By Scott Ratcliffe

Virginia turned Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion into its own personal shooting gallery on Wednesday night, blasting the home team with an offensive barrage in a 94-68, wire-to-wire thumping in Atlanta.

The 14th-ranked Cavaliers (23-3, 11-2 ACC) have won eight road games in a row, and did it by knocking down 14 3-pointers — 10 of them by halftime — and dominating several other stat categories.

UVA shot 46 percent from the field (36 for 79) and 38 percent from long distance (14 of 37), including a 28-19 advantage in points in transition, and scored 16 points off of 16 GT turnovers en route to posting a season-long, seven-game winning streak.

First-year forward Thijs De Ridder had another huge night, pouring in a game-high 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting, while Malik Thomas sank 5 triples and finished with 17 points.

Dallin Hall was one of three Hoos in double figures by halftime, and the veteran floor general recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 assists. The 7-foot duo of Johann Grünloh (11 points, 6 rebounds) and Ugonna Onyenso (6 points, 9 rebounds) combined for 8 of the team’s 9 blocks, as they both registered 4 blocks.

The Cavaliers have won 21 of the last 24 against Tech, and it was the program’s sixth consecutive win at McCamish. The Jackets’ last home win against UVA came just over a decade ago (Jan. 2016).

Virginia is also now 11-2 away from home, including 8-1 in true road games. Four of the team’s last five regular-season games will be played in Charlottesville (Miami, NC State, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech).

Conversely, the cellar-dwelling Yellow Jackets (11-16, 2-2) saw their losing streak hit eight straight, and have dropped 11 of their last 12 overall. It’s the longest skid under head coach Damon Stoudamire.

The Wahoos wasted no time Wednesday, grabbing a 14-3 lead by the game’s first timeout at the 16:02 mark, as Thomas nailed his second 3-ball of the game to close a 9-0 run.

Virginia added unanswered scoring spurts of 13-0 and 12-0 in the opening half, leading 59-27 at the break. The lead grew to as much as 35 in the half, which is the largest scoring margin in any ACC game in 2025-26.

Tech big man Baye Ndongo, who had two big games against Virginia last season, was whistled for his second foul at the 17:03 mark of the half, then picked up his third with 4:18 until halftime, as he only played 11 minutes in the half (0 for 1 FG, 0 points).

After hitting 10 of 18 from downtown in the first half, UVA picked up right where it left off as Thomas sank two more from 3-point land in the first two minutes out of the locker room, the latter giving the Hoos their biggest lead of the night, 67-29.

Leading by 33, De Ridder put on his own mini-run, scoring nine straight points to push the lopsided margin to 80-43 midway through the second half. He started it off with a 3-pointer in transition, then stole a Tech inbounds pass for a coast-to-coast slam, then recorded another steal and dunk for his 19th and 20th points of the night. His 3 steals marked a career high.

The only real lowlight of the evening came with 11:41 remaining, when Devin Tillis went to the floor with a knee injury and did not return. He finished with 6 points on a pair of 3-pointers. Coach Ryan Odom didn’t provide any updates in his postgame comments.

Odom was able to empty his bench, as Elijah Gertrude made the most of his minutes, nabbing a steal in the closing minutes and exploding to the rack for an emphatic, exclamation-point dunk.

The Cavaliers scored 40 points in the paint, won the rebounding contest, 51-34, snagging 20 offensive rebounds and turning those into 21 second-chance points. The “Bench Mob” outscored the Jackets’ reserves by a 19-4 margin.

Chance Mallory posted 6 points (2 for 5 from beyond the arc), 7 rebounds, 5 assists and a pair of steals. Sam Lewis and Jacari White combined to shoot just 1 of 8 from deep and finished with 6 and 5 points, respectively.

The Jackets went 24 for 64 from the field (38 percent) and 4 of 19 from downtown (21 percent). Jaeden Mustaf matched a career high with 18 points to lead the way, while Ndongo wound up with 13 points and 8 boards in 25 minutes. Kowacie Reeves Jr. added a dozen points in the loss.

Team Notes

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

• No. 14 Virginia improved to 23-3, 11-2 ACC
• UVA has a seven-game win streak and eight-game road win streak
• Ryan Odom’s 23 wins are the most for a first-year head coach at UVA
• UVA is 11-2 away from home, including an 8-1 mark in true road games
• UVA has scored 80 or more points in 16 games (most since 21 in 2000-01)
• UVA is 62-3 when scoring 80 or more points (14-2 in 2025-26) since 2009-10
• Virginia is 6-0 when scoring 90 or more points (9-0 since 2009-10)
• UVA (14 3-pointers) extended its school record of making 10 or more 3-pointers to 16 games
• UVA drilled 10 3-pointers in the first half and led 59-27
• UVA’s 59 first half points marked a season high in ACC play
• UVA’s 59 first half points were its most in ACC play since 59 vs. Duke on Feb. 5, 1983
• UVA led by 30 or more points at the half for the first time since leading North Carolina A&T 49-19 on Nov. 14, 2023
• UVA won the rebound battle, 51-34
• UVA jumped to a 27-5 lead, which included a 22-2 run, and never trailed in the game

Series Notes

• Virginia is 51-41 all-time vs. Georgia Tech, including an 18-24 mark in Atlanta, in a series that dates to 1947-48
• UVA has a six-game win streak against the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta
• UVA’s 94 points were its most vs. Georgia Tech since scoring 96 in an ACC Tournament win on March 12, 1983, and second most in series history
• Georgia Tech’s last win vs. the Cavaliers in Atlanta was a 68-64 victory on Jan. 9, 2016
• Virginia is 21-3 in its last 24 games against Georgia Tech

Player Notes

• Double Figure Scorers: Thijs De Ridder (22), Malik Thomas (17), Dallin Hall (12), Johann Grünloh (11)
• De Ridder recorded his 11th 20-point game
• De Ridder had a season-high three steals
• De Ridder has reached double figures in 19 games
• Thomas has reached double figures in 18 games (73 career)
• Hall has reached double figures in four games (38 career)
• Hall added a season-high 10 assists for his first career double-double
• Grünloh has reached double figures in seven games
• Ugonna Onyenso (4 blocks) has multiple blocks in 17 games
• Onyenso ranks seventh on UVA’s single-season blocks list with 69
• Johann Grünloh (4 blocks) has multiple blocks in 15 games
• UVA started Hall, De Ridder, Grünloh, Thomas and Sam Lewis for the 24th game

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Legendary former UVA head coach Tony Bennett will be honored in a court-naming ceremony before tipoff of Saturday’s game against third-place Miami at John Paul Jones Arena (2 p.m., ESPN2).

This Week’s ACC Scoreboard

Monday
Duke 101, Syracuse 64

Tuesday
Florida State 80, Boston College 72
NC State 82, North Carolina 58
SMU 95, Louisville 85
Miami 67, Virginia Tech 66

Wednesday
Virginia 94, Georgia Tech 68
Wake Forest 85, Clemson 77

Saturday
Miami at Virginia, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech, Noon (ACCN)
Florida State at Clemson, Noon (The CW)
North Carolina at Syracuse, 1 p.m. (ABC)
Notre Dame at Pitt, 2 p.m. (ACCN)
Georgia Tech at Louisville, 2:15 p.m. (The CW)
Boston College at SMU, 4 p.m. (ACCN)
Stanford at California, 6 p.m. (ACCN)
Michigan vs. Duke, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)***
*** — Washington, D.C.