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Though, 11th Ranked Duke Was Down 53-43 To Georgia Tech With 14:35 Remaining In The Game Saturday 11th Ranked Duke Came Back To Win To Top Georgia Tech 84-79 In Durham

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11th ranked Duke was down 53 -43 with 14:35 remaining in the game Saturday 11th ranked Duke came back to to top Georgia Georgia Tech 84-79 in Durham.

As 11th ranked Duke came back to to to win to top Georgia Tech 84-79 Saturday in Durham Kyle Filipowski was 10-24 on field goals 4-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 13 rebounds , 4 assists, 2 steals , 2 blocks, 30 points. Tyrese Proctor who was injured with 18:44 remaining the 1st half in the inaugural match up between Duke, Georgia Tech in Atlanta on December 2, 2023 was 5-10 on field goals, 3-5 on 3 pointers 1 rebound, 2 assists , 1 steal, 17 points. Caleb Foster was 1-3 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 4 assists , 3 points . Jared McCain was 2-8 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds , 6 points. Jeremy Roach who left the game with knee injury was 5-12 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 assists, 2 steals , 18 points. Ryan Young was 4-5 on field goals to go along with 9 rebounds, 3 assists , 2 steals.

According to espn app

Though, 11th ranked Duke was playing without forward Mark Mitchell the entire game because of knee injury without guard Jeremy Roach for some of the game because of a right knee injury with 8:22 remaining in game . Jeremy Roach attempted to return to the game though couldn’t and returned to the sideline following brief visit to locker room.

Following 11th ranked Duke coming back to topping Georgia Tech 84-79 Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer described his teams 84-79 win over Georgia Tech as gutsy while also providing updates on injured Duke sophomore forward Mark Mitchell Duke senior guard Jeremy Roach by saying that Mark Mitchell hasn’t been able to do much so we’ll take it step by step. We’ll see how he’s doing early this week.” As for Jeremy Roach Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer said he is going to further testing the next couple days.

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article283968728.html

Duke now has six days off to prepare for the rematch with Pittsburgh who they’re hosting on Saturday January 20, 2024 in Durham . When the rematch with Pittsburgh comes this question comes to mind. As Duke is hosting Pittsburgh for rematch is Duke going to be playing with or without forward Mark Mitchell, guard Jeremy Roach?

Tip off for Duke, Pittsburgh is set 8:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!

Though, who is commentating the game is to be determined!