Dai Dai Ames leads Cal against former team Virginia in a key ACC game.

Dai Dai Ames, now a 17.6-point-per-game junior at Cal, returns to face Virginia, the team he played for last season, in a 9 p.m. ET ACC matchup. Ames scored 23 points, including a game-winning four-point play with five seconds left in Cal’s 72-71 win over Notre Dame, sparking an ACC reprimand of the Fighting Irish’s coach. Cal (13-2, 1-1 ACC) has won 10 of its last 11 games and recorded a season-low three turnovers. Virginia (12-2, 1-1 ACC) earned a 76-61 road win at NC State, led by Sam Lewis’s 23 points, and remains undefeated at home. The Cavaliers, averaging 86.2 points per game, have seven different scoring leaders this season. Cal hosts Virginia Tech Saturday, while Virginia hosts Stanford.