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Live Blog: #4 Virginia faces Virginia Tech in Commonwealth Clash

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virginia virginia techAugusta Free Press editor Chris Graham leads our live coverage as #4 Virginia (12-1, 1-0 ACC) faces Virginia Tech (9-5, 1-0 ACC) on Monday at 9 p.m.

 

Broadcast Information: #5 Virginia at Virginia Tech

  • The Virginia-Virginia Tech game will be televised on ESPN2, streamed online at WatchESPN.com and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Athletics mobile app on iTunes or Android.
  • Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.

 

Game Notes

  • The Hokies as a team shoot 44.9 percent from the field and 33.0 percent from three-point range, and average 1.038 points per possession, 146th among the 351 teams in Division I.
  • Defensively, Tech allows opponents 1.003 points per possession, 123rd in D1.
  • Tech games play to 71.4 possessions per game, 96th in the nation. Virginia games play to 62.1 possessions per game, 351st, dead last, in the country.
  • UVA is shooting 50.5 percent from the floor, 11th best in the country, and 41.1 percent from three-point range, 13th in the country.
  • The Cavs score 1.195 points per possession, best in the nation, and allow opponents to score .933 points per possession, 15th best in D1.
  • Malcolm Brogdon (fifth) and Anthony Gill (sixth) are both ranked in the Top 10 of the KenPom.com Player of the Year standings.

 

More About The Commonwealth Clash

  • The Commonwealth Clash encourages a friendly, statewide rivalry between the two schools across all school-sponsored sports with 21 individual event points on the line.
  • The school that accumulates 11 points or more will be crowned the winner and take home the Virginia529 Commonwealth Clash trophy.
  • The UVA-VT game is worth a half point in the Clash.
  • The score for this year’s Clash is Virginia 3.5 and Virginia Tech 1.5.
  • UVA claimed the inaugural Commonwealth Clash 15-7 last season.

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