Virginia has not trailed through three games this season heading into Saturday afternoon’s contest against unbeaten Marshall in Charlottesville, Va.The Cavaliers (3-0) are looking to finish their four-game homestand unblemished, while the Thundering Herd (3-0) are seeking their first 4-0 start since 2020-21. Both teams are averaging exactly 86.3 points per game.Virginia’s latest wire-to-wire win was a 91-53 victory against Hampton on Tuesday night, its most points since beating Marshall 100-64 in the schools’ most recent meeting on Dec. 31, 2018.Six Cavaliers are scoring in double figures in the early going for first-year coach Ryan Odom, led by freshmen Thijs De Ridder (15.3 points per game) and Chance Mallory (12.0).Senior 7-footer Ugonna Onyenso, who played at Kentucky (2022-24) and Kansas State (2024-25), fueled the victory against Hampton with 18 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks in just 18 minutes off the bench. He was 8 of 10 from the field, including the first two 3-pointers of his career.”Once we began to work with him and we got in the gym with him, then it became apparent that he’s more than just a shot-blocker,” Odom said after the game. “And I think certainly that was evidenced tonight. He really played big for us.”
