As Duke, Florida State Played Their Rematch Saturday Duke Was At Full Strength, Florida State Wasn't Because Players Were Out Because Of Injury. As A Result Duke, Florida State Split Regular Season

As Duke, Florida State played their rematch Saturday Duke was at full strength, Florida State wasn’t because players were out because of injury.

The players who were out for Florida State included senior guards RayQuan Evans, Anthony Polite , sophomore guard Caleb Mills , senior forward Malik Osborne, junior center Raheem McLeod.

“according to an article by Stephen Wiseman on newsobserver.com”

Though ,Florida State, Duke have both had issues with injury during their regular season games this season against one another as Trevor Keels who is a guard left Duke’s 78-79 loss to Florida State in overtime in Tallahassee on January 18, 2022 because Trevor Keels injured his calf of his right leg.

With 10:11 to go in regulation Trevor Keels right leg twisted awkwardly in a pileup of players after he fouled Jalen Warley who like Trevor Keels is a guard and wears number 1 just like Trevor Keels. Trevor Keels was helped off the hardwood by Mike Krzyzewski , trainer Jose Fonseca before being taken back to the Duke locker room and did not return to the game.

In the rematch with Florida State Saturday in Durham though Trevor Keels was back on the court where he played 34 minutes was 5-11 on field goals 3-8 from three point range while collecting 4 rebounds dishing out 8 assists while contributing 13 points to Duke’s 88-70 win over Florida State in the rematch. Though, Trevor Keels wasn’t the only one to contribute to the scoring cause to the win for Duke in the rematch over Florida State as Wendell Moore played 37 minutes was 5-10 on field goals 1-3 from 3 point range while collecting 5 rebounds, dishing out 7 assists while contributing 16 points. AJ Griffin played 28 minutes was 5-10 on field goals like his teammate Wendell Moore Jr., was 2-6 from 3 point range while collecting 5 rebounds 2, assists while contributing 15 points. AJ Griffin’s freshman teammate Paolo Banchero played 30 minutes , was 6-12 on field goals 0-3 on 3 point field goals while he collected 8 rebounds 1, assists while contributing 17 points, Mark Williams played 19 minutes , was 5-7 on field goals while he collected 6 rebounds while contributing 10 points. As for Duke’s players coming off the bench Joey Baker played 14 minutes , was 4-7 on field goals, 4-5 from 3 point range while collecting 3 rebounds 1 assists while contributing 12 points . Theo John played 17 minutes was 1-1 on field goals while contributing 2 rebounds, 2 points while Michael Savarino who is Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson played 1 minute was 1-1 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers and contributed 3 points.

“according to espn.com”

Duke is now going to prepare to head to Charlottesville on Wednesday where they will be looking to avenge yet another Atlantic Coast Conference loss this time, to Virginia who they narrowly lost to in Durham on February 7, 2022 68-69. In Duke’s 68-69 loss to Virginia in Durham Duke then ranked 7th in the AP Top 25 Poll squandered a 12 point lead then Virginia found Reece Beekman in the corner who hit a three pointer to give Virginia who unlike Duke isn’t ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll this week the 69-68 win with 1.1 seconds left in regulation.

Mark Williams had this to say about Duke’s 68-69 loss to Virginia!

Mark Williams had this to say about Virginia’s Reece Beekman as well as Reece Beekman’s game winner!

That’s on me said of the defensive breakdown that left Reece Beekman open. I lost Beekman I should have stayed with him off the in-bounds. He got open and knocked it down.

“according to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobserver.com”

Mike Krzyzewski had this to say after Duke’s 68-69 loss to Virginia to David Shumate who is the voice of Duke Men’s Basketball.

“It’s a really difficult loss - we had a hard time getting over Saturday and we weren’t ourselves in the first half. I thought in the 2nd half we fought and played hard but Virginia’s big guys killed us - really disappointing.”

“according to David Shumate’s tweet on Twitter”

Tip off is set for 7:00pm from John Paul Jones Arena!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN!