CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thijs De Ridder scored 23 points, Dallin Hall and Malik Thomas each added 18 and Virginia used 61 first-half points to cruise past Marshall 104-78 on Saturday.

Virginia (4-0), which entered having scored 80-plus points in its first three games for the first time since 2006, scored 100 points for the first time since the 2018-19 season — also against Marshall. Ryan Odom joined Henry Lannigan as the only coaches in program history to start a tenure 4-0.

Thomas, a San Francisco transfer, scored 16 points in the first half on 6-of-7 shooting to help Virginia build a 61-33 lead. The Cavaliers had an early 11-0 run and a late 16-0 spurt to go ahead 53-21 — their largest lead of the game.

Virginia’s second-half lead never dropped below 18 points.

Thomas went 4 of 5

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