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Virginia Game Notes

No. 1 Virginia 67, Louisville 66
Thursday, March 1, 2018
KFC Yum! Center

Team Notes

  • Virginia improved to 27-2 and 16-1 ACC
  • UVA became the first team in ACC history to go 9-0 on the road during league play
  • UVA is the first ACC team to post a perfect league road record since Duke went 8-0 in 2011-12
  • UVA extended its school-record ACC road-winning streak to 10 games
  • UVA is 24-3 all-time in the 13 weeks as the top-ranked team
  • UVA has a six-game winning streak vs. Louisville and three-game winning streak at KFC Yum! Center
  • UVA has posted 16 ACC wins for the third time in school history (All 3 under Bennett, 2014, 2015, 2018)
  • UVA has 27 or more wins for the seventh time in history (1981, 1982, 1983, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • UVA has won 10 or more true road games for the fourth time in school history (1981, 1982, 2015)
  • Louisville went on a 13-0 run in the first half and led 32-26 at the half
  • UVA improved to 3-2 when trailing at the half
  • Virginia limited its 28th opponent to less than 50 percent shooting (Louisville – 41.3%)

Player Notes

  • De’Andre Hunter (7 points) banked in a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer
  • Ty Jerome (21 points) reached double figures for the 14th time this season
  • Kyle Guy (10 points) reached double figures for the 24thtime
  • Guy’s 28-game made 3-pointer streak ended (3rdlongest streak in UVA history)
  • Devon Hall (10 points) reached double figures for the 20thtime
  • Mamadi Diakite (9 points) scored seven of UVA’s first 10 points
  • Isaiah Wilkins had three blocked shots, moving his career total to 137 (3rdall-time at UVA)
  • Wilkins totaled seven rebounds to become the 20th Cavalier to amass 600 or more career rebounds.
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