Gameday Blog: #13 Virginia hosts #8 Miami in ACC hoops action

Published date: January 12, 2016 | 4:53 pm

Updated: January 12, 2016 | 4:54 pm

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham leads our live coverage as #13 Virginia (12-3, 1-2 ACC) hosts #8 Miami (13-1, 2-0 ACC) Tuesday.

Broadcast Information

The Virginia-Miami game will be televised on ESPNU, 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.

Sheldon McClellan is scoring a team-high 16.3 points per game, shooting 55.0 percent from the field and 41.2 percent from three-point range.
Sixth man JaQuan Newton is the team’s second-leading scoreer at 12.1 points per game, and shoots 52.4 percent from the field.
Angel Rodriguez is scoring 11.4 points per game with a team-best 3.8 assists per game.
Davon Reed scores 10.3 points per game, shooting 42.3 percent from the field and 34.1 percent from three.
Tony Jekiri averages 8.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game and shoots 58.8 percent from the field.
Reserve Ivan Cruz Uceda scores 7.6 points per game and is shooting 50 percent from three-point range.

Anthony Gill is shooting 60.9 percent from the field, second-best in the ACC, and a career-best 75.0 percent from the line for UVA. Gill is averaging a career-high 15.1 points per game and bringing down a team-best 6.1 rebounds per game.
London Perrantes is shooting 50.0 percent from the field and 56.6 percent from three-point range, second-best in the ACC. Perrantes is scoring 11.5 points per game and dishing out 4.4 assists per game, seventh-best in the ACC.

Both teams are shooting 49.7 percent from the field for the season. Virginia is a little better from three (40.0 percent, vs. Miami’s 37.2 percent).
Miami shoots 20.1 threes per game. UVA shoots 15.3 threes per game.
Miami averages 25.1 free-throw attempts per game. The Cavs average 18.1 free-throw attempts per game.
Virginia is ranked fifth in the country in offensive efficiency (1.191 points per possession).

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