Overview
- Virginia improved to 25-3 overall and 13-2 in the ACC and now visits No. 1 Duke on Saturday with the league lead in play.
- Five Cavaliers scored in double figures, led by Thijs De Ridder’s 19 points, as Virginia hit 12 of 26 from three.
- Virginia piled up 12 blocks, including a career-high eight from freshman Johann Grunloh, and owned a 32–5 bench-points edge.
- NC State never found rhythm, shooting 18.2% in the first half, with Paul McNeil Jr. finishing with 22 points in the loss.
- A second-half scuffle led to NC State’s Scottie Ebube being ejected for leaving the bench, and De Ridder later exited with a late-game limp that will be monitored.