Gardner and No. 3 Virginia host Michigan
Virginia Cavaliers (5-0) at Michigan Wolverines (5-1)
Ann Arbor, Michigan; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Michigan -4; over/under is 130.5
BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 Virginia visits the Michigan Wolverines after Jayden Gardner scored 26 points in Virginia's 72-45 victory against the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks.
The Wolverines are 3-0 on their home court. Michigan leads the Big Ten with 28.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Hunter Dickinson averaging 7.2.
The Cavaliers are 0-0 in road games. Virginia is fourth in the ACC scoring 78.0 points per game and is shooting 49.8%.
TOP PERFORMERS: Dickinson is scoring 18.5 points per game and averaging 9.5 rebounds for the Wolverines. Jett Howard is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers for Michigan.
Armaan Franklin is scoring 13.8 points per game and averaging 4.0 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Gardner is averaging 11.4 points and 5.0 rebounds for Virginia.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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