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Women’s basketball: UVA travels to Michigan State in 2018 ACC/Big Ten Challenge

Chris Graham

UVA women’s basketballThe UVA women’s basketball team (2-4) faces Michigan State (4-1) on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m., at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.

Broadcast Information

  • The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. It will also be available to stream through the BTN2Go app
  • All of the 2018-19 Virginia women’s basketball games – home and away – are available locally on the radio on NewsRadio 1070 AM and 98.9 FM WINA
  • Live stats for all games will be available on a link posted on VirginiaSports.com

UVA Team Notes

  • This is Virginia’s second game in a four-day span against a team from the Great Lakes State after playing Central Michigan on Saturday
  • The Cavaliers are coming off a three-game week, having played NC A&T (W, 67-57) last Tuesday, followed by back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday against Central Michigan (L, 74-61) and Saint Louis (L, 67-65)
  • Junior guard Jocelyn Willoughby (East Orange, N.J.) has scored in double figures in each of the last four games after scoring a combine 12 points in the first two games of the season
  • Junior guard Dominique Toussaint (Staten Island, N.Y.) has scored in double figure in five of UVA’s seven games this season
  • A different Cavalier has led the team in scoring in each of the last four games (Willoughby, Toussaint, Tinsley, Martinsen)
  • A different Cavalier has led the team in rebounding in each of the last four games (Aiyeotan, Toussaint, Jones, Willoughby)
  • Virginia is currently fourth in the ACC in three-point shooting percentage, making 37.2 percent of its attempts
  • Willoughby is 10th in the conference in three-point shooting percentage, making 44.4 percent of her attempts
  • Freshman guard Erica Martinsen (Clarence, N.Y.) has taken 17 three-point shots in the last two games, making seven (41.1 percent)
  • Sophomore guard Brianna Tinsley (Madison, Va.) is 8-of-19 (42.1 percent) from three-point range in the last three games, including a 4-of-7 performance against Central Michigan, a game in which she scored a career-high 16 points
  • Senior Mone Jones (Durham, N.C.) had her first double-digit rebounding game of her collegiate career on Saturday, grabbing 10 boards against Central Michigan

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].