No. 7 Virginia Hosts Maine Wednesday Afternoon

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 7 Virginia (6-0) hosts Maine (2-3) in nonconference men’s basketball action Wednesday, Nov. 27.  Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 4 p.m. on ACC Network.
 
For Openers
• UVA meets Maine for the first time
• The Cavaliers captured their seventh straight November tournament championship with its 48-45 win over Arizona State in the Air Force Reserve Tip Off Tournament final.
• UVA has a 20-game home nonconference winning streak and is 138-36 (.793) in non-league play under Tony Bennett.
 
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Maine contest will be televised on ACC Network and streamed live on WatchESPN.com and ESPN app.
• The game will also be broadcast the Virginia Sports Radio Network, and online at 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 four-time ACC Coach of the Year Tony Bennett has a 260-89 (.745) mark in 11 seasons at Virginia and 329-122 (.730) career mark in 14 seasons.
• In 2018-19, Bennett led the Cavaliers to their first NCAA national championship, a share of their ninth ACC regular-season title and school-record 35 wins.
• Bennett became the 80th active Division I head coach to win his 300th career game against Marshall on Dec. 31, 2018.
• Bennett was named the USBWA Henry Iba National Coach of the Year for the third time in 2018 to rank second all-time behind legendary John Wooden, who captured the award six times.
 
UVA in the National Rankings
• As of Nov. 25, Virginia ranks first in the nation in in scoring defense (42.7), field goal percentage defense (30.2), personal fouls per game (10.8) and winning percentage (100.0), 24th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (25.6), 25th in fewest fouls (65) and 27th in rebound margin (9.8).
 
There’s No Place Like Home
• Virginia is 184-42 (.814), including a 3-0 mark in 2019-20, in 14 seasons at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA was 15-1 at JPJ last season and is 146-26 (.849), including a 111-11 (.910) mark the past eight seasons, at home under head coach Tony Bennett.
• Virginia is an ACC-leading 57-6 (.905) in league home games over the past seven seasons. Duke is second at 55-8 (.873).
• UVA has won 11 or more home games for 10 straight seasons.
• Virginia is 184-42 (.814), including a 3-0 mark in 2019-20, in 14 seasons at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA was 15-1 at JPJ last season and is 146-26 (.849), including a 111-11 (.910) mark the past eight seasons, at home under head coach Tony Bennett.
• Virginia is an ACC-leading 57-6 (.905) in league home games over the past seven seasons. Duke is second at 55-8 (.873).
• UVA has won 11 or more home games for 10 straight seasons.
• Virginia is 184-42 (.814), including a 3-0 mark in 2019-20, in 14 seasons at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA was 15-1 at JPJ last season and is 146-26 (.849), including a 111-11 (.910) mark the past eight seasons, at home under head coach Tony Bennett.
• Virginia is an ACC-leading 57-6 (.905) in league home games over the past seven seasons. Duke is second at 55-8 (.873).
• UVA has won 11 or more home games for 10 straight seasons.
 
UVA Ranked No. 7 in Latest AP Poll
• Virginia is ranked No. 7 for the second straight week in the latest Associated Press poll and No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches’ preseason poll.
• UVA has been ranked in the AP poll for 38 straight weeks and had been ranked in the top 10 in 34 of the last 35 polls.
 
Last Time Out
• Casey Morsell had a career-high 19 points as No. 7 Virginia defeated Arizona State 48-45 for the Air Force Reserve Tip Off Tournament title.
• Mamadi Diakite chipped in 15 points as UVA overcame a 19-0 Sun Devil run spanning halftime to remain unbeaten.
• UVA went on 8-0 run, holding ASU scoreless for 7:04 in second half.
• Braxton Key had a game-high eight rebounds and walk-on Chase Coleman made his first career 3-pointer.
• Morsell and Diakite were named to the Air Force Reserve Tip Off All-Tournament Team.
 
Hoo Are These Cavaliers?
• The quartet of Mamadi Diakite, Kihei Clark, Braxton Key and Jay Huff lead Virginia into action this season.
• Diakite leads UVA in scoring (13.7 ppg) and is third in rebounding (7.3), while Clark is averaging 9.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and a team-high 5.0 assists.
• Key is averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds, and Huff has tallied 9.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and team-high 1.7 blocks.
• Kody Stattmann and newcomers Casey Morsell and Tomas Woldetensae have absorbed the minutes left by Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy and De’Andre Hunter on the perimeter.
• Morsell, who scored a career-high 19 points against Arizona State en route to all-tournament honors, is averaging 5.2 points.
• Stattmann is averaging 5.3 points, but has missed three games due to an illness.
• Woldetensae has started five games and had six rebounds in wins over Columbia and Vermont.
• Justin McKoy has provided additional frontcourt depth, while walk-on Chase Coleman backs up point guard Kihei Clark.
• Francisco Caffaro has appeared in two contests.
• Walk-ons Austin Katstra and Jayden Nixon provide more depth.
• Forward Kadin Shedrick is expected to redshirt this season, while Sam Hauser will sit out the season after transferring from Marquette.
 
On The Horizon
• No. 7 Virginia travels to Purdue for a B1G/ACC Challenge game on Wednesday, Dec. 4.