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Key Three: Duke basketball vs Virginia Tech
By Sameer Pandhare | January 9, 2016The Blue Zone looks at three keys to a Blue Devil victory Saturday against Virginia Tech.
The Blue Zone looks at three keys to a Blue Devil victory Saturday against Virginia Tech.
The Blue Zone takes a look at one player from each team that could the difference Saturday in Duke's contest against Virginia Tech.
Despite foul trouble for Grayson Allen and Matt Jones early in the second half, Duke pulled away behind 14 second-half points from an aggressive Marshall Plumlee.
After a relatively quiet first half Wednesday, freshman Luke Kennard broke out in the final 20 minutes, playing a season-high 32 minutes and finishing with 23 points, his second-best scoring night of the season.
In a game that was closer than the score would indicate, the Duke freshmen were counted on to make big plays as guards Grayson Allen and Matt Jones sat due to foul trouble.
A dunk-heavy second-half outing by center Marshall Plumlee—who put up a career-high 18 points—helped the Blue Devils close out the game, as dida game-high 24 points from Grayson Allen.
The Blue Devils appeared to adjust early to the Demon Deacons’ fast-paced play, but a 21-9 run for Wake Forest in the final 5:30 erased a 12-point Duke lead.
It’s 2016 and conference play has arrived this week, bringing a number of entertaining games that will be just the beginning of what looks to be a promising season of college basketball in the ACC.
The Blue Zone takes a look at three keys to a Duke victory Wednesday against Wake Forest.
No. 14 Duke will continue its road swing to open ACC play Wednesday when it travels to take on Wake Forest at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Blue Zone sees Luke Kennard as a potential difference-maker for the Blue Devils Wednesday against Wake Forest.
With conference play getting under way around the nation, contenders and pretenders are starting to separate themselves.
With a little more than a third of the NBA season in the books, the Blue Zone takes a look at how some former Blue Devils are doing at the next level.
Freshman Brandon Ingram was a big reason why the Blue Devils were able to come away with three wins in six days and was this named this week's Player of the Week.
The Chronicle's Brian Pollack and Meredith Cash break down a 17-point win for the Blue Devils in their ACC opener and first true road contest of the year.
Duke's defense kept the Blue Devils close while the offense figured things out, and led to 22 points off of 16 Boston College turnovers that fueled Saturday's win against the Eagles.
Despite receiving just three points from the post tandem of Marshall Plumlee and Chase Jeter, Duke racked up 81 points in a 17-point road victory against the Eagles thanks to a bevy of scoring efforts from its backcourt.
Although it wasn't always pretty, No. 15 Duke came away with its first road win of the year with a ..... victory against Boston College.
The intensity and pressure that comes night in and night out in ACC play is tough to replicate, but Brandon Ingram and Luke Kennard clearly missed the memo, leading Duke to an 81-64 win at Boston College.
No. 15 Duke leads Boston College 37-24 after one half of play at Conte Forum in the first ACC game for both squads.