Duke And Virginia Tech Look To Rebound In Durham
Duke who is ranked sixth in this weeks AP Top 25 poll suffered a horrific loss to the team located in North Carolina’s state capital earlier this week while Virginia Tech who is unranked also lost their previous game earlier this week to Miami.
The difference? Duke lost on the road while Virginia Tech lost at home in Blacksburg.
On Saturday both Duke and Virginia Tech will look to rebound from their losses as Duke will host Virginia Tech for the rematch .
Duke won the first meeting of the regular season in Blacksburg seventy six days ago.
In that game.
Tre Jones scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half as Duke rallied to beat the Hokies 77-63 Friday night. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/12/6/second-half-pushes-no-10-duke-past-virginia-tech-77-63.aspx
Freshmen Vernon Carey Jr. and Wendell Moore Jr. added 12 points each for the Blue Devils (9-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who had lost three in a row in Cassell Coliseum. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/12/6/second-half-pushes-no-10-duke-past-virginia-tech-77-63.aspx
Duke comes into the game with a record of 22-4 while they’re 12-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and second in the standings behind Louisville while Virginia Tech comes into the game with a record of 15-11 while they’re 6-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference eleventh in the standings behind Boston College. “according to http://www.theacc.com/standings.aspx?standings=40
As for Duke’s previous game,
They lost at NC State.
- Vernon Carey Jr. scored 27 points and posted his 13th double-double, but sixth-ranked Duke was unable to stop North Carolina State in an 88-66 loss on Wednesday night.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/20/mens-basketball-no-6-duke-falls-at-nc-state-88-66.aspx
Duke shot 38% and struggled both at the line and from the arc. The Blue Devils made just 4 of 17 3-pointers and 10 of 22 free throws. “according to
https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/20/mens-basketball-no-6-duke-falls-at-nc-state-88-66.aspx
Like Duke,
Virginia Tech lost their previous game as they lost to Miami in Blacksburg.
– Tyrece Radford scored a career-high 26 points, but Miami made the key plays in the third overtime and knocked off the Hokies in a wild 102-95 triple-overtime game played Wednesday night at Carilion Clinic Court. “according to https://hokiesports.com/news/2020/2/20/mens-basketball-hokies-fall-in-triple-overtime-to-miami.aspx
With both Duke and Virginia Tech coming off losses last time out and looking to rebound I ask this ? Which team will execute their game plan to get back in the win column?
Tip-off is set for 8:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN2.