Duke Suffers Their Second Straight Loss On The Road As Virginia Knocks Them Off In Charlottesville

To begin the week Duke lost at Wake Forest 113-101. To end the week Duke lost yet again sending them to their second straight Atlantic Coast Conference loss.

This time to the defending national champions in Charlottesville.

- Vernon Carey Jr. notched his 14th double-double, but seventh-ranked Duke fell 52-50 in a back-and-forth affair at Virginia Saturday night. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-edged-in-charlottesville-52-50.aspx

Tre Jones tried an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer, but missed, allowing the surging Cavaliers to claim their sixth victory in a row and leap-frog the Blue Devils into third place in the ACC standings with a week left in the regular season. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-edged-in-charlottesville-52-50.aspx

While Duke lost their second straight game. Virginia who plays at a deliberate pace won their sixth straight game.

– Jay Huff (Durham, N.C.) had a double-double with 15 points and 10 blocks to lead No. 7 Virginia (21-7, 13-5 ACC) to a 52-50 win over No. 7 Duke (23-6, 13-5) on Saturday evening at John Paul Jones Arena. “according tohttps://virginiasports.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-virginia-knocks-off-no-7-duke-52-50.aspx
 
Three players finished in double-figures for the Cavaliers. Mamadi Diakite (Conakry, Guinea) and Braxton Key (Charlotte, N.C.) each added 14 points. Huff was one rebound shy of a triple-double, with nine boards.”according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-virginia-knocks-off-no-7-duke-52-50.aspx
 
Virginia out-shot Duke, .420-.305, on the night. UVA also won the battle on the boards (38-33) and in the paint (30-24).”according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-virginia-knocks-off-no-7-duke-52-50.aspx
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Virginia took the early lead 9-3 but Duke came back with a 15-4 run to lead 18-13 at the 8:37 mark in the first half. Virginia responded with an 8-0 run, with six of those coming from Huff. Duke scored the final four points of the first half to tie it 25-25 at the break. “according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-virginia-knocks-off-no-7-duke-52-50.aspx
 
Duke went on an 11-3 run to open the second half and take a 35-28 lead. Virginia slowly closed the gap and a layup from Key tied the game 39-39. The teams traded the lead six times down the stretch. Diakite and Kihei Clark (Woodland Hills, Calif.) each hit two free throws to give UVA a 47-45 lead with just over three minutes to play. Duke hit a three to go back in front and was up 50-49 with 1:01 remaining. Diakite made a layup to give UVA a 51-50 lead and Huff converted a free throw and then got the final rebound to secure the win.”according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2020/2/29/mens-basketball-virginia-knocks-off-no-7-duke-52-50.aspx

Duke will now prepare to finish the regular season in Durham. First up a rematch with the team located in North Carolina’s state capital on Monday night where Duke will look to erase that 22 point defeat in Raleigh earlier this month.