THIS WEEK
• UVa travels to Hawaii for the 2010 EA SPORTS Maui Invitational
• It is the Cavaliers’ fourth appearance in the tournament
• The tournament is part of a span of six straight games away from home for UVa
• Virginia opens the tournament against Washington, its second consecutive Pac-
10 opponent and the second of three Pac-10 teams on UVa’s 2010-11 schedule
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Virginia makes its fourth appearance in the Maui Invitational
• The Cavaliers are 5-3 all-time in the event
• The Cavaliers were the runner-up in 1996 and 2002, the last two times they were
in the tournament
ALOHA CAVALIERS
• This season marks the ninth time the Cavaliers have traveled to Hawaii to play
• Virginia is 12-7 on the islands during its previous eight trips
• The Cavaliers have played games on Maui, Oahu and the big island of Hawaii
AGAINST THE FIELD
• Virginia has played six of the other seven teams in Maui previously
• The Cavaliers are 1-0 against first round opponent Washington, winning 65-61 in
1983-84 (at the Cabrillo Classic in San Diego)
• UVa is 4-1 vs. Chaminade, 2-6 vs. UConn, 3-6 vs. Kentucky, 0-3 vs. Michigan State,
and 1-1 vs. Oklahoma
• The Cavaliers have never played Wichita State
LAST TIME OUT
• Virginia suffered its first loss of the season on Thursday, 81-60, at Stanford
• Mustapha Farrakhan led the Cavaliers with 14 points
• Joe Harris made his first career start and scored 12 points
• Jontel Evans scored a career-high 11 points
SHARP-SHOOTING ‘HOOS
• Virginia shot 50% or better from the field in the first two games this season (50%
vs. William & Mary, 53.2% vs. USC Upstate)
• It is the first time the Cavaliers have shot at least 50% from the field in consecutive
games since 2004-05 (57.1% vs. Clemson, 50.9% at Virginia Tech)
POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP
G 1 Jontel Evans So. 9.0 ppg 3.0 rbg 4.3 apg
• Career-high 11 points at Stanford
G 2 Mustapha Farrakhan Sr. 11.7 ppg 2.0 rbg 1.7 apg
• Scored in double figures in all three games this season
C 5 Assane Sene Jr. 1.3 ppg 1.3 rbg 0.0 bpg
• 19 blocks last season
G 12 Joe Harris Fr. 7.3 ppg 2.3 rpg 1.3 apg
• 12 points at Stanford in first career start
F 23 Mike Scott Sr. 15.0 ppg 9.0 rbg 1.3 apg
• 19th career double-double came vs. USC Upstate (19 pts, 12 rebs)
HOOS ON THE ROAD
• Tonight’s game begins a stretch of six games away
from home for the Cavaliers
• It is the first time since 1991-92 that UVa has played
six straight regular season games away from home
• The six games are in four different time zones
(Pacific, Hawaii, Central, Eastern)
• The road trip will total 11,505 miles
70 IS A MAGIC NUMBER
• Under Tony Bennett, Virginia is 13-1 when scoring at least 70 points
• The Cavaliers are 4-16 over the past two seasons when scoring under 70 points
THEY CALL THEM FREE THROWS FOR A REASON
• Virginia went 11-11 from the free throw line at Stanford on Nov. 18
• It was the Cavaliers’ first perfect game from the line since Feb. 28, 2009 vs. Wake (8-8)
• Through three games, the Cavaliers are shooting 80.9% (38-47) from the line
• As of Thursday’s games (11/18), Virginia was one of just 24 teams nationally shooting
over 80.0% from the line as a team
LONG RANGE FIRING
• Virginia shot over 50% (52.2%, 12-23) from 3-point range against William & Mary
• It was UVa’s first game over 50% from behind the arc since going 7-12 last season against
Texas-Pan American
• 12 3-pointers were the most UVa has made since making 13 vs. Liberty in 2008-09
• Against W&M, Billy Baron had the highest Cavalier three-point shooting percentage
in a game (83.3 percent, 5-6) since Mamadi Diane (83.3 percent, 5-6) against Arizona on
November 12, 2006 (minimum of five attempts)
• The Cavaliers have made 26 3-pointers this season through three games (last year, UVa
didn’t make its 26th 3-pointer of the season until the sixth game of the season)
FIRST-YEARS SHINE IN DEBUT
• The Cavalier first-years made an impact in their collegiate debut against William & Mary
• Billy Baron, KT Harrell, Will Regan, Joe Harris, Akil Mitchell and Thomas Rogers combined
for 37 points and 10 rebounds against the Tribe
• It was the most points scored by Cavalier first-years in a season opener since 2003-
04 when the Cavalier freshmen combined for 40 points against Mt. St. Mary’s (Gary
Forbes-21, Donte Minter-12, J.R. Reynolds-7)
• Baron (19 pts) and Harrell (13) were the first Virginia freshman duo to score in double
figures in an opener since 2005-06 (Mamadi Diane 17, Lars Mikalauskas 14 vs. Liberty)
TAKING CARE OF THE BALL
• Virginia had just eight turnovers against William & Mary, the 16th time in 34 games
under Tony Bennett that UVa has had 10 or fewer turnovers
• Last season the Cavaliers ranked first in the ACC and 13th nationally in fewest turnovers
per game at 10.7
CAVALIERS 11TH IN ACC PRESEASON POLL
• Virginia was selected 11th in the preseason poll at ACC Operation Basketball
• Reigning NCAA Champion Duke was the preseason favorite, followed by Virginia Tech,
North Carolina, NC State, Florida State, Maryland, Clemson, Miami, Georgia Tech, Boston
College, Virginia and Wake Forest
‘HOOS BACK
• Six players return from last season’s team that went 15-16 (5-11 ACC)
• Mike Scott is UVa’s leading returning scorer (12.0 ppg) and rebounder (7.2 rbg)
• Sammy Zeglinski, UVa’s leader in assists (80), steals (38) and 3-point field goals (61) also returns
• All six returning players averaged over 12.0 minutes per game last season
