UVA basketball blows Marshall away with 104-point output

The Virginia Cavaliers moved to 4-0 with a dominant offensive performance against the Marshall Thundering Herd on Saturday afternoon.

The Wahoos put up 104 points, the most the program has scored in a single game since November 16, 2008. The last time UVA hit the 100-point mark came against Marshall nearly seven years ago when the eventual 2018-19 national champions beat the same team, Marshall, 100-64 on New Year’s Eve Day.

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The story of the game was the production Virginia got from its starting backcourt of Malik Thomas and Dallin Hall. They each scored 18 points which marked a season-high total for both.

Hall was the most aggressive he’s been as a scorer in a Virginia uniform, taking six shots including four triples and shooting 5-for-6 from the field and 3-for-4 from deep. Hall got to the line on a few different occasions as well, making 5-for-6 at the charity stripe.

He was effective coming off ball screens and touching the paint while also capitalizing on ball movement by his teammates on the perimeter. He added three assists and just one turnover in his 33 minutes.

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Thomas, meanwhile, looked like the go-to scoring guard UVA fans were promised when he arrived in Charlottesville. He hit 7-of-9 shots and 4-of-5 three-point attempts. He started cooking early, scoring 13 points in a 2:56 stretch from the 16:50 until the 13:54 mark in the first half. The way Thomas hunted his shot at all three levels was exciting and displayed what sort of issues he can cause defenses when he’s in a groove.

Those two starting guards were electric and Virginia’s frontcourt continues to be practically unstoppable. Thijs de Ridder put up 23 points on 17 (!) shots. The offense consistently attacked Marshall’s zone defense by feeding De Ridder in the high post and letting him go to work.

De Ridder’s German teammate, Johann Gruenloh, was the fourth Wahoo to score at least 16 points. He filled the stat sheet with 16, seven rebounds, three blocks, and an assist. His…

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