Virginia Opens Ally ACC Tournament Against Wake ForestVirginia Opens Ally ACC Tournament Against Wake Forest

Virginia Opens Ally ACC Tournament Against Wake Forest

Wednesday's tipoff from Greensboro Coliseum is set for 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 11 seed Virginia (15-14, 7-11 ACC) makes its 47th all-time ACC Tournament appearance when the Cavaliers take on 14th-seeded Wake Forest (6-24, 2-16 ACC) in the first round at Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday (March 6). Opening tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network.

FOR OPENERS

  • The Cavaliers are coming off an 80-75 win over instate rival and then-No. 5 Virginia Tech in their regular-season finale.
  • UVA has won five of its last seven games, two of which were over ranked opponents.
  • Wednesday’s tournament matchup against the Demon Deacons is a rematch of UVA’s last two ACC Tournament openers, both of which the Cavaliers were on the losing end of.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

  • Jenn Hildreth (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will have the call on ACC Network.
  • The game will also be broadcast on 98.9-FM/1070-AM WINA, VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports mobile app.
  • Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports mobile app.

A WIN FOR THE CAVALIERS WOULD…

  • Give Virginia its fourth win over a ranked opponent this season, a first since 2008-09.
  • Be UVA’s sixth victory in its last eight games.
  • Snap a two-game losing skid in the ACC Tournament and would mark the program’s first victory in the tournament since 2019.
  • Guarantee the Hoos an above-.500 record upon the conclusion of this year’s ACC Tournament.

SERIES HISTORY

  • Virginia leads the all-time series, which began in 1976, 71-10.
  • UVA is 7-3 all-time against the Demon Deacons in the ACC Tournament. The Cavaliers won in: 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2017. Wake defeated UVA in 2011, 2022 and 2023.
  • The Hoos won the first six meetings in the tournament between the two teams.
  • Of Wake’s 10 victories since the series began 49 years ago, five of them have come in the last seven meetings dating back to 2018-19.
  • The Cavaliers won 49 straight meetings from 1979 through 2002.

VIRGINIA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT

  • UVA is 37-42 (.468) all-time in the ACC Tournament, including 6-4 in the first round.
  • Among current ACC schools, UVA has only faced North Carolina (14) in the ACC Tournament more times than Wake Forest (10). The Cavaliers have also gone head-to-head with Georgia Tech 10 times.
  • UVA’s last win in the tournament was when the 12th-seeded Cavaliers defeated No. 13 seed Boston College, 77-61, in the first round of the 2019 tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
  • The last time UVA had a player on the ACC’s All-Tournament Team was Monica Wright in 2010.
  • Virginia has won three ACC Tournaments (1990, 1992 & 1993).
  • UVA is 5-2 in ACC Tournament games that required overtime, including when UVA knocked off Wake Forest, 68-67, in the quarterfinals 1989 tournament in Fayetteville, N.C.

LAST MEETING BETWEEN THE HOOS & WAKE FOREST

  • Virginia freshmen Kymora Johnson (23 pts, 8-13 FG, 6 reb, 7 ast) and Olivia McGhee (22 pts, 9-15 FG, 5 reb) combined for 45 points to lead the Cavaliers in their 87-79 victory at Wake Forest on Feb. 11.
  • McGhee’s 22 points are her career high and eight points more than her previous best (14), which she achieved three times earlier this season.
  • Camryn Taylor (14 pts, 5-7 FG) and Sam Brunelle (13 pts, 5-9 FG, 6 reb) also scored in double figures.
  • Virginia shot 53.4 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range, its second-best performances in both categories among ACC matchups this season. The Cavaliers knocked down 13 3-pointers, only two shy of tying the program record, which UVA achieved against Tulane earlier this season.
  • Virginia’s largest lead was 18 points with under 2:00 to play in the third and the Demon Deacons nearly mounted a comeback after trimming their defecit to as little as six points with 10 seconds remaining in the contest.

LAST TIME OUT

  • The Cavaliers earned their fourth win over a ranked opponent this season after knocking off then-No. 5 Virginia Tech, 80-75, in front of a record crowd (11,975) at John Paul Jones Arena on March 2.
  • The attendance figure is the largest ever recorded for a women’s college basketball game in the commonwealth of Virginia.
  • The game featured 11 lead changes, 10 tied scores and neither team led by more than six points.
  • Kymora Johnson (21 pts, 8-17 FG, 8 ast), Camryn Taylor (17 pts, 7 reb, 7-8 FT) and Paris Clark (16 pts, 6 reb) led the effort for the Hoos.
  • Virginia Tech’s Georgia Amoore (39 pts, 13-26 FG, 8-15 3FG) set a JPJ Arena women’s scoring record.
  • Amoore’s 39 points are also the most by an individual in an ACC matchup this season.

JOHNSON ON THE VERGE OF SETTING UVA’S FRESHMAN ASSISTS RECORD

  • With 157 total assists in 29 regular-season appearances, Kymora Johnson needs only three more assists to shatter Sharneé Zolls’ freshman assists record of 159.
  • Zoll, who currently serves as an assistant coach at Penn State, set the existing record in 2005.

ON THE HORIZON                                             

  • The winner of Virginia-Wake Forest will take on No. 6 seed Florida State (21-9, 12-6 ACC) in the second round of the 2024 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday (March 7).
  • Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. on ACC Network.