2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 2 VS. SAN FRANCISCO, UNCASVILLE, CONN. (MOHEGAN SUN ARENA) VIRGINIA ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS 295 Massie Road, Room 154 Charlottesville, VA 22904 Men’s Basketball Contact: Erich Bacher O: (434) 982-5530 C: (720) 318-5538 E-mail: [email protected] Web: VirginiaSports.com Twitter: @UVAMensHoops, @ErichJBacher 23 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 2019 NCAA CHAMPIONS • 3 NCAA FINAL FOURS • 11 ALL-AMERICANS • 26 ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS GAME INFORMATION [4/4] VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (1-0) Date / Time: Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 / 11:30 a.m. Head Coach: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992) Site: Uncasville, Conn. / Mohegan Sun Arena (10,000) TV: ESPN; Online: WatchESPN.com UVA: 278-96 (12th season), Career: 347-129 (15th season) Jon Sciambi & Jay Bilas VS Radio: Virginia Sports Radio Network Dave Koehn & Jimmy Miller SAN FRANCISCO DONS (0-1) Satellite Radio: Sirius (134), XM (193), Internet (955) Head Coach: Todd Golden (Saint Mary’s College, 2008) Live Stats: VirginiaSports.com Twitter: @UVAMensHoops USF: 22-13 (2nd season), Career: Same Virginia vs. San Francisco: First Meeting FOR OPENERS GETTING OFFENSIVE Charlottesville: 0-0; Towson: 0-0; Neutral: 0-0 • No. 4 Virginia meets San Francisco for the first time. • Virginia’s 89 points were its most since scoring 100 against First Meeting: First Meeting • The Cavaliers own a nine-game winning streak dating back to Marshall during the 2018-19 season. Last Meeting: First Meeting last season. • The Cavaliers scored 70 or more points twice last season (78 Winning Streak: First Meeting • UVA improved to 22-1 in its last 23 season-opening games with vs. Boston College and 73 vs. Louisville). its 89-54 win over Towson. • UVA scored 80 or more points in nine games in its champion- 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS - 1-0, 0-0 ACC •• UVA is 142-38 (.789) in non-conference action under head ship season in 2018-19 and is 35-1 when scoring 80 or more Date Opponent TV Time/Result coach Tony Bennett, including a 67-11 mark in November. points under Tony Bennett. Nov. 25 [4] vs. Towson ^ TBA W, 89-54 • The Cavaliers aim for their eighth consecutive November tourna- Nov. 27 [4] vs. San Francisco ^ ESPN 11:30 a.m. ment championship tonight vs. the Dons. UVA VS. THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE Dec. 1 Saint Francis (Pa.) ACCN 4 p.m. • UVA is 6-4 all-time vs. current members of the West Coast Dec. 4 Kent State ACCN 6 p.m. CAVALIERS RETURN TO MOHEGAN SUN Conference (3-1 vs. BYU, 2-0 vs. LMU and 1-2 vs. Gonzaga). Dec. 9 Michigan State % ESPN 9:15 p.m. • Virginia is 3-0 all-time at Mohegan Sun Arena, including wins • The Cavaliers meet their first West Coast Conference foe since Dec. 12 William & Mary TBA RSN over UMass (58-46) and Arizona State (48-45) last season. defeating Gonzaga 107-87 at Univesity Hall on Jan. 3, 2007. Dec. 16 at Wake Forest * TBA TBA • Tony Bennett was 3-2 all-time vs. the WCC as head coach at Dec. 19 vs. Villanova # FOX Noon LAST TIME OUT Washington State (2-1 vs. Gonzaga, 1-0 vs. Portland and 0-1 vs. Dec. 30 at Notre Dame TBA TBA • Trey Murphy III tallied 21 points and Sam Hauser added 19 St. Mary’s). Jan. 2 Virginia Tech * TBA TBA points as No. 4 Virginia defeated Towson 89-54 in the season Jan. 6 Wake Forest * TBA TBA UVA RANKED NO. 4 IN PRESEASON RANKINGS Jan. 9 at Boston College * TBA TBA opener on Nov. 25. Jan. 13 Notre Dame * TBA TBA • Jay Huff added 14 points as the Cavaliers drilled 15 3-pointers • Virginia is ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press and USA Today Jan. 16 at Clemson * TBA TBA in the win. Coaches’ preseason polls. Jan. 20 NC State * TBA TBA • Murphy III shot 7 of 9 from the field, including 6 of 8 from • UVA is ranked in the AP preseason top-5 for the third time in Jan. 23 Georgia Tech * TBA TBA 3-point range, in his UVA debut. school history (No. 1 in 1982-83 and No. 5 in 2018-19). Jan. 25 Syracuse * TBA TBA • Hauser added 19 points and eight rebounds in his UVA debut • The Cavaliers have been ranked in the AP preseason top-10 Jan. 30 at Virginia Tech * TBA TBA after sitting out last season. for the eighth time in school history (No. 8 in 1980-81, No. Feb. 3 at NC State * TBA TBA • UVA’s 15 3-pointers were its most since making 18 at Syracuse 7 in 1981-82, No. 1 in 1982-83, No. 9 in 2014-15, No. 6 in Feb. 6 Louisville * TBA TBA on March 4, 2019 2015-16, No. 8 in 2016-17, No. 5 in 2018-19 and No. 4 in Feb. 10 at Georgia Tech * TBA TBA • UVA shot 53.3 percent from the field, committed just six turn- 2020-21.) Feb. 13 North Carolina * TBA TBA overs and outrebounded Tigers 34-26. • UVA has been ranked in the top 25 in the preseason rankings Feb. 15 at Florida State * TBA TBA in nine of the past 10 seasons. Feb. 20 at Duke * TBA TBA DAZZLING DEBUTS FOR HAUSER AND MURPHY III Feb. 24 Pitt * TBA TBA • Sam Hauser and Trey Murphy III shined in their UVA debuts VIRGINIA HEAD COACH TONY BENNETT Mar. 1 Miami * TBA TBA against Towson. • Three-time National and four-time ACC Coach of the Year Tony Mar. 6 at Louisville * TBA TBA Bennett has a 278-96 (.743) mark in 11 seasons at Virginia Mar. 10-14 ACC Tournament TBA TBA • Hauser, who played three seasons at Marquette, drilled 7 of 9 shots (3 of 3 from 3) en route to his 19 points. and 347-129 (.729) career mark in 14 seasons. Home Games in Bold • Hauser also tallied a game-high eight rebounds and tied for • Bennett led the Cavaliers to their eighth straight season with 23 ^ - Bubbleville, Uncasville, Conn. team lead with three assists. or more wins in 2019-20. # - Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. • Murphy III transferred to Virginia after the 2019-20 season and • In 2018-19, Bennett led the Cavaliers to their first NCAA na- % - ACC/B1G Challenge received his NCAA waiver on Tuesday night. tional championship, a share of their ninth ACC regular-season * - ACC game • Murphy III recorded his eighth career 20-point effort and tied a title and school-record 35 wins. All Times Eastern career-high with six 3-pointers in 17+ minutes off the bench. • UVA is 142-38 (.789) in non-conference action under Bennett. VIRGINIA’S STARTING LINEUP VS. TOWSON PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG NOTES Jabri Abdur-Rahim .................. Juh-Bree Ab-der Ruh-heem G 0 Kihei Clark (Woodland Hills, Calif.) Jr. 5-9 160 7.0 3.0(a) Preseason All-ACC second-team; 276 career assists Kihei Clark ..................................................... Key-Hey G 13 Casey Morsell (Fort Washington, Md.) So. 6-3 196 5.0 4.0 Registered 5 points and 4 rebounds vs. Towson Francisco Caffaro .......................................... Cuh-FAR-oh F 10 Sam Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis.) R-Sr. 6-8 218 19.0 8.0 Tallied 19 points and game-high 8 rebounds vs. Towson Sam Hauser ..................................................... How-Zer F 4 Justin McKoy (Cary, N.C.) So. 6-8 215 2.0 5.0 5 rebounds and 3 assists in first career start vs. Towson Casey Morsell ................................................. More-SELL F 30 Jay Huff (Durham, N.C.) R-Sr. 7-1 240 14.0 4.0 Ranks 10th at Virginia with 103 career blocked shots Tomas Woldetensae ...............Thomas Wohl-duh-TEN-sigh OFF THE BENCH G 25 Trey Murphy III (Durham, N.C.) Jr. 6-9 206 21.0 3.0 21 points (6 of 8 3-pointers) in UVA debut vs. Towson G 2 Reece Beekman (Baton Rouge, La.) Fr. 6-3 174 3.0 2.0(a) 3 points, 2 dimes, 2 steals & 2 rebounds vs. Towson G 23 Kody Stattmann (Queensland, Aus.) Jr. 6-7 204 8.0 2.0 8 points on 4 of 5 shooting off the bench vs. Towson G 53 Tomas Woldetensae (Bologna, Italy) Sr. 6-5 197 5.0 2.0 Led UVA with 52 3-pointers in 2019-20; 5 pts vs. Towson F 21 Kadin Shedrick (Raleigh, N.C.) R-Fr. 6-11 216 2.0 0.0 Played 9+ minutes in UVA debut vs. Towson C 22 Francisco Caffaro (Sante Fe, Argentina) R-So. 7-0 250 0.0 1.0 Big man is UVA’s most physical player G 1 Jabri Abdur-Rahim (South Orange, N.J.) Fr. 6-7 214 3.0 0.0 Went 1 of 2 from 3-point range in UVA debut vs. Towson G 33 Carson McCorkle (Greensboro, N.C.) Fr. 6-3 184 0.0 1.0 Made his UVA debut after starring at Greesboro Day 2020-21 Virginia Basketball Virginia Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 25, 2020) All games Overall record: 1-0 Conf: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 1-0 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 25 Trey Murphy III 1-0 17 17.0 7-9 .7 7 8 6-8 .7 5 0 1-1 1.000 0 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 1 21 21.0 10 Sam Hauser 1-1 26 26.0 7-9 .7 7 8 3-3 1.000 2-2 1.000 4 4 8 8.0 0 0 3 2 0 0 19 19.0 30 Jay Huff 1-1 17 17.0 6-8 .7 5 0 2-3 .6 6 7 0-0 .0 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 14 14.0 23 Kody Stattmann 1-0 12 12.0 4-5 .8 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8.0 00 Kihei Clark 1-1 26 26.0 3-6 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1-1 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 3 1 1 0 7 7.0 13 Casey Morsell 1-1 19 19.0 2-6 .3 3 3 1-3 .3 3 3 0-0 .0 0 0 2 2 4 4.0 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 5.0 53 Tomas Woldetensae 1-0 12 12.0 2-4 .5 0 0 1-3 .3 3 3 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 5.0 01 Jabri Abdur-Rahim 1-0 4 4.0 1-2 .5 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 02 Reece Beekman 1-0 20 20.0 1-3 .3 3 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 3.0 04 Justin McKoy 1-1 22 22.0 1-4 .2 5 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2.0 21 Kadin Shedrick 1-0 9 9.0 1-2 .5 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2.0 22 Francisco Caffaro 1-0 3 3.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 24 Austin Katstra 1-0 2 2.0 0-2 .0 0 0 0-2 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 Chase Coleman 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 Malachi Poindexter 1-0 2 2.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Carson McCorkle 1-0 5 5.0 0-2 .0 0 0 0-2 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 05 Jayden Nixon 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 0 0 0 Total.........