Michigan hosts No. 5 Virginia after Gardner's 26-point game

Virginia Cavaliers (5-0) at Michigan Wolverines (5-1)

Ann Arbor, Michigan; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Virginia visits the Michigan Wolverines after Jayden Gardner scored 26 points in Virginia's 72-45 victory over the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks.

The Wolverines have gone 3-0 in home games. Michigan averages 77.3 points while outscoring opponents by 7.3 points per game.

The Cavaliers are 0-0 on the road. Virginia is ninth in the ACC with 24.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Ben Vander Plas averaging 4.2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Hunter Dickinson is scoring 18.5 points per game with 9.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists for the Wolverines. Jett Howard is averaging 15.2 points and 2.0 rebounds while shooting 50.0% for Michigan.

Armaan Franklin is averaging 13.8 points for the Cavaliers. Gardner is averaging 11.4 points for Virginia.

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