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Live Blog: #8 UVA basketball hosts Yale in Sunday hoops action

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AFP editor Chris Graham leads our live blog during today’s college basketball game between #8 UVA (2-0) and Yale (2-0).

 

Yale at No. 8 Virginia
Date & Time
Sunday, Nov. 20 | 1 p.m.
Location John Paul Jones Arena | Charlottesville, Va.
Coverage ACC Network ExtraCavaliers Live | Gametracker
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Game Notes

uva basketball• The Virginia-Yale game will streamed online on ACC Network Extra and 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.
• UVA meets Yale for the first time since posting a 72-62 win against the Bulldogs on Dec. 23, 1975.
• The Cavaliers own the nation’s sixth-longest current NCAA Division I home-winning streak at 21 games.
• UVA’s streak of 171 games with at least one 3-pointer ended in the 72-32 win over St. Francis Brooklyn.
• The Cavaliers have held their opponents scoreless for 10 or more minutes in each of their first two games.
• UVA dismissed redshirt junior Austin Nichols from the team on Nov. 18.
• No. 8/7 Virginia defeated St. Francis Brooklyn 72-32 in non-conference action on Nov. 15 at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA held the Terriers to 22.9 percent shooting (11-of-48), sixth lowest for an opponent in school history.
• The 32 points allowed marked the fourth lowest for an opponent in the shot clock era.
• UVA held the Terriers scoreless for a span of more than 10 minutes in the first half and scored 20 consecutive points in that stretch.
• UVA went 0-for-10 from 3-point range and was held without a 3-pointer for the first time since Nov. 21, 2011, against Drake.

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