Virginia Basketball vs. Maryland Eastern Shore Game Preview, Score Prediction

Coming off of a giant weekend in Las Vegas wherein the Cavaliers earned two spectacular wins over Baylor and Illinois to clinch the Continental Tire Fundamental Occasion Championship, Virginia returns to Charlottesville now ranked No. 5 within the nation. Earlier than UVA heads again out on the highway for a marquee matchup at Michigan subsequent week, the Cavaliers get a tune-up recreation again at JPJ towards Maryland Japanese Shore. 

Learn on for a full preview of Virginia vs. Maryland Japanese Shore, together with particulars on the sport, an opponent scouting report, recreation notes, and a rating prediction. 

Sport Particulars

Who: Maryland Japanese Shore Hawks (2-3) at Virginia Cavaliers (4-0)

When: Friday, November twenty fifth at 6pm ET

The place: John Paul Jones Area in Charlottesville, Virginia

Methods to watch: ACC Community

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All-time collection: Virginia leads 2-0

Final assembly: Virginia defeated Maryland Japanese Shore 69-42 in Charlottesville on December twenty seventh, 2011. Mike Scott led UVA with 17 factors. 

Opponent Scouting Report: Maryland Japanese Shore

2021-2022: 11-16, 5-11 MEAC

2022-2023: 2-3
Wins: vs. Bryn Athyn 90-43, vs. Marist 70-59
Losses: at Outdated Dominion 65-84, at Charlotte 47-80, at George Washington 64-69

Maryland Japanese Shore (UMES) remains to be looking for its first NCAA Match look in program historical past. The Hawks’ newest run at altering that has not gotten off to the perfect begin. To this point, they’re 2-3, with each of their wins coming at house and all three of their losses approaching the highway. We have not gotten a superb probability to see how they’d fare towards prime competitors as that is the primary of simply two video games the Hawks will play towards a serious convention opponent this season. UMES may even play at Duke on December tenth. 

The Hawks misplaced at Outdated Dominion by 19 and suffered a 33-point loss to former UVA assistant Ron Sanchez’s Charlotte 49ers in a recreation wherein Virginia switch Igor Milicic Jr. had 13 factors. UMES has performed higher in its final two video games although, dropping a decent 69-64 contest at George Washington final Friday after which defeating Marist 70-59 on Tuesday. 

The Hawks are aggressive on the defensive finish, averaging 10.4 steals per recreation and scoring a mean of 16.8 factors off of turnovers. Perimeter protection is unquestionably a power of the Hawks, given their steals numbers and the truth that their opponents are capturing simply 26.7% from three thus far this season. We’ll see if that holds up towards the hot-shooting Hoos, at the moment capturing 46.9% from past the arc. Maryland Japanese Shore’s capturing numbers do not leap off the web page – 34.5% from three and 40.1% from the ground – however there are a variety of proficient shot-makers on the UMES roster, which is loaded with veteran guards. 

UMES scores principally by committee on the offensive finish with 5 gamers who common between 7 and 13 factors per recreation. 6’3″ graduate guard Zion Kinds leads the way in which with a mean of 12.8 factors per recreation and a blistering 57.1% three-point share. He ought to make one other stable check for Reece Beekman on his marketing campaign as the perfect defender within the nation. 

One other veteran guard, 6’5″ senior Phillip Da’Shawn averages 11.0 factors per recreation and is capturing 45.0% from three on 4.0 makes an attempt per recreation. He has scored in double figures in three-straight video games and can probably draw Armaan Franklin on protection. 

6’5″ ahead Nathaniel Pollard is the crew’s greatest rebounder, averaging 7.6 rebounds per recreation and 9.8 factors per recreation. UMES doesn’t have a single participant on the roster taller than 6’8″, so search for Kadin Shedrick to probably have a possibility to dominate on the inside and on the glass. With UMES probably going small for many of the recreation, count on to see Virginia use loads of the Kihei Clark-Reece Beekman-Armaan Franklin-Jayden Gardner-Ben Vander Plas lineup that helped seal the win over Illinois on Sunday. 

Sport Notes

• Virginia is 2-0 all-time towards Maryland Japanese Shore, together with a 104-63 win in 2006 and a 69-42 victory in 2011
• That is the second Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention (MEAC) opponent Virginia has confronted this season – UVA opened the season towards NC Central
• UVA is 20-0 all-time towards groups which are at the moment members of the MEAC, together with a 14-0 document underneath Tony Bennett
• Virginia picked up back-to-back ranked wins (vs. Baylor and Illinois) final weekend for the primary time since 2020
• Now ranked No. 5 within the AP ballot, UVA is ranked within the prime 5 for the primary time since beginning the 2020-2021 season No. 4
• Virginia’s 4-0 begin to the season is this system’s greatest since beginning the 2019-2020 season 7-0
• The Cavaliers rank No. 1 in all of school basketball in free throws tried per recreation (30.5) and free throws made (22.5)
• UVA is fifth within the nation in three-point capturing with a share of 46.9%

Prediction

This matchup towards Maryland Japanese Shore might be seen as a lure recreation with notable video games towards Michigan, Florida State, JMU, and Houston forward on Virginia’s schedule. However, I do not see Tony Bennett letting his Cavaliers underestimate any crew, a lot much less a small basketball program from Maryland. Virginia takes care of enterprise to maneuver to 5-0 on the season.

Rating prediction: Maryland Japanese Shore 55, Virginia 75

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