Virginia visits Clemson after McQueen's 26-point performance

Virginia Cavaliers (9-6, 1-2 ACC) at Clemson Tigers (10-5, 3-1 ACC)

Clemson, South Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Clemson hosts Virginia after Loyal McQueen scored 26 points in Clemson's 65-61 victory over the Stanford Cardinal.

The Tigers are 7-2 on their home court. Clemson is seventh in the ACC with 25.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Tessa Miller averaging 4.7.

The Cavaliers are 1-2 against ACC opponents. Virginia ranks third in the ACC with 27.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Latasha Lattimore averaging 6.0.

Clemson scores 69.8 points, 5.5 more per game than the 64.3 Virginia allows. Virginia averages 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 5.1 per game Clemson gives up.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: McQueen is scoring 14.5 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Tigers.

Kymora Johnson is averaging 17.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.8 steals for the Cavaliers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, averaging 66.2 points, 30.4 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 4.2 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.0 points per game.

Cavaliers: 5-5, averaging 67.9 points, 38.1 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.7 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 40.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.4 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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