Virginia returns to the friendly confines of the John Paul Jones Arena Saturday to play ACC foe Georgia Tech at Noon. Georgia Tech is 0-5 on the road this season, and Tech is 11-18 all-time in Charlottesville.
Georgia Tech has won 19 of the last 27 games against Virginia in the series. The Rambling Wreck is 11-6 against the Wahoos under embattled coach Paul Hewitt.
Glen Rice, Jr. has seven straight games in double figures, and in the last two games he is averaging 22.5 ppg. Rice has shot an incredible 72.7% from the field in those last two contests. Tech’s leading scorer is Iman Shumpert, and he has six games this season where he has scored more than 20 points including a 30 point game against the Tar Heels.
Virginia has lost three straight games, and comes into the contest with a 10-8 record, and they are 1-3 in ACC play.
Seven of Virginia’s 13 players are first years, and the young guns on Tony Bennett’s roster have struggled in ACC play. K.T. Harrell is shooting over 50% from the field, and he is averaging 10.2 ppg.
Prediction? Hoos 67 Rambling Wreck 77. Go Hoos!
