No. 13 Virginia looks to snap 2-game skid, hosts Albany
No. 13 Virginia has had plenty of time to ponder its two-game losing streak as the Cavaliers 準備する to host Albany on Wednesday night in Charlottesville, Va.
The Cavaliers (8-2) reached No. 2 in the Associated 圧力（をかける） 最高の，を越す 25 before 苦しむing losses against 階級d 対抗者s Houston and Miami by a 連合させるd 10 points.
Virginia has been idle since the 66-64 road loss on Dec. 20 to the then-No. 22 ハリケーンs, who rose to No. 14 in the 最新の 投票 解放（する）d Monday.
That was the same night Albany (5-9) played its most 最近の game, an 83-78 勝利 on the road against Northern Illinois. The 広大な／多数の／重要な Danes have 補欠／交替の／交替するd 勝利，勝つs and losses in their last four contests.
支援する in 活動／戦闘 after the Christmas holiday, coach Tony Bennett's squad hopes to 回復する the form that saw the Cavaliers shoot 39.6 パーセント from 3-point 範囲 during their 8-0 start. They were 6 of 22 from behind the arc in a 69-61 loss to then-No. 5 Houston (now No. 3) on Dec. 17 and just 6 of 23 at Miami.
"We've got work to do," Bennett said. .".. We've dipped a little bit, and we've got to find a way to be as good as we can be, whatever that is."
Fifth-year 上級の Kihei Clark leads the Cavaliers with 11.5 points and 5.1 補助装置s per game. Jayden Gardner 普通の／平均（する）s 11.4 points and a team-high 5.9 回復するs. Three other players 普通の／平均（する） between 9.1 and 9.8 points per game.
Armaan Franklin leads UVA with 17 made 3-pointers, but he was 0-for-3 from long 範囲 and 0-for-7 from the field in the loss to the ハリケーンs.
This 示すs the final 非，不，無-会議／協議会 game for Virginia (1-1 in the 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会) before it dives 支援する into league play on Saturday at Georgia Tech.
The Cavaliers won t he only previous 会合 with Albany on March 16, 2007, in the NCAA Tournament. UVA 大勝するd the 広大な／多数の／重要な Danes 84-57 in a first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する game in Columbus, Ohio.
Unlike Virginia, Albany is coming off its best 業績／成果 of the season from long distance. The 広大な／多数の／重要な Danes drained a season-high 12 3-pointers in the 勝利，勝つ at Northern Illinois, paced by Gerald Drumgoole's 5-of-8 成果／努力 from 深い. He finished with 23 points and 11 回復するs.
"What I'm most proud of is our ability to 回復する the ball," second-year Albany coach Dwayne 殺人，大当りs said after his team won the 戦う／戦い of the boards against NIU, 38-30. "I think that when we've done that, we've proven to be a pretty good basketball team."
Drumgoole leads the 広大な／多数の／重要な Danes in 得点する／非難する／２０ing (14.3) and 階級s second in 回復するing (5.2), while Jonathan Beagle is No. 2 in 得点する／非難する／２０ing (11.4) and paces the squad on the boards (6.7).
Albany will open its America East 会議／協議会 schedule at home against New Hampshire on Saturday. The 広大な／多数の／重要な Danes, who made three straight NCAA tourneys from 2013-15, were 選ぶd to finish sixth in the AEC preseason 投票.
Albany is 2-7 on the road this season and Virginia is 5-1 at home.
--Field Level マスコミ
