Duke Was Ahead Of North Carolina 68-62 With 2:51 Remaining In Game Saturday Because Caleb Foster Made Layup Then Duke Suffered 71-68 Loss To North Carolina Because Cameron Boozer Missed Layup
8 miles is the proximity that separates Duke University University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!
Duke, North Carolina played their first regular season match up 2025-2026 Saturday in Chapel Hill!
Where?
On the hardwood!
Making layups missing layups can be the difference in winning losing a game on the hardwood!
Duke was ahead 68-62 with 2:51 remaining because Caleb Foster who is a guard who is a junior made layup with 2:51 remaining.
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Duke was ahead of North Carolina with 2:51 remaining in regulation Saturday Duke suffered 71-68 loss because Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward missed layup with 15 seconds remaining in regulation that would have given the lead yet again after North Carolina tied game at 68 on Henri Veesaar three pointer instead Cameron Boozer missed North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis called time out then Seth Trimble hit game winning three pointer with one second remaining in the game.
According to espn app
With 71-68 loss to North Carolina Saturday Duke sustained their first loss in Atlantic Coast Conference play now has a record 21-2 overall 10-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference though is still leading the way in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings is ahead of Clemson who has a record of 20-4 overall 10-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
Following Duke’s 71-68 loss to North Carolina Saturday Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward who is one of the twin sons of former Duke forward NBA Center Carlos Boozer who missed layup shared his thoughts by saying We did a lot of good things in this game,”“We were up. I think the only time they were leading was that last shot …
“I just know I’ve got to fight better for our team. Those guys fight for us every day and I’ve got to fight for them, too. It’s just tough, knowing we were leading the whole game.”
We’re not going to make any excuses,”We’ve just got to be better. We’re going to bounce back and stay connected.”
At the end of the day I’ve just got to be a lot better for our team on both sides of the ball,”
Following Duke’s 71-68 loss to North Carolina Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer shared his thoughts on North Carolina’s front line particularly Henri Veessaar who was 6-9 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 11 rebounds, 1 assists , 13 points who was guarded by Patrick Ngongba who was 2-5 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers 7 rebounds, 1 before fouling out of the game prompting Jon Scheyer to say Their front line’s really good,”Their front line’s really good,”
Following Duke’s 71-68 loss to North Carolina Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer shared his thoughts on his team by saying “I thought our guys were incredibly ready to play throughout the entire game and really were in control of the game,”
We’ll learn from this, we’ll grow from this,”Credit to Carolina for clawing and fighting back and making one more play than we did down the stretch.”
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314547366.html
Duke is going to get another crack at North Carolina when they host North Carolina for rematch on Saturday March 7, 2026 in Durham at Cameron Indoor Stadium!
Duke is now going to prepare to look to rebound when they travel to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where will take on Pittsburgh who’s Head Coach is former Duke player former Duke Associate Head Coach Jeff Capel on Tuesday February 10, 2026.
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Duke isn’t the only team that is going to be looking to rebound as Pittsburgh is going to as well following their 86-67 loss to SMU Saturday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where as a team Pittsburgh shot 22-61 on field goals for 36 % 8-33 on 3 pointers for 24 % 15-19 on free throws for 79% where three players scored in double figures. Those players were Cameron Corhen who is a forward who is a senior was 6-10 on field goals , 0-2 on on 3 pointers , 3-5 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 15 points. Barry Dunning Jr. who is a guard a senior was 4-14 on field goals 2-9 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds, 1 assists , 12 points. Nojus Indrusaitis who is a guard who is a sophomore 3-8 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers 2-2 on free throws to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 10 points,
According to espn app
Following Pittsburgh’s 86-67 loss to SMU Saturday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Head Coach Jeff Capel shared his thoughts by saying Congrats to SMU, they’re an outstanding team. They put together a great roster with experience, elite level guard play, a really good big guy inside and young energetic guys off the bench.
"They’re one of the best offensive teams in our league, you saw it for a reason. They lead our league in scoring.
"I thought we did a good job in the first half. We generated good looks, it’s a two-point game. I thought we came out and generated good looks to start the second half, we missed and we allowed that to affect everything and it started with us not getting back in transition defense, giving them easy baskets.
"They went on a 10-0 run to start the half and we could never really recover from that. At one point we got it back to 12, forced them to call a timeout, right around the eight-minute mark and from there, we couldn’t get stops and we couldn’t make shots.
"So obviously frustrating from us. There were some good things we did, but obviously, nowhere near good enough."
According to Dominic Campbell Sports Illustrated article https://www.si.com/college/pittsburgh/basketball/pitt-panthers-jeff-capel-addresses-loss-smu
Tip -off for 9:00pm from Petersen Events Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN!
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Who is commentating the game is to be determined!