Virginia (14-9, 8-5 ACC) plays No. 9 Duke (19-3, 9-2 ACC) in ACC Big Monday action on Monday night. Tipoff at Cameron Indoor Stadium is set for 7 p.m.
Broadcast Information
- The Virginia-Duke game will be televised on ESPN and streamed online at WatchESPN.com and ESPN App.
- The game will also be broadcast on Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
- Live statistics will be available on VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
Virginia Notes
- UVA is led by its returning backcourt of Kihei Clark (9.8 ppg & 4.0 apg) and Reece Beekman (7.9 ppg, 5.1 apg, 3.5 rpg & 2.2 spg), and the additions of transfers Jayden Gardner (14.3 ppg & 6.8 rpg) and Armaan Franklin (12.3 ppg).
- The Cavaliers added transfers Gardner (East Carolina) and Franklin (Indiana) to fill the void left by standouts Sam Hauser (16 ppg), Jay Huff (13 ppg) and Trey Murphy III (11.3 ppg).
- Gardner averaged 18.5 points and 8.9 rebounds in 79 career games at East Carolina, while Franklin averaged 11.4 points and shot 42.5 percent from 3-point range in 2020-21.
- Francisco Caffaro (4.7 ppg & 4.2 rpg) and Kadin Shedrick (6.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg & 2.4 bpg) anchor the paint. Shedrick started the first 16 games, while Caffaro has started the last seven contests.
- Kody Stattmann (38.5% 3FGs), Taine Murray (38.1% 3FGs), Igor Miliĉić Jr. (36.4% 3FGs) and Carson McCorkle (33.3% 3FGs) provide perimeter shooting off the bench.
Duke Notes
- Winners of five straight and in sole possession of first place in the ACC, No. 9 Dukewelcomes Virginia for a Big Monday showdown at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Each of the last 12 games in the Duke-Virginia series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including five of the last seven decided by one or two points. The average margin of victory in the last 12 is 4.6 points.
- Six-time ACC Freshman of the Week Paolo Banchero is averaging a double-double over Duke’s five-game winning streak with 15.8 points, 10.8 rebounds in that span.
- Banchero, the ACC’s lone representative on the late-season watch list for the Wooden Award, has nine 20-point efforts this season — seven coming against power conference opponents – six in ACC play – in addition to 21 points vs. Gonzaga. He is the second leading scorer (18.6) and rebounder (9.5) in ACC play.
- Sophomore Mark Williams, a finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, leads the ACC and is 11th nationally in blocks (3.14). Williams is 38-of-49 (.776) from the field and averaging 12.7 points over Duke’s last seven games.
- Freshman AJ Griffin set a Dukefreshman record for three-point accuracy with his 5-of-5 at Louisville and scored a career-high 27 points at UNC. He is averaging 20.7 points over the last three games.
- Griffin is the only power conference player – and one of nine players nationally – shooting .500+ from three with a min. of 50 attempts.
- Sophomore Jeremy Roach has a 6.83-to-1 assist/turnover ratio over Duke’s last seven games (41 assists, six turnovers). He is second in the ACC and 13th nationally for the season (3.0-to-1).
- Dukeleads the ACC in both field goal defense (.400) and three-point defense (.300) – one of just two power conference teams this season holding opponents to .400/.300 or worse (LSU).
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