2020-21 VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 23 AT LOUISVILLE • LOUISVILLE, KY. (KFC YUM! CENTER) 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 [21/20] VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (16-6, 12-4 ACC) Date / Time: Saturday, March 6, 2021 / 4 p.m. Head Coach: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992) Site: Louisville, Ky. / KFC Yum! Center (22,090) TV: ESPN/2; Online: WatchESPN.com Virginia: 293-102 (12th season), Career: 362-135 (15th season) Dave O’Brien & Dan Dakich AT ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley & Bob Valvano [RV/RV] LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (13-5, 8-4 ACC) Radio: Virginia Sports Radio Network Dave Koehn & Jimmy Miller Head Coach: Chris Mack (Xavier, 1992) Satellite Radio: Sirius (84), XM (84), Internet (84) Louisville: 57-26 (3rd season), Career: 272-123 (12th season) Live Stats: VirginiaSports.com FOR OPENERS A WIN VS. LOUISVILLE WOULD GIVE UVA: Twitter: @UVAMensHoops • No. 21 Virginia (16-6, 12-4) concludes its regular season at • Seventeen or more wins for the 10th straight year. Virginia vs. Louisville: 16-5 Louisville (13-5, 8-4 ACC) on Saturday, March 6. • Thirteen or more ACC wins for the fourth straight year. • Virginia has earned a top-2 seed at the 2021 ACC Tournament • A two-game winning streak vs. the Cardinals. Charlottesville: 8-1 (6-0 at John Paul Jones Arena) and can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win over Louisville and • Its fifth win vs. the Cardinals in Louisville and seventh at KFC Louisville: 7-4 (4-2 at Yum! Center) Florida State loss at Notre Dame. Yum! Arena. Neutral: 1-0 (1-0 at Barclays Center) •• As of March 4, Virginia ranks third nationally in personal fouls • Head coach Tony Bennett a 12-2 record vs. Louisville. First: Feb. 13, 1924 (W, 41-26 in Louisville) per game (12.9), turnovers per game (9.5) and free throw • Six or more road wins for the fifth straight season. percentage (80.4%), fifth in scoring defense (60.2), eighth in Last: March 7, 2020 (W, 57-54 at JPJ) 3-point field goal percentage (39.2%), 14th in assist/turnover HOO ARE THESE CAVALIERS? Winning Streak: Virginia, 1 game ratio (1.47) and 30th in field goal percentage (48%). • Kihei Clark, who has handed out six or more assists in seven contests, has averaged 9.8 points and team-high 4.6 assists. 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS - 16-6, 12-4 ACC ALL-TIME VS. LOUISVILLE • Sam Hauser leads the team in scoring (15.3 ppg) and 3-point- Date Opponent TV Time/Result • Virginia is 16-5 all-time vs. Louisville in a series that began in ers (57), and is second in rebounding (6.7 rpg). Nov. 25 [4] vs. Towson ^ TBA W, 89-54 1923-24. • Hauser is shooting 51 percent from the field, 44.5 percent from Nov. 27 [4] vs. San Francisco ^ ESPN L, 61-60 • The Cavaliers and Cardinals split a two-game series last season 3-point range and 86.1 percent from the foul line. Dec. 1 [15] St. Francis (Pa.) ACCN W, 76-51 dropping an 80-73 decision at KFC Yum! Center and claiming a • Jay Huff leads the team in blocked shots (2.5 bpg) and re- Dec. 4 [15] Kent State ACCN W, 71-64 ot 57-54 win at John Paul Jones Arena. bounding (7.0 rpg), and is second in scoring (13.3 ppg). Dec. 9 [18] Michigan St. (4) % ESPN Postponed • UVA is 10-2 vs. the Cardinals in ACC action. • Trey Murphy III (10.8 ppg) leads UVA in free throw shooting Dec. 16 [17] at Wake Forest * ACCN Postponed • The Cavaliers are 4-2 vs. the Cardinals in Louisville. (91.4%) and 3-point shooting (45.8%), and is second with 44 Dec. 19 [17] vs. Villanova (7) # FOX Canceled • UVA has held Louisville to 59 or fewer points in nine of 13 3-pointers. Dec. 22 [16] William & Mary ACCN W, 76-40 contests since the Cardinals joined the ACC in 2014-15. • Reece Beekman has a team-high 27 steals. Dec. 26 [16] vs. Gonzaga (1) & CBS L, 98-75 • Tony Bennett is 11-2 vs. Louisville as head coach at Virginia. • Tomas Woldetensae (43.8 3FG%) provides bench scoring, while Dec. 30 [23] at Notre Dame * ACCN W, 66-57 Casey Morsell (4.7 ppg) is UVA’s top perimeter defender. Jan. 2 [23] Virginia Tech (24) * ACCN Postponed LAST TIME VS. THE CARDINALS • Justin McKoy (3.6 ppg and 2.9 rpg) and Kadin Shedrick (2.5 Jan. 6 [22] Wake Forest * RSN W, 70-61 • Mamadi Diakite had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead ppg & 2.2 rpg) have added depth. Jan. 9 [22] at Boston College * ACCN W, 61-49 then-No. 22 Virginia to a 57-54 win over then-No. 10 Louisville Jan. 13 [18] Notre Dame * ACCN W, 80-68 on March 7, 2020. GETTING OFFENSIVE IN 2020 Jan. 16 [18] at Clemson (12) * ESPN W, 85-50 • The game was the last for both teams in 2019-20 as the ACC • Virginia has scored 70 or more points in 10 games (9-1) and is Jan. 23 [13] Georgia Tech * ACCN W, 64-62 and NCAA tournaments were canceled due to the pandemic. averaging 68.5 points per game. Jan. 25 [8] Syracuse * ESPN W, 81-58 • Kihei Clark added 18 points, five rebounds and five assists • UVA is shooting 48 percent from the field, best since 49.1 Jan. 30 [8] at Virginia Tech (20) * ACCN L, 65-51 as UVA earned its 15th league win and No. 2 seed in the ACC percent in 2015-16. Feb. 3 [14] at NC State * ACCN W, 64-57 Tournament. • UVA’s 89 points against Towson were its most since scoring 100 Feb. 6 [14] Pitt * ESPN W, 73-66 • Virginia led 31-24 at the half, but needed a Clark 3-pointer with against Marshall during the 2018-19 season. Feb. 10 [9] at Georgia Tech * RSN W, 57-49 28 seconds left and a pair of free throws from Diakite with three • UVA ranks third nationally in free throw percentage (80.2%), Feb. 13 [9] No. Carolina (RV) * ESPN W, 60-48 seconds left to seal the win. seventh nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (39.2%) and Feb. 15 [9] at Florida St. (17) * ESPN L, 81-60 • Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals (24-7, 15-5) with 18 points. 30th in field goal percentage (48%). Feb. 20 [7] at Duke * ESPN L, 66-65 • UVA’s 80.2 percent free throw shooting is its best in school his- Feb. 24 [15] NC State * ACCN L, 68-61 KFC YUM! CENTER HAS BEEN TASTY tory, while its 39.2 percent 3-point shooting ranks third. Mar. 1 [21] Miami * ACCN W, 62-51 • Virginia is 6-2 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, including a pair Mar. 6 [21] at Louisville * ESPN2 4 p.m. of wins at the 2019 NCAA South Regional. LAST TIME OUT Mar. 11 ACC Tournament TBA ESPN/2 • UVA defeated Oregon (53-49) in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and • Sam Hauser had 18 points as No. 21 Virginia beat Miami 61- Purdue (80-75 OT) in the NCAA Elite Eight to advance to its first 52 during Senior Day on March 1 at John Paul Jones Arena. Home Games in Bold NCAA Final Four since 1984. • Trey Murphy III added 12 points and Justin McKoy added eight ^ - Bubbleville, Uncasville, Conn. • Louisville ended the Cavaliers’ six-game winning streak at KFC as UVA (16-6, 12-4 ACC) had 20 bench points in the win. # - Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Yum! Center last season with its 80-73 win. • Virginia outrebounded Miami 35-32. % - ACC/B1G Challenge • Kameron McGusty led Miami (7-16, 3-15) with 14 points. * - ACC game VIRGINIA’S STARTING LINEUP VS. MIAMI (3/1/21) All Times Eastern Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG NOTES G 0 Kihei Clark (Woodland Hills, Calif.) Jr. 5-9 160 9.8 4.6(a) 15 pts & matched career best w/3 steals at Duke; 374 assists PRONUNCIATION GUIDE G 2 Reece Beekman (Baton Rouge, La.) Fr. 6-3 174 4.7 3.9 Team-high 27 steals; 8 rebounds & 7 assists vs. UNC Jabri Abdur-Rahim Juh-Bree Ab-der Ruh-heem G 25 Trey Murphy III (Durham, N.C.) Jr. 6-9 206 10.8 3.3 10+ points in 14 games; 45.8 3FG%; 18 pts at NC State/GT Kihei Clark Key-Hey F 10 Sam Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis.) R-Sr. 6-8 218 15.5 6.7 16.4 ppg & 7.1 rpg in ACC; 20+ pts in 4 gms; 1,622 career pts Francisco Caffaro Cuh-FAR-oh F 30 Jay Huff (Durham, N.C.) R-Sr. 7-1 240 13.3 7.0 14.1 ppg & 7.3 rpg in ACC; 5 double-doubles in 20-21 Sam Hauser How-Zer OFF THE BENCH Casey Morsell More-SELL G 53 Tomas Woldetensae (Bologna, Italy) Sr. 6-5 197 4.4 1.3 14 pts (4-5 3’s) vs. Pitt; 14 pts (4-6 3’s) at CLEM; 12 pts at FSU Tomas Woldetensae Thomas Wool-duh-TEN-sigh G 13 Casey Morsell (Fort Washington, Md.) So.