Around the ACC: Week 16
By Sam Turken | March 1, 2016With two regular season games remaining, Duke sits tied for fifth in the conference standings
With two regular season games remaining, Duke sits tied for fifth in the conference standings
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. And the Blue Devils did—for a while, at least.
Coming off its largest loss of the season, Duke returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday to play the second half of a home-and-home series with Wake Forest.
The matchup down low between Marshall Plumlee and Devin Thomas could be the deciding factor Tuesday night.
The Blue Devils will likely need a few wins in the ACC tournament to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
Duke dropped from No. 15 to No. 17 with Sunday's loss at Pittsburgh, as top-10 teams suffered a total of 10 losses in another crazy week in college basketball.
Today's cover features Duke redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell, who scored a career-high 27 points in the Blue Devils' 36-point win at North Carolina Sunday to close out the regular season.
Three days after Grayson Allen tripped Xavier Rathan-Mayes in the waning seconds of Duke’s 80-65 victory against Florida State, and two days after Allen received a reprimand from the ACC, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski shed more light on the topic after the Blue Devils’ 76-62 loss to Pittsburgh.
Turnovers and miscommunications have plagued an inexperienced Duke team for much of the year, but the Blue Devils finally got on the same page in the last game of the regular season.
Motivated by their fight to push themselves onto the right side of the NCAA bubble, the Panthers brought all they had against the Blue Devils, commanding sizable advantages in most statistical categories.
Pittsburgh outrebounded Duke 39-20 and outscored the Blue Devils 24-6 in the paint to pick up its first top-25 win of the season.
Rebecca Greenwell is this week's Blue Zone Player of the Week after she scored a career-high 27 points Sunday in a blowout victory against North Carolina.
The Blue Devils lacked energy and aggressiveness in their road loss to Pittsburgh.
Despite making headlines following his tripping incident late in the game against Florida State, Grayson Allen is this week's Blue Zone Player of the Week.
Redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell scored a career-high 27 points as Duke closed out the regular season with a wire-to-wire 93-57 win against the Tar Heels at Carmichael Arena.
Pittsburgh controlled the game from the get-go, dominating the interior and blowing out No. 15 Duke 76-62 Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.
At the half, No. 15 Duke trails Pittsburgh 39-32 at the Petersen Events Center, behind an efficient offensive performance by the Panthers. The hosts grabbed 20 rebounds to Duke's 10 and hit four of their first five 3-pointers to jump out to an early lead.
A healthier No. 15 Duke team and an emerging asset in freshman Chase Jeter take on Pittsburgh Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center.
Looking to keep pace near the top of the ACC, the Blue Devils hit the road to take on Pittsburgh.
The No.15 Blue Devils play their last conference road game Sunday when they face off against Pittsburgh.