Virginia faces North Carolina Central after De Ridder's 21-point performance

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North Carolina Central Eagles (0-1) at Virginia Cavaliers (1-0)

Charlottesville, Virginia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cavaliers -32.5; over/under is 153.5

BOTTOM LINE: Virginia takes on North Carolina Central after Thijs De Ridder scored 21 points in Virginia's 87-53 win over the Rider Broncs.

Virginia went 10-7 at home a season ago while going 15-17 overall. The Cavaliers averaged 64.8 points per game while shooting 44.6% from the field and 37.5% from deep last season.

North Carolina Central finished 2-13 on the road and 14-19 overall last season. The Eagles averaged 15.8 assists per game on 27.7 made field goals last season.

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