Virginia Basketball | Virginia Hosts Georgia Tech on Thursday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia women’s basketball team (12-1, 1-1 ACC) hosts Georgia Tech (9-3, 0-1 ACC) on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m., at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• The game will stream online on ACCNX through the ESPN app. It is available through participating TV providers that carry the ACC Network
• The game will be airing on the Virginia Sports Radio Network
• Live stats be available
• Links are posted on VirginiaSports.com

GAME PROMOTIONS

• The first 500 fans in attendance will receive a free t-shirt and all fans are encouraged to wear orange

VIRGINIA NOTES

• The Cavaliers are receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll
• Virginia suffered its first defeat of the season last week at Duke, falling 70-56 to the Blue Devils. The loss snapped a 12-game win streak, the team’s longest since 1995
• The Blue Devils held a 41-40 edge in rebounding, just the second time this season Virginia was outrebounded in a game. The Cavaliers rank fifth in the nation in rebounding margin at +13.9 (2^nd in the ACC). UVA continues to lead the ACC with 16.4 offensive rebounds per game
• Virginia ranks in the top 10 in the nation in shooting defense, holding opponents to a 33.1 percent overall efficiency (9^th in the nation, 2^nd in the ACC) and 23.7 percent from beyond the arc (8^th in the nation, 2^nd in the ACC)
• The Cavaliers are in the top 20 in scoring defense, holding opponents to 53.5 points per game (16^th in the nation, 3^rd in the ACC) and 15^th in scoring margin at +23.2 (15^th in the nation, 3^rd in the ACC)
• Mir McLean leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 13.0 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per game. She has led the team in rebounding in the last seven games and eight of the last nine
• McLean is second in the ACC and 23rd in the nation in rebounds per game and leads the ACC and is 13^th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (4.1)
• Alexia Smith scored a season-high 11 points at Duke. She is the seventh different Cavalier to lead the team in scoring in a game this season
• Sam Brunelle has scored in double figures in each of the last three games and in nine of 13
• Brunelle made her first 17 free throw attempts of the season, missing for the first time in the second quarter at Duke. She is 21-of-22 this season, shooting 95.5 percent. Last season at Notre Dame, she only went to the line 14 times, going 9-of-14 (64.3 percent)
• Taylor Valladay is 7^th in the ACC on assists per game at 4.0 per contest….