Virginia Hosts Duke on Play 4 Kay Night

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia women’s basketball team (3-21, 0-14 ACC) hosts Duke (15-9, 6-8 ACC) on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• The game will be streamed 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 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 at all times. CLICK HERE for more information
• A clear bag policy is in place for the arena. CLICK HERE for details

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• Thursday is the Cavaliers’ Play 4 Kay game, uniting players, coaches, and fans to do something for the greater good that far exceeds wins and losses on the court. The ACC-wide initiative honors the legacy of the late Kay Yow and helps raise breast cancer awareness and all women’s cancers. The first 500 fans will receive a special pink Virginia Women’s Basketball t-shirt. Fans are encouraged to pink-out the game
• This is the second of four-straight home games to close out the regular-season for the Cavaliers
• Virginia is coming off a
• Virginia went 18-of-19 from the free throw line against Miami. The 94.7 percent efficiency was the team’s best since going 8-of-8 at Michigan State on Nov. 28, 2018
• Taylor Valladay led the Cavaliers with 17 points against Miami. It was one point shy of her season high of 18 scored at North Carolina. Valladay had 10 points at Wake Forest on Sunday, giving her 13.5 ppg average in the last two games
• Valladay is averaging 10.1 points per game in ACC contests. She averaged 6.7 points per game in non-conference games
• Valladay ranks seventh in the ACC in assists per game at 3.5
• Mid-season UConn transfer Mir McLean just missed getting her second straight double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds against Miami after scoring 11 points and 11 rebounds at Wake Forest
• McLean has four straight games scoring in double figures and has done so in five of the seven games she has played in
• London Clarkson scored a career-high 11 points at Wake Forest and then contributed 10 against Miami, the first time she has scored in double figures in back-to-back games. In the last three games, Clarkson is averaging 9.3 points per game and is 12-of-14 from the free throw line
• Eleah Parker has 36 blocked shots so far this season. She is 10 shy of breaking into the program’s top-10 list for blocks in a single season
• Parker has 269 career blocks. She ranks 4th among active players in blocked shots and is 10th among active players in blocks per game at 2.45
• Parker ranks sixth in the ACC in blocked shots per game at 1.64

SCOUTING DUKE

• Duke has been ranked as high as No. 15 in the AP poll this season but is currently unranked
• The Blue Devils are in 10th place in the ACC at 6-8
• The Blue Devils have lost their last two games, home contests against Florida State and NC State
• Shayeann Day-Wilson leads the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game; Celeste Taylor is also in double figures at 10.6. Taylor leads the team in rebounding at 5.8 per game
• Duke Head coach Kara Lawson and Virginia head coach Tina Thompson were teammates on the US gold medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Duke leads the all-time series 40-34
• Duke won the first meeting of the year 57-48 (see next two pages)
• Virginia has won two of the last five meetings, both victories were in Charlottesville
• Duke won the first meeting of the year between the two teams, 57-48, on Jan. 23 in Durham. The Cavaliers cut a once 18-point deficit to five points late in the fourth quarter, but could not complete the comeback
• Sophomore guard Kaydan Lawson led the Cavaliers with 10 points. Grad student center Eleah Parker had 10 rebounds

ON THE HORIZON

• Virginia takes on Pitt (11-14, 2-12 ACC) on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena. The game will air on the ACC Network