Malik Thomas' 23 points and Thijs De Ridder's 17 lead No. 16 Virginia past SMU 72-68

— Malik Thomas had a game-high 23 points and a career-best 11 rebounds and Thijs De Ridder added 17 points, including seven of No. 16 Virginia’s eight points in the final 2½ minutes, as the Cavaliers hung on to beat SMU 72-68 in an Atlantic Coast...
Jan 17, 2026, 07:39 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--UVA
0%
--SMU

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 6-foot jumper
  • Thijs De Ridder misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Thijs De Ridder makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • B.J. Edwards makes 13-foot floating jump shot
  • Johann Grunloh misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • B.J. Edwards makes 23-foot three point jumper (Samet Yigitoglu assists)
  • Johann Grunloh misses 7-foot floating jump shot
  • Malik Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Thomas misses driving layup
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Malik Thomas makes 22-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes 8-foot hook shot (B.J. Edwards assists)
  • Sam Lewis misses 15-foot jumper
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes 10-foot hook shot (B.J. Edwards assists)
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaden Toombs misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Chance Mallory misses 13-foot floating jump shot
  • Ugonna Onyenso makes 0-foot tip in dunk
  • Boopie Miller makes 17-foot jumper
  • Boopie Miller makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jacari White makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ugonna Onyenso assists)
  • B.J. Edwards makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot (Boopie Miller assists)
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 17-foot jumper
  • Dallin Hall misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Boopie Miller makes driving layup
  • B.J. Davis-Ray makes 11-foot jumper (Boopie Miller assists)
  • Johann Grunloh makes layup (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Jermaine O'Neal Jr. misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Sam Lewis misses 11-foot jumper
  • B.J. Davis-Ray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Boopie Miller assists)
  • Malik Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses layup
  • Corey Washington misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Corey Washington makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Corey Washington makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Thijs De Ridder makes 11-foot jumper (Chance Mallory assists)
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses 11-foot hook shot
  • Ugonna Onyenso makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chance Mallory assists)
  • B.J. Edwards misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 11-foot jumper
  • Jaden Toombs misses 6-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Boopie Miller misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Thijs De Ridder misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jaden Toombs misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Ugonna Onyenso makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Chance Mallory assists)
  • Boopie Miller misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Malik Thomas misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Thijs De Ridder misses layup
  • Sam Lewis misses driving layup
  • Jaden Toombs misses 10-foot hook shot
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 11-foot hook shot
  • Malik Thomas makes 22-foot three point jumper (Devin Tillis assists)
  • Johann Grunloh misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dallin Hall misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Tillis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Boopie Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Thomas makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • B.J. Edwards makes 22-foot three point jumper (B.J. Davis-Ray assists)
  • Dallin Hall misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Tillis makes 22-foot three point jumper (Malik Thomas assists)
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses layup
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Thijs De Ridder makes 9-foot jumper (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Mitchell Holmes makes layup (B.J. Edwards assists)
  • Thijs De Ridder misses driving layup
  • Jermaine O'Neal Jr. makes driving layup
  • Dallin Hall misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
  • Malik Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Lewis assists)
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Sam Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Boopie Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Boopie Miller makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malik Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Johann Grunloh misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Dallin Hall misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Thomas misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Sam Lewis makes driving layup
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 12-foot jumper
  • Thijs De Ridder misses layup
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses layup
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Thijs De Ridder makes layup (Jacari White assists)
  • Boopie Miller makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes 6-foot hook shot (B.J. Edwards assists)
  • Thijs De Ridder misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dallin Hall misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (B.J. Edwards assists)
  • Devin Tillis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Jermaine O'Neal Jr. makes 14-foot jumper (Jaden Toombs assists)
  • Malik Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Tillis misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jaden Toombs misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Tillis misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Lewis makes driving layup
  • Boopie Miller misses 10-foot jumper
  • Boopie Miller misses 8-foot jumper
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Malik Thomas misses 11-foot floating jump shot
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • B.J. Edwards misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Jaden Toombs makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Ugonna Onyenso makes layup (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Boopie Miller misses 13-foot jumper
  • Corey Washington makes layup
  • Ugonna Onyenso misses alley oop dunk
  • Devin Tillis makes layup (Dallin Hall assists)
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses driving layup
  • Malik Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Malik Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses layup
  • Chance Mallory misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Dallin Hall misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Chance Mallory makes layup
  • B.J. Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaron Pierre Jr. assists)
  • B.J. Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes driving layup
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Malik Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Malik Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • B.J. Edwards misses driving layup
  • Samet Yigitoglu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Samet Yigitoglu misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Thijs De Ridder makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chance Mallory assists)
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses driving layup
  • Thijs De Ridder misses layup
  • Boopie Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Boopie Miller misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Chance Mallory makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chance Mallory misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Boopie Miller makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Boopie Miller misses layup
  • Jaron Pierre Jr. misses 11-foot jumper
  • Dallin Hall misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Thijs De Ridder makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Boopie Miller misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
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