No. 13 Florida takes on Virginia, seeks 9th straight win

Virginia Cavaliers (5-2) at Florida Gators (8-0)

Gainesville, Florida; Wednesday, 7:15 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Florida seeks to keep its eight-game win streak going when the Gators take on Virginia.

The Gators have gone 4-0 at home. Florida averages 86.5 points and has outscored opponents by 22.0 points per game.

The Cavaliers play their first true road game after going 5-2 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to start the season. Virginia averages 62.1 points while outscoring opponents by 3.4 points per game.

Florida makes 46.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.2 percentage points higher than Virginia has allowed to its opponents (38.6%). Virginia averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 5.9 per game Florida gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Walter Clayton Jr. is shooting 37.1% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Gators, while averaging 17.4 points and 3.6 assists.

Isaac McKneely is scoring 13.3 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Cavaliers.

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

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