Freshman Thijs De Ridder scored 20 points and Virginia cruised to an 81-62 victory against North Carolina Central on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va.

The Cavaliers (2-0) shot 38.9% (14 of 36) from 3-point range and generated clear advantages in rebounding (48-34) and bench points (32-7). Virginia finished with 22 assists on 28 made field goals.

De Ridder, who scored 21 in Monday's season-opening win against Rider, hit 3 of 4 shots from behind the arc. Malik Thomas added 12 points, Sam Lewis and Ugonna Onyenso each scored 10 and Johann Grunloh grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked seven shots.

Gage Lattimore scored 22 points to lead NC Central (0-2). He was 5 of 6 from 3-point range, but the rest of the Eagles were a combined 1 of 7. Khouri Carvey added 18 points and 11 rebounds.

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