Virginia Hosts UCF on Wednesday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia women’s basketball team (0-2) hosts UCF (1-1) on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• The game will stream through ACCNX The game will stream online through ACCNX. ACCNX streams are available through participating TV providers that carry ACC Network and can be watched on the ESPN app and through WatchESPN
• All of the 2021-22 Virginia women’s basketball games – regular-season and post-season – are available locally on the radio on NewsRadio 1070 AM and 98.9 FM WINA
• Live stats will also be available for the game

 COVID 19 & CLEAR BAG POLICIES

• In accordance with UVA Policy, all attendees 12 years of age and older are required to provide proof of vaccination or of a negative COVID-19 test result for entry into John Paul Jones Arena on event days. Fans are also required to wear their mask inside the arena except for when actively eating or drinking. CLICK HERE for more information
• A clear bag policy is still in place for the arena. CLICK HERE for details

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• Virginia is coming off a 65-48 loss against USC
• Junior point guard Taylor Valladay led the team in scoring with nine points
• Valladay is averaging 33.5 minutes per game on the court, ranking fourth in the conference. Grad student guard Amandine Toi is averaging 33.0 minutes per game, which ranks sixth
• Sophomore guard Kaydan Lawson led the team in rebounding with nine rebounds. It was her first time leading the team in either rebounding or scoring
• Junior forward Camryn Taylor is leading the team in scoring, averaging 16.5 points per game after matching a career high with a 27-point performance in the season opener at James Madison. She is tied for seventh in the ACC in points per game
• Junior guard Carole Miller is the other Cavalier averaging double digits this season at 10.0 points per game
• Grad student center Eleah Parker has four blocked shots, all coming in the JMU game. Parker tallied 99 blocked shots her sophomore season at Penn, which ranked fourth in the nation that year
• Virginia as a team averaged 2.0 blocked shots per game last year and 2.8 per game in 2019-20
• Grad student forward Tihana Stojsavljevic has come off the bench in each of the first two games of the season. Stojsavljevic only played in one game last season, the season-opener, after sustaining a season-ending knee injury in the fourth quarter of the season-opener

NOTING UCF

• The Knights return nearly every member of the 2021 NCAA Tournament squad, including preseason first-team all-conference selection Tay Sanders who was UCF’s leading scorer a season ago, averaging 10.4 points per game
• UCF returns a two-time all-conference selection in Brittney Smith, all-tournament performers Diamond Battles and Masseny Kaba and The American Newcomer and Co-Sixth Player of the Year Alisha Lewis
• Since taking over in 2016, head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson has led the Black and Gold to four consecutive 20-win campaigns for the first time in the program’s Division I history. She has guided her teams to four postseason appearances, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths
• UCF is picked to finish second in the American Athletic Conference behind South Florida
• The Knights are coming off a 49-41 loss to No. 12 Tennessee on Sunday. Diamond Battles scored a career-high 21 points
• UVA opened the 2020-21 season at UCF, falling 60-34 (11/25/20)
• The all-time series is tied 1-1

ON THE HORIZON

• Virginia will head to the West Coast, playing at No. 20 UCLA on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. ET. The trip concludes with a game on Tuesday, Nov. 23 at Fullerton at 9 p.m. ET
• The Cavalier Classic tournament returns to John Paul Jones Arena with games on Friday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 28. UVA will face Rhode Island and Richmond with Long Beach State also taking on those same two opponents