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Wednesday, January 10
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Duke University
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Georgia Tech
No. 11 Duke Falls At Georgia Tech, 74-63
1/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
ATLANTA (AP) - Ra'Sean Dickey scored a season-high 21 points, Javaris Crittenton made two key baskets down the stretch and Georgia Tech held on for a rare win over No. 11 Duke, beating the Blue Devils 74-63 on Wednesday night.
Duke (13-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost its second straight, failing to bounce back from a home loss to Virginia Tech, and is off to its worst start in the ACC since 1996.
That same season was also the last time Georgia Tech (12-4, 1-2 ACC) had defeated the Blue Devils at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Duke won 21 of 22 over its conference rival, including five straight, before a loss that sent the Georgia Tech student body charging onto the court.
Jon Scheyer led Duke with 16 points.
Dickey scored Georgia Tech's first 10 points and finished 6-of-8 from the field and 9-of-11 at the foul line.
Crittenton had 11 points, but he seemed right in the middle of every big play when it mattered most. After Duke whittled an 11-point deficit down to 55-53, the freshman guard came up with a steal and drove in for a dunk that swung the momentum back to the Yellow Jackets with 3:35 remaining.
After a Duke miss, Crittenton dribbled quickly the other way and flipped a lob pass to Thaddeus Young, who couldn't pull off a spectacular dunk but hit a layup that pushed Georgia Tech to a 59-53 lead.
Finally, after the Blue Devils missed again, Mario West led the fast break and found Crittenton streaking in off the right side. The freshman took the pass and laid it in, despite a hard foul by Greg Paulus that sent the Georgia Tech player tumbling to the court.
Crittenton knocked down the free throw to finish off the three-point play, putting the Yellow Jackets up 62-53 with 2:47 to play.
For good measure, Crittenton came up with a steal in the final minute that finished off Duke's comeback hopes. And he made the last basket of the game on a layup, despite taking a pop to the face that sent him off with a bloodied nose.
The youngster didn't mind a bit.
Anthony Morrow added 19 points for the Yellow Jackets, going 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Overall, Georgia Tech was 7-of-12 from beyond the arc.
Duke, on the other hand, was 4-of-20 on 3-pointers. Greg Paulus was 1-of-4 and finished with 6 points. DeMarcus Nelson missed all five of his 3-point attempts.
The Blue Devils couldn't take advantage of 23 turnovers by the Yellow Jackets, falling to 0-2 in the ACC for the first time since they lost their first four conference games in 1996.
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