Virginia Cavaliers and the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons square off in Niceville, Florida

Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (3-3) vs. Virginia Cavaliers (5-1)

Niceville, Florida; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Purdue Fort Wayne and Virginia square off in Niceville, Florida.

The Cavaliers are 5-1 in non-conference play. Virginia leads college basketball allowing just 45.5 points per game while holding opponents to 31.4% shooting.

The Mastodons have a 3-3 record against non-conference oppponents. Purdue Fort Wayne is 1-1 in one-possession games.

Virginia’s average of 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.3 more made shots on average than the 6.0 per game Purdue Fort Wayne allows. Purdue Fort Wayne has shot at a 43.2% rate from the field this season, 11.8 percentage points above the 31.4% shooting opponents of Virginia have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kymora Johnson averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Cavaliers, scoring 15.5 points while shooting 32.0% from beyond the arc. Tabitha Amanze is shooting 51.1% and averaging 9.7 points.

Rylee Bess is shooting 53.8% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Mastodons, while averaging 8.7 points and 1.7 steals. Alana Nelson is averaging 12.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.