Virginia Hosts Boston College Tuesday Night at JPJ
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (12-9, 6-5 ACC) hosts Boston College (9-11, 4-6 ACC) in ACC action on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 6 p.m. on ACC Network.
For Openers
• Virginia has a two-game winning streak vs. Boston College.
• Virginia is seventh in the ACC at 6-5, while Boston College is tied for ninth at 4-6.
• The Cavaliers have averaged 66.4 points per game and allowed 53.8 points per game in their 12 wins.
• UVA has not lost back-to-back games since dropping three consecutive contests from Feb. 15-24 last season.
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Boston College game will be televised on ACC Network and streamed online at WatchESPN.com and ESPN App.
• The game will also be broadcast on Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
• Live statistics will be available on VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
The Head Coach
• Dean and Markel Families Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tony Bennett has a 307-112 (.733) mark in 13 seasons at UVA and 376-145 (.722) career mark in 16 seasons as a head coach.
• Bennett won his 300th game at Virginia with the 61-43 victory against Lehigh on Nov. 26, 2021.
• The three-time National (2007, 2015 and 2018) and four-time ACC Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019) guided the Cavaliers to their 10th ACC regular-season championship in 2020-21.
• In 2018-19, Bennett led the Cavaliers to their first NCAA national championship, a share of their ninth ACC regular-season title and a school-record 35 wins.
• Bennett has led UVA to 10 consecutive postseason appearances (2012-21) and seven consecutive NCAA tournaments (2014-21).
• UVA is 155-67 (.698) in ACC play (87-23 at home & 68-44 away), 174-34 (.837) at home and 152-45 (.772) in non-conference action (86-9 at JPJ) under Bennett.
• Bennett ranks third all-time in winning percentage (.698) among ACC head coaches with 100 or more ACC wins.
Hoo Are These Cavaliers?
• The Cavaliers play defense, take good shots, share and take care of the basketball, rebound, and play more defense.
• UVA is led by its returning backcourt of Kihei Clark (9.2 ppg & 4.2 apg) and Reece Beekman (8.3 ppg, 4.8 apg, 3.7 rpg & 2.2 spg), and the additions of transfers Jayden Gardner (14.3 ppg & 6.9 rpg) and Armaan Franklin (11.8 ppg).
• The Cavaliers added transfers Gardner (East Carolina) and Franklin (Indiana) to fill the void left by standouts Sam Hauser (16 ppg), Jay Huff (13 ppg) and Trey Murphy III (11.3 ppg).
• Gardner averaged 18.5 points and 8.9 rebounds in 79 career games at East Carolina, while Franklin averaged 11.4 points and shot 42.5 percent from 3-point range in 2020-21.
• Francisco Caffaro (4.5 ppg & 4.3 rpg) and Kadin Shedrick (6.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg & 2.6 bpg) anchor the paint. Shedrick started the first 16 games, while Caffaro has started the last five contests.
• Kody Stattmann (37.8% 3FGs), Taine Murray (38.1% 3FGs), Igor Miliĉić Jr. (36.4% 3FGs) and Carson McCorkle (33.3% 3FGs) provide perimeter shooting off the bench.
Virginia All-Time vs. Boston College
• Virginia is 17-8 all-time vs. Boston College, including a 12-8 ACC mark, in the series that dates back to 1971-72.
• The Cavaliers defeated the Eagles 61-49 in the lone meeting between the teams last season.
• UVA has won 10 of the last 12 games in the series.
• UVA is 9-2, including a six-game winning streak, against Boston College in Charlottesville.
• UVA has limited BC to 58 or fewer points in six of the last eight meetings.
• Head coach Tony Bennett is 11-5 all-time against Boston College.
Last Time vs. The Eagles
• Jay Huff matched a then-career high with 18 points along with five blocked shots to guide then-No. 22 Virginia to a 61-49 win at Boston College on Jan. 9, 2021.
• Sam Hauser added 17 points and 10 rebounds for his third straight double-double, and Kihei Clark chipped in 12 points.
• UVA overcame an 8:44 scoring drought in the first half and committed just seven turnovers.
• The Hoos limited the Eagles to 30.9 percent shooting.
• DeMarr Langford led Boston College (2-9, 0-4 ACC with 14 points.
Last Time Out
• Nate Laszewski and Dane Goodwin each had 16 points to lead Notre Dame (14-6, 7-2 ACC) to a 69-65 win over Virginia (12-9, 6-5 ACC) on Saturday, Jan. 29.
• Jayden Gardner (22 points, 10 rebounds) and Francisco Caffaro (11 points, 12 rebounds) each registered double-doubles for the Cavaliers, whose six game-winning streak vs. the Irish ended.
• Notre Dame drilled 10 of 23 3-pointers and limited the Cavaliers to 3 of 14 from beyond the arc.
• The Irish shot 46.8 percent and remained unbeaten at home.
• Virginia won the rebound battle 39-26 and owned a 14-0 advantage in second chance points.
Reece Beekman added 13 points and Kihei Clark added 12.
On The Horizon
• Virginia hosts Miami in ACC action on Saturday, Feb. 5. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 5 p.m. on ACC Network.