Thijs De Ridder scored 20 points, Malik Thomas scored 12 and Virginia beat North Carolina Central 81-62 Friday night at John Paul Jones Arena.

Sam Lewis and reserve Ugonna Onyenso each scored 10 and Johan Grunloh tallied 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who owned a 48-34 rebounding advantage.

Gage Latimore scored 25 points and Khouri Carvey scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for NCCU (0-2).

UVA (2-0) built a 15-5 lead in the first five minutes and never trailed. Onyenso rebounded his own miss for a putback and made it 26-5 with 11:14 before halftime.

The Cavaliers led 42-25 at the half. Midway through the second half, De Ridder made a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 65-34 with 10:39 to go.

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