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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 4 Virginia (7-0) hosts Morgan State in (2-4) in nonconference men’s basketball action on Monday (Dec 3). Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
For Openers
• Virginia meets Morgan State for the fourth time in series history.
• The Cavaliers extended their nation-leading November winning streak to 25 games with an ACC/B1G Challenge win at No. 24 Maryland on Nov. 28.
• UVA has started 7-0 for the third straight season and is 121-35 (.776) in non-conference action under Tony Bennett.
• Bennett is five wins shy of 300 career wins.
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Morgan State game will be streamed online on ACC Network Extra (WatchESPN.com) and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.
The Head Coach
• Three-time National and ACC Coach of the Year Tony Bennett has a 226-86 (.725) mark in 10 seasons at Virginia and 295-118 (.715) career mark in 13 seasons overall.
• In 2017-18, Bennett led Virginia to its eighth ACC regular-season title, third ACC Tournament championship, school-record 31 wins, ACC-record 17 league wins and ACC-record 9-0 mark on the road.
• Bennett was named the USBWA Henry Iba National Coach of the Year for the third time to rank second all-time behind legendary John Wooden, who captured the award six times.
UVA Ranked No. 4 in AP Poll
• Virginia is ranked No. 4 in the AP poll for the third straight week.
• UVA was ranked No. 5 in the preseason polls and has been ranked in the top 10 in the preseason rankings in four of the past five seasons.
• In 2017-18, Virginia became the fourth team in the Top 25 era to earn a No. 1 ranking after being unranked in the preseason.
• UVA has been ranked in the AP poll for 20 straight weeks and has been ranked in the top 10 in each of the past 16 polls.
Last Time Out
• Kyle Guy had a game-high 18 points to lead No. 4 Virginia to a 76-71 win at No. 24 Maryland in an ACC/B1G Challenge game on Nov. 28.
• Ty Jerome added 17 points and De’Andre Hunter chipped in 15 points, five rebounds and four assists.
• Jack Salt had a career-high 12 points and season-high seven rebounds.
• Guy sank a season-high five 3-pointers as UVA built a 39-30 halftime lead.
• UVA built a 17-point lead, but Maryland sliced the margin down to four before a Jerome 3-pointer with 2:50 left halted the comeback.
• The Cavaliers sank 10 of 22 3-pointers and tied a school record with two turnovers.
• UVA has a five-game winning streak in the ACC/B1G Challenge and is 13-6 overall in the Challenge.
All-Time vs. Morgan State
• UVA sports a 3-0 all-time mark, including a 3-0 mark in Charlottesville, against Morgan State in the series that dates back to 2006-07.
• The Cavaliers defeated the Bears 85-66 at University Hall on Nov. 19, 2006.
• UVA posted a 75-57 win over Morgan State at John Paul Jones Arena in the last meeting between the teams on Dec. 19, 2012.
• The Cavaliers defeated the Bears 86-48 in season-opening action in the 2015-16 season.
• UVA has averaged 82 points vs. Morgan State, while limiting the Bears to 57 points per game for a 25-point margin of victory in the series.
Last Time vs. the Bears
• Mike Tobey had a game-high 15 points as then-No. 6 Virginia rolled to an 86-48 win over Morgan State in season-opening action on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.
• Devon Hall added 13 points and Darius Thompson chipped in 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals for UVA.
• Virginia out-rebounded Morgan State 50-21 and limited the Bears to 34 percent (17-50) shooting from the field.
• The Cavaliers had 50 rebounds for the first time since Jan. 15, 2009 vs. North Carolina.
Hoo Are These Cavaliers?
• Virginia is led by Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy, De’Andre Hunter and Jack Salt.
• Hunter leads UVA in scoring (16.6) and rebounding (6.1).
• Jerome is averaging 14 points and team-high 4.0 assists.
• Guy is averaging 13 points, while Salt anchors UVA’s stingy defense.
• Transfer Braxton Key has averaged 6.4 points and 4.7 rebounds, while Mamadi Diakite has averaged 6.3 points and 2.0 rebounds.
• Newcomer Kihei Clark, who has started the past two games, is averaging 5.7 points and 2.7 rebounds.
• Marco Anthony, Jay Huff and Kody Stattmann provide depth and Francisco Caffaro is redshirting the 2018-19 season.
• Redshirt freshman Francesco Badocchi has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the team due to medical issues.
• Manager Grant Kersey has appeared in three home games.
All-Time vs. the MEAC
• UVA meets its second Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opponent (Coppin State) in 2018-19.
• Virginia is 20-0 all-time vs. current Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference foes (4-0 vs. Howard and Norfolk State, 3-0 vs. Morgan State, 2-0 vs. Coppin State, Maryland Eastern Shore and South Carolina State, 1-0 vs. Bethune-Cookman, North Carolina A&T and Savannah State).
• Tony Bennett is 12-0 all-time vs. the MEAC as head coach at UVA.
On the Horizon
• No. 4 Virginia hosts VCU in nonconference action on Sunday, Dec. 9. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 1:30 p.m.