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Virginia visits Pope and Texas
By The Associated Press
Virginia Cavaliers (6-1) at Texas Longhorns (6-2)
Austin, Texas; Wednesday, 9:15 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Longhorns -2.5; over/under is 150.5
BOTTOM LINE: Texas hosts Virginia after Jordan Pope scored 28 points in Texas'
102-97 win against the NC State Wolfpack.
The Longhorns are 4-0 on their home court. Texas is eighth in college
basketball with 29.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Chendall Weaver
averaging 4.9.
The Cavaliers play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 1-1 record
in neutral-site games to start the season. Virginia ranks ninth in the ACC with
16.3 assists per game led by Dallin Hall averaging 4.0.
Texas averages 8.5 made 3-pointers per game, 2.2 more made shots than the 6.3
per game Virginia allows. Virginia has shot at a 47.2% rate from the field this
season, 7.0 percentage points higher than the 40.2% shooting opponents of Texas
have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pope averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Longhorns,
scoring 12.1 points while shooting 37.7% from beyond the arc. Dailyn Swain is
shooting 56.8% and averaging 16.5 points.
Thijs De Ridder is averaging 18 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Cavaliers.
Malik Thomas is averaging 13.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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