CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2013\u00a0Virginia (5-1) hosts Queens (3-4) in non-conference action on Friday, Nov. 28. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is slated for 4 p.m. on ACC Network Extra and Virginia Sports Radio Network.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Single-game, group and mini-plan tickets are on sale at uvatix.com<\/a>. The four-game mini-plan features the choice of Maryland or North Carolina, one of Syracuse, Miami, or Virginia Tech, and two additional games of the fan\u2019s choice.
\u2022 The six-game mini-plan features the choice of Maryland or North Carolina, one of Syracuse, Miami, or Virginia Tech, and four additional games of the fan\u2019s choice.
\u2022 The Landing, UVA\u2019s premium group space in JPJ Arena, is available to reserve for home games during the 2025-26 season. Please contact the ticket sales team at (434) 924-8821 for more information.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Virginia meets Queens for the first time.
\u2022 UVA\u2019s Chance Mallory<\/a> and Queens\u2019 Danzelle Bullock Coles were teammates at St. Anne\u2019s-Belfield School from 2023-25.
\u2022 UVA scored 80+ points in its first five games for the first time since in school history.
\u2022 UVA ranks fourth nationally in blocks (8.0 bpg), highlighted by Ugonna Onyenso<\/a>\u2019s eight-block effort vs. Butler and Johann Gr\u00fcnloh<\/a>\u2019s seven-block effort vs. NC Central.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Virginia-Queens game will be streamed on ACC Network Extra via ESPN.com\/watch
\u2022 The game will also be broadcast on Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
\u2022 Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ryan Odom<\/a> was named the University of Virginia\u2019s Dean and Markel Families Men\u2019s Head Basketball Coach on March 22.
\u2022 He spent the last two seasons at VCU, leading the Rams to a 52-21 record and 2025 NCAA Tournament berth.
\u2022 VCU won the 2025 Atlantic-10 Tournament and shared the A-10 regular-season championship.
\u2022 UVA is Odom\u2019s fifth stint as a collegiate head coach. In 12 seasons, he has compiled a record of 224-127, including stops at Utah State (2021-23), UMBC (2017-2021), Lenoir-Rhyne (2016), Charlotte (2015, interim).
\u2022 Odom led UMBC, Utah State and VCU to the NCAA Tournament during his second season at those schools.
\u2022 Odom coached UMBC to an upset against Virginia in 2018 NCAA Tournament, marking the first time a No. 16 seed defeated a No. 1 seed in the event\u2019s history.
\u2022 Odom is the first UVA coach to start his tenure 5-0, surpassing the Cavaliers\u2019 first coach Henry Lannigan who started 4-0 in 1905-06.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Finley Bizjack scored 25 points and Michael Ajayi added 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead Butler to an 80-73 win over Virginia at the Skechers Greenbrier Tip-Off on Nov. 23.
\u2022 Malik Thomas<\/a> led UVA with 24 points and Jacari White<\/a> chipped in 14 in the Cavaliers\u2019 first loss.
\u2022 Ugonna Onyenso<\/a> added eight blocks and seven rebounds.
\u2022 Butler shot 48.2 percent and out-rebounded UVA 43-39.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Virginia Standard is to pursue excellence and is built on the six pillars of humility, passion, unity, servanthood, thankfulness and accountability,
\u2022 We play with pace, share the basketball and our defensive style is to dictate and disrupt.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The 2025-26 roster is highlighted by 12 newcomers, including Dallin Hall<\/a> (BYU), Malik Thomas<\/a> (San Francisco), Devin Tillis<\/a> (UC Irvine), Jacari White<\/a> (North Dakota State), Ugonna Onyenso<\/a> (Kansas State), Sam Lewis<\/a> (Toledo) and Martin Carrere<\/a> (VCU).
\u2022 UVA added European imports Thijs De Ridder<\/a> (Bilbao Basket), Johann Gr\u00fcnloh<\/a> (RASTA Vechta) and true freshmen Silas Barksdale<\/a> (Woodside High School), Chance Mallory<\/a> (St. Anne\u2019s Belfield) and Owen Odom<\/a> (Collegiate School).
Redshirt sophomores Elijah Gertrude<\/a>, Carter Lang<\/a> and Desmond Roberts<\/a> are the lone returners from last year\u2019s team.
\u2022 UVA returned four points (all from Roberts) from 2024-25.
\u2022 De Ridder leads three players averaging double figures at 17.5 ppg, followed by Thomas (14.3 ppg) and Mallory (11.3 ppg).
\u2022 Gr\u00fcnloh leads the team in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and blocks (3.5 bpg), while Hall has a team-best 3.8 assists per game.
\u2022 UVA is averaging 86.5 points per game and limiting its opponents to 67.3 ppg.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Newcomers Johann Gr\u00fcnloh<\/a> and Ugonna Onyenso<\/a> provided elite rim protection for UVA.
\u2022 Gr\u00fcnloh ranks fifth nationally with 3.5 blocks per game, while Onyenso is seventh at 3.0 bpg.
\u2022 Onyenso and Gr\u00fcnloh each had four blocks against Hampton, marking the first time since Dec. 22, 1998, a pair of UVA teammates each had four or more blocks (Kris Hunter<\/a> 5, Chris Williams<\/a> 4).
\u2022 Gr\u00fcnloh\u2019s seven blocks vs. NC Central were most by a Cavalier freshman since Jason Clark<\/a>\u2019s eight vs. VMI on Jan. 24, 2002.
\u2022 Onyenso\u2019s eight blocks vs. Butler were the most by a Cavalier since Jay Huff<\/a>\u2019s 10 vs. Duke on Feb. 29, 2020.
\u2022 Gr\u00fcnloh has two or more blocks in each game, while Onyenso has multiple blocks in four games.<\/p>\n
\u2022 UVA ranks second nationally in offensive rebounds (18.2 rpg), 17th in rebounds (46.3 rpg) and 18th in rebound margin (13).
\u2022 UVA is 4-0 when out-rebounding its opponent.
\u2022 The Cavaliers have 49 or more rebounds in four games, outrebounding Hampton (49-25), NCCU (48-34), Rider (49-32), Marshall (38-35) and Northwestern (49-25).
\u2022 UVA has 20 or more offensive rebounds in three games, including 20 or more in back-to-back games (Rider and NCCU) for the first time since November of 2007 (25 at Penn and 20 against Seton Hall).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Virginia is averaging a school-record 27.8 3-point attempts per game, surpassing 22.7 in 2007-08.
\u2022 UVA attempted 30 or more 3-pointers in back-to-back games (Rider and NCCU) for the first time since March of 2021 (Syracuse and Ohio).
\u2022 UVA\u2019s 36 3-point attempts vs. NC Central were its most since 38 against Virginia Tech on Feb. 10, 2018.
\u2022 UVA is shooting 34.7 percent (58 of 167) from 3-point range.
\u2022 Jacari White<\/a> leads the team with 13 3-pointers each, while Malik Thomas<\/a> has 12 3-pointers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Virginia travels to Texas for an SEC\/ACC Challenge contest on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Tipoff at Moody Center is set for 9:15 p.m. on ESPNU and Virginia Sports Radio Network.<\/p>\n