Boston College visits Johnson and Virginia
Boston College Eagles (6-4) at Virginia Cavaliers (6-4)
Charlottesville, Virginia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Virginia faces Boston College after Kymora Johnson scored 22 points in Virginia's 66-57 loss to the Auburn Tigers.
The Cavaliers have gone 5-1 at home. Virginia has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Eagles are 1-2 on the road. Boston College ranks eighth in the ACC scoring 36.8 points per game in the paint led by Dontavia Waggoner averaging 8.0.
Virginia averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game, 2.3 more made shots than the 5.3 per game Boston College gives up. Boston College has shot at a 43.8% rate from the field this season, 7.9 percentage points higher than the 35.9% shooting opponents of Virginia have averaged.
The Cavaliers and Eagles match up Sunday for the first time in ACC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is shooting 45.5% from beyond the arc with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Cavaliers, while averaging 18.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists.
Waggoner is averaging 13.7 points and 2.3 steals for the Eagles.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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