Virginia jumps out early, beats Texas 88-69

AUSTIN Texas AP Chance Mallory scored points and Virginia jumped out early and cruised past Texas - on Wednesday night in the ACC SEC Challenge Virginia had a double-digit lead from the -minute mark on and closed the first half on a - surge for a - advantage at the break Johann Grunloh scored and White made three s and scored all of his points in the first half for the Cavaliers who shot of and of from long range before halftime Virginia - had its largest lead - with remaining Grunloh finished with points for the Cavaliers Thijs De Ridder added points and Malik Thomas scored Virginia entered averaging a program-record -point attempts per championship The Cavaliers shot of from long range against the Longhorns with eight hitting at least one Dailyn Swain scored points grabbed rebounds and had four assists to lead Texas - Jordan Pope chipped in with points It was the first meeting between the teams Up next Virginia faces Dayton in Charlotte North Carolina on Saturday Texas hosts Southern on Monday Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source