
Game Notes: Virginia set to meet Virginia Tech in Commonwealth Clash
Virginia (16-9, 10-5 ACC) travels to Virginia Tech (15-10, 7-7 ACC) in a Smithfield Commonwealth Clash on Monday. Tipoff at Cassell Coliseum is set for 7 p.m.

Virginia (16-9, 10-5 ACC) travels to Virginia Tech (15-10, 7-7 ACC) in a Smithfield Commonwealth Clash on Monday. Tipoff at Cassell Coliseum is set for 7 p.m.

Virginia Tech, a trendy pick to contend in the ACC this season, limped out to a 2-7 start in conference play, including a 54-52 loss at Virginia on Jan. 12.

Reuben Jonathan Miller, author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration, will be a headlining speaker at the Virginia Festival of the Book.

Josh Pastner has never beaten Tony Bennett. Saturday’s 63-53 loss in JPJ was his eighth in a row to Virginia since taking the job at Georgia Tech in 2017.

The hangover effect from Virginia’s huge win Monday at Duke may have been the biggest concern of Cavaliers fans entering Saturday’s tilt against Georgia Tech.

The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team has moved to .500 in the ACC after a big win over Syracuse on Saturday, 71-59 at Cassell Coliseum.

Jayden Gardner had 26 points on 10-of-19 shooting to key Virginia to a 63-53 win over a feisty Georgia Tech squad on Saturday at JPJ.

Georgia Tech cut a 17-point Virginia first-half lead all the way down to two with 5:44 to go, but the Cavaliers got stops on defense down the stretch to cement a 63-53 win over the Yellow Jackets on Saturday.

Virginia supports thousands of farms that supply local businesses and sustain the Commonwealth as a national leader in the agricultural industry.

Virginia (15-9, 8-5 ACC) hosts Georgia Tech (10-13, 3-9) in ACC action on Saturday, Feb. 12. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 4 p.m.
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