8 at the John Paul Jones ticket office on game day. Courtside seats are $15

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