Cleveland leads Miami (FL) against Virginia

Virginia Cavaliers (9-11, 2-7 ACC) at Miami Hurricanes (4-16, 0-9 ACC)

Coral Gables, Florida; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Miami (FL) takes on Virginia after Matthew Cleveland scored 30 points in Miami (FL)’s 98-94 overtime loss to the California Golden Bears.

The Hurricanes have gone 4-7 in home games. Miami (FL) gives up 80.6 points to opponents and has been outscored by 4.9 points per game.

The Cavaliers have gone 2-7 against ACC opponents. Virginia has a 5-9 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

Miami (FL)’s average of 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season is the same per game average that Virginia allows. Virginia’s 43.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 6.5 percentage points lower than Miami (FL) has given up to its opponents (49.7%).

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Johnson is averaging 7.9 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Hurricanes. Austin Swartz is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Andrew Rohde is averaging 8.7 points and 3.6 assists for the Cavaliers. Elijah Saunders is averaging 13.6 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 48.9% over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hurricanes: 1-9, averaging 73.7 points, 28.7 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 6.2 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 87.7 points per game.

Cavaliers: 3-7, averaging 62.3 points, 25.6 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 5.4 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.7 points.

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

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