2020-21 VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 6 VS. GONZAGA, FORT WORTH, TEXAS (DICKIES 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 [16/15] VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (4-1) Date / Time: Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 / 4 p.m. Head Coach: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992) Site: Fort Worth, Texas / Dickies Arena (14,000) TV: CBS; Online: CBSSports.com Virginia: 281-97 (12th season), Career: 350-130 (15th season) Tom McCarthy and Bill Raftery VS Radio: Virginia Sports Radio Network Dave Koehn & Jimmy Miller [1/1] GONZAGA BULLDOGS (6-0) Satellite Radio: Sirius (136), XM (193), Internet (955) Head Coach: Mark Few (Oregon, 1987) Live Stats: VirginiaSports.com Twitter: @UVAMensHoops Gonzaga: 605-124 (22nd season), Career: Same Virginia vs. Gonzage: 1-2 FOR OPENERS HOO ARE THESE CAVALIERS? Charlottesville: 1-0; Spokane: 0-1; N: 0-1 • No. 16 Virginia (4-1) aims for its second win against a top- • Sam Hauser leads the team in scoring (13.0), second in re- First Meeting: March 16, 2001 (GU 86, UVA 85) ranked opponent in school history. bounding (6.0) and is shooting 56.3 percent from the field and Last Meeting: Jan. 3, 2007 (UVA 108, GU 87) • The Cavaliers return to the Lone Star state for the first time 43.5 percent from 3-point range (10 of 23). Winning Streak: Virginia, 1 game since posting wins over SMU (76-73) and Missouri State (83- • Kihei Clark has chipped in 7.2 points per game and a team- 63) at the 2013 Corpus Christi Challenge. leading 3.0 assists. 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS - 4-1, 0-0 ACC • UVA is 145-39 against nonconference foes under Tony Bennett. • Jay Huff is averaging 11.6 points, a team-high 6.2 rebounds Date Opponent TV Time/Result and team-best 2.6 blocks per game. Nov. 25 [4] vs. Towson ^ TBA W, 89-54 ALL-TIME VS. TOP-RANKED OPPONENTS • Trey Murphy III has reached double figures in scoring in three Nov. 27 [4] vs. San Francisco ^ ESPN L, 61-60 • Virginia is 1-30 all-time vs. top ranked opponents. games and is third on the team in scoring at 11.6 points per Dec. 1 [15] St. Francis (Pa.) ACCN W, 76-51 • The Cavaliers posted an 86-73 against then-No. 1 North Caro- game. Dec. 4 [15] Kent State ACCN W, 71-64 ot lina on Jan. 30, 1986, at University Hall in Charlottesville. • Reece Beekman has 10 assists and team-high eight steals. Dec. 9 [18] Michigan St. (4) % ESPN Postponed • UVA is meeting its first top-ranked opponent since dropping a • Justin McKoy has started four games and is averaging 4.6 72-70 decision at then-No. 1 Duke on Jan. 19, 2019. points and 3.2 rebounds. Dec. 16 [17] at Wake Forest * ACCN Postponed • Tony Bennett is 0-3 vs. top-ranked foes at Virginia with losses • Casey Morsell (5.2 ppg), Tomas Woldetensae (37.5% 3FG) and Dec. 19 [17] vs. Villanova (7) # FOX Canceled coming to then-No. 1 Duke (76-60 in 2011), Villanova (61-59 in Kody Stattmann (4.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg) have shared minutes on the Dec. 22 [16] William & Mary ACCN W, 76-40 2017) and Duke (72-70 in 2019). perimeter, while Kadin Shedrick (4.9 ppg & 3.6 rpg) has aver- Dec. 26 [16] vs. Gonzaga (1) & CBS 4 p.m. • Bennett was 0-2 against top-ranked opponents at Washington aged 11.6 minutes off the bench in the frontcourt. Dec. 30 at Notre Dame * ACCN 6 p.m. State, dropping a 55-52 decision to then-No. 1 UCLA in 2006 Jan. 2 Virginia Tech * ACCN 4 p.m. and 68-47 loss top-ranked North Carolina in the 2008 NCAA LAST TIME OUT Jan. 6 Wake Forest * RSN 9 p.m. Sweet 16. • Trey Murphy III scored 15 points and Kadin Shedrick added 10 Jan. 9 at Boston College * ACCN 2 p.m. as No. 16 Virginia rolled to a 76-40 win over William & Mary on Jan. 13 Notre Dame * ACCN 8:30 p.m. ALL-TIME VS. GONZAGA Dec. 22 at John Paul Jones Arena. Jan. 16 at Clemson * ESPN 6 p.m. • Virginia is 1-2 all-time in the series that dates back to the • Sam Hauser and Jay Huff each added nine points in the win. Jan. 20 NC State * ESPN2 7 p.m. 2000-01 season. • The Cavaliers jumped to a 36-14 halftime lead on 55.6 percent Jan. 23 Georgia Tech * ACCN 8 p.m. • The Cavaliers defeated the Bulldogs 108-87 in the last meeting shooting. Jan. 25 Syracuse * ESPN 7 p.m. on Jan. 3, 2007, in Charlottesville. • UVA limited William & Mary to 28 percent shooting, including 3 Jan. 30 at Virginia Tech * ACCN 6 p.m. • Gonzaga earned an 86-85 first-round victory in the 2001 NCAA of 17 from 3-point range. Feb. 3 at NC State * ESPN2 9 p.m. Tournament and an 80-69 win on Dec. 17, 2005, in Spokane, • Yuri Covington led the Tribe (2-3) with 12 points. Feb. 6 Louisville * ESPN 4 p.m. Wash. Feb. 10 at Georgia Tech * RSN 7 p.m. • Tony Bennett was 2-1 all-time vs. Gonzaga as head coach at UVA RANKED NO. 16 IN LATEST AP POLL Feb. 13 North Carolina * ESPN 6 p.m. Washington State, including wins in 2006 (77-67) and 2007 • Virginia is ranked No. 16 in the latest Associated Press poll and Feb. 15 at Florida State * ESPN 7 p.m. (51-47) and a loss in 2008 (74-52). No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches’ poll. Feb. 20 at Duke * ESPN 8/9 p.m. • UVA was ranked No. 4 in both preseason polls, marking its third Feb. 24 Pitt * ESPN2/U 7 p.m. LAST TIME VS. THE BULLDOGS AP preseason top-5 ranking in school history (No. 1 in 1982-83 Mar. 1 Miami * ESPN/2/U 9 p.m. • Sean Singletary scored 37 points as Virginia topped Gonzaga and No. 5 in 2018-19). Mar. 6 at Louisville * ESPN/2 4 p.m. 108-87 at John Paul Jones Arena on Jan. 3, 2007. • UVA has been ranked in the top 25 in the preseason rankings Mar. 10-14 ACC Tournament TBA TBA • Mamadi Diane added 22 points and J.R. Reynolds added 15 in nine of the past 10 seasons. and Jamil Tucker chipped in 12. • UVA has been ranked in the top 25 of the AP poll for the eighth Home Games in Bold • The Cavaliers drilled 12 of 20 3-pointers en route to a 60-26 straight week over the past two seasons. ^ - Bubbleville, Uncasville, Conn. halftime lead. # - Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. • UVA forced 19 turnovers and finished with a school-record 18 GETTING OFFENSIVE IN 2020 % - ACC/B1G Challenge 3-pointers. • UVA has scored 70 or more points in four of its five games. * - ACC game • Derek Raivio led the Bulldogs with 26 points and Sean Mallon • The Cavaliers scored 70 or more points twice last season (78 All Times Eastern added 16. vs. Boston College and 73 vs. Louisville). • UVA’s 89 points against Towson were its most since scoring 100 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE against Marshall during the 2018-19 season. Jabri Abdur-Rahim Juh-Bree Ab-der Ruh-heem Kihei Clark Key-Hey VIRGINIA’S STARTING LINEUP VS. WILLIAM & MARY (12/22/20) Francisco Caffaro Cuh-FAR-oh Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG NOTES Sam Hauser How-Zer G 0 Kihei Clark (Woodland Hills, Calif.) Jr. 5-9 160 7.2 3.0(a) Preseason All-ACC second-team; 288 career assists G 25 Trey Murphy III (Durham, N.C.) Jr. 6-9 206 11.6 3.2 21 pts vs. Towson; Leads team in 3’s (11) and 3FG% (52.4%) Casey Morsell More-SELL G 53 Tomas Woldetensae (Bologna, Italy) Sr. 6-5 197 5.6 1.6(a) Career-best 4 assts vs. SFU; led UVA with 52 3’s in 2019-20 Tomas Woldetensae Thomas Wool-duh-TEN-sigh F 10 Sam Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis.) R-Sr. 6-8 218 13.4 6.9 Double figures in 4 games; 1,349 career points F 30 Jay Huff (Durham, N.C.) R-Sr. 7-1 240 11.6 6.2 66.7% (22-33) FGs; 32 multi-block games (5 in 20-21) OFF THE BENCH G 2 Reece Beekman (Baton Rouge, La.) Fr. 6-3 174 5.2 2.6 Season-high 11 pts vs. San Francisco; Leads team w/8 steals F 4 Justin McKoy (Cary, N.C.) So. 6-8 215 4.6 3.2 Career highs in pts (11) and rebs (6) vs. San Francisco F 21 Kadin Shedrick (Raleigh, N.C.) R-Fr. 6-11 216 4.8 3.6 Career-best 12p & 8r vs. SFU & 10p, 7r vs. W&M G 13 Casey Morsell (Fort Washington, Md.) So. 6-3 196 5.2 1.4 Started 2 games; 6 points and 2 rebounds vs. W&M G 23 Kody Stattmann (Queensland, Aus.) Jr. 6-7 204 4.7 2.3 Played 4 games; 8p on 4 of 5 shooting vs.