Skip to main content

Amanze and Virginia host Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Panthers (8-12, 1-6 ACC) at Virginia Cavaliers (13-5, 5-2 ACC)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Virginia faces Pittsburgh after Tabitha Amanze scored 20 points in Virginia’s 65-58 loss to the Duke Blue Devils.

The Cavaliers are 9-2 in home games. Virginia is third in the ACC in rebounding with 40.3 rebounds. Amanze paces the Cavaliers with 6.9 boards.

The Panthers have gone 1-6 against ACC opponents. Pittsburgh is 4-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 16.2 turnovers per game.

Virginia’s average of 6.7 made 3-pointers per game is 1.9 fewer made shots on average than the 8.6 per game Pittsburgh allows. Pittsburgh averages 62.4 points per game, 3.1 more than the 59.3 Virginia gives up to opponents.

The Cavaliers and Panthers face off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Amanze is averaging 10.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks for the Cavaliers. Kymora Johnson is averaging 2.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Fatima Diakhate is averaging 9.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks for the Panthers. Mikayla Johnson is averaging 14.0 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cavaliers: 7-3, averaging 73.2 points, 38.2 rebounds, 19.1 assists, 7.9 steals and 8.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.4 points per game.

Panthers: 2-8, averaging 61.7 points, 34.3 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 36.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.9 points.

___

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

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story