Duke Suffers Second Straight Loss As They Lose At Home To Louisville

Earlier in the week Duke suffered a loss to Clemson on the road. To end the week Duke suffered a second straight loss. This time at home to Louisville.

- No. 3 Duke rallied from a 15-point deficit to tie the game late in the second half, but it ultimately wasn't enough in a 79-73 loss to No. 11 Louisville on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/1/18/mens-basketball-no-3-duke-falls-to-no-11-louisville-79-73.aspx

Freshman Cassius Stanley had season highs of 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Blue Devils (15-3, 5-2), who shot just 37% for the game and made only 6 of 25 3-pointers. The struggles included freshman big man Vernon Carey Jr. finishing with just 12 points after sitting a long stretch of the second half with four fouls.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/1/18/mens-basketball-no-3-duke-falls-to-no-11-louisville-79-73.aspx

While Duke suffered yet another loss in the Atlantic Coast Conference Louisville meanwhile avenged last seasons loss to Duke in the Bluegrass State.

Freshman David Johnson had a season-high 19 points and No. 11 Louisville hung on down the stretch to beat No. 3 Duke 79-73 on Saturday night in a key matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference's regular-season title chase.”according to https://gocards.com/news/2020/1/18/mens-basketball-no-11-10-louisville-upsets-no-3-duke-79-73.aspx

Malik Williams added two free throws with 16 seconds left and followed immediately with a transition dunk off a turnover, a sequence that all but sealed a grind-it-out win for the Cardinals in the Blue Devils' famously hostile home arena.”according to https://gocards.com/news/2020/1/18/mens-basketball-no-11-10-louisville-upsets-no-3-duke-79-73.aspx

By the end, the Cardinals (15-3, 6-1 ACC) had claimed the only regular-season meeting between the teams and put themselves in a tie with No. 9 Florida State atop the league standings. More impressively, the Cardinals won dehttps://gocards.com/news/2020/1/18/mens-basketball-no-11-10-louisville-upsets-no-3-duke-79-73.aspxspite league-leading scorer Jordan Nwora finishing with just six points on 3-for-12 shooting. “according to

Louisville shot 48% for the game, leading by as many as 15 in the first half and 10 at halftime.”according to https://gocards.com/news/2020/1/18/mens-basketball-no-11-10-louisville-upsets-no-3-duke-79-73.aspx

Duke will return to action on Tuesday night when they host Miami whom they stormed by earlier this season in Coral Gables. This time though they will be looking to snap their two game losing streak and avoid a third straight loss.