McKneely and Virginia host North Carolina Central

Updated Dec. 4, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET

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North Carolina Central Eagles (4-5) at Virginia Cavaliers (7-1, 1-0 ACC)

Charlottesville, Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Virginia hosts the North Carolina Central Eagles after Isaac McKneely scored 22 points in Virginia's 84-62 win over the Syracuse Orange.

The Cavaliers are 5-0 on their home court. Virginia leads the ACC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 54.0 points while holding opponents to 35.4% shooting.

The Eagles are 2-3 on the road. North Carolina Central leads the MEAC with 13.2 assists. Fred Cleveland Jr. leads the Eagles with 3.9.

Virginia makes 45.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than North Carolina Central has allowed to its opponents (42.5%). North Carolina Central has shot at a 45.3% clip from the field this season, 9.9 percentage points above the 35.4% shooting opponents of Virginia have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Reece Beekman is scoring 12.0 points per game with 3.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists for the Cavaliers. McKneely is averaging 11.6 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 45.0% for Virginia.

Po'Boigh King is averaging 15.6 points for the Eagles. Ja'Darius Harris is averaging 13.9 points for North Carolina Central.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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