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As 10th Ranked Duke, Virginia Who Play At Different Paces Defensively, Offensively Faced, Opposed Each Other Saturday In Durham 10th Ranked Duke Dispatched Virginia 73-48

Duke likes to play at a fast pace, defensively, offensively!

Virginia likes to play at a deliberate pace, defensively, offensively!

As 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces, defensively, offensively faced, opposed each other Saturday in Durham 10th ranked Duke dispatched Virginia 73-48.

As 10th ranked Duke dispatched Virginia Mark Mitchell was 3-5 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 10 points. Kyle Filipowski was 9-14 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 21 points. Tyrese Proctor was 6-8 on field goals, 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 assists, 15 points. Jared McCain was 3-8 on field goals, though he was 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 7 points. Jeremy Roach was 3-9 on field goals though he was 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 points. Sean Stewart was 3-6 on field goals to go along with 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 points. TJ Power was 2-5 on field goals , 3 pointers to go along with 6 points. Ryan Young was 1-2 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 points.

According to espn app

Following 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces defensively, offensively facing, opposing Saturday in Durham following 10th ranked Duke dispatching Virginia 73-48 Virginia Head Coach Tony Bennett had this to say had this to say about his player Reece Beekman who was 7-15 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers

When you are playing a team with the firepower of Duke,”“you can get separated quick.”

“We’re fighting like crazy to try to finish as high as we can in the conference, get the best seed we can, fight for an NCAA tournament berth,”“All that stuff matters. And so as crappy as I feel right now, we’re still playing meaningful games. This team still has [a solid body of work]. So I look at that and say, ‘OK, keep trying to build on it.’ And I will, and they better, keep swinging until the last tick on the clock for that thing. We have to  … This happened at Virginia Tech. It happened a few times. So you just come together. It’s humbling, but you get back after it and push hard.”

“He’s doing everything he can,”

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article286026106.html

Jeff White article https://virginiasports.com/news/2024/03/02/loss-in-durham-leaves-hoos-with-work-to-do/

Following 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces defensively, offensively facing, opposing Saturday in Durham following 10th ranked Duke dispatching Virginia 73-48 Duke center Kyle Filipowski who was 9-14 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds, 2 assists , 3 steals , 1 block had this to say!

We remember what happened last year,”“We’ve got to keep that in our mind and we’re going to make that a statement this year for sure.”

Following 10th ranked Duke, Virginia who play at different paces defensively, offensively facing, opposing Saturday in Durham following 10th ranked Duke dispatching Virginia 73-48 Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say!

I’m just proud of our guys,”“They just came out ready to play with an aggressive and sharing mindset. I think our team is growing. Flip was terrific. When he plays like that it changes our whole team.”

I thought we did such a good job of flowing into offense and driving downhill making the right reads,”

and then good things happen. From that, we just kept our foot on the gas.”

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article286026106.html

Duke has 49 hours in between games as they play at NC State Monday who they only face, oppose once during 2023-2024 regular season!

Where?

North Carolina’s state capital

Unlike Duke,

NC State lost their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game as they lost to tobacco road rival North Carolina for the second time during 2023-2024 regular season Saturday in Chapel Hill 79-70 though DJ Horne, Jayden Taylor scored 20 points, 22 points. As DJ Horne scored 20 points he was 8-19 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals. Jayden Taylor was 6-10 on field goals, 5-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound.

According to espn app

Following NC State’s 79-70 loss to 9th ranked North Carolina Saturday DJ Horne who scored 20 points he was 8-19 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals had this to say!

I think we just kind of let go of the rope a little bit,Let go of our focus. Our emotions kind of started flaring a little bit.”

Following NC State’s 79-70 loss to 9th ranked North Carolina Saturday NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!

I don’t think we ever got rattled,”. “I just think we stopped making shots. I thought we had shots. I thought we did some good things. I thought we moved the ball. We didn’t make shots.”

According to Luke Decock News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article286025616.html

Tip off for Duke, NC State is set for 7:00pm from PNC Arena that isn’t only home to NC State Men’s Basketball though Carolina Hurricanes of NHL as well.

The game is going to be televised on ESPN!

Though, who is commentating is to be determined!