No. 7 Duke Shoots Past Virginia Tech, 77-67, on Monday Night

Monday, January 29

Blacksburg, Va.

7 p.m.

Duke University

16-4,7-2ACC

Virginia Tech

13-8,5-5ACC

Duke

Virginia Tech

No. 7 Duke Shoots Past Virginia Tech, 77-67, on Monday Night

1/29/2024 9:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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BLACKSBURG, Va. – No. 7 Duke (16-4, 7-2 ACC) had four different players finish in double-figures and seven Blue Devils scored at least eight points en route to a 77-67 victory over Virginia Tech (13-8, 5-5 ACC) on Monday night. Duke was led by Jeremy Roach, who scored 16 points and dished four assists, and was joined in double-figures by Kyle Filipowski, Tyrese Proctor and Ryan Young, who scored 14, 12 and 10, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The hosts tallied points on their first two possessions, going up 4-0 on two free throws and a dunk. Caleb Foster scored Duke's first bucket with a mid-range jumper two minutes into the contest. Kyle Filipowski logged the Blue Devils' next four points and a three-pointer by Foster drew Duke within two, 11-9, at the 14:46 mark. Another long-range bucket from Foster and a Filipowski layup gave the Blue Devils their first lead, 14-13. The score remained the same at the first media timeout, taken at 12:38 in the first half.
A layup by Jared McCain made it 10 straight points for Duke and extended its lead to six, 19-13, shortly before the halfway mark of the opening frame. The Hokies were held without a made field goal for six-plus minutes and Duke established a nine-point advantage, 24-15, following a Jeremy Roach three-pointer.
Duke took its first double-digit lead of the night, 32-21, after an emphatic jam by Mark Mitchell – forcing a Virginia Tech timeout with 3:28 left before halftime. Roach drilled a buzzer-beating three-pointer to snap a short eight-point burst by the Hokies and send Duke into halftime ahead by six, 35-29.
Virginia Tech closed within one possession, 40-37, after a layup three minutes into the second half. Filipowski became the first Blue Devil in double-figures with a layup, giving the sophomore 11 points. Roach joined his teammate after his third three-pointer of the night gave the guard 11 points and Duke a 48-42 lead.
A dunk by Ryan Young edged Duke back in front by 10, 61-51, with 10 minutes left to play in the game. Young reached 10 points with a layup out of the under-eight timeout, giving the graduate 10 points for the second time in five games, and the Blue Devils a 65-56 advantage.
Mitchell dunked home his eighth point of the night, extending Duke's lead to 12, 73-61, with just over two minutes remaining in the game. A defensive stop on the ensuing possession and a successful jumper by Proctor helped the visitors close out the 77-67 victory.

NOTES

With the win, Duke improved to 7-1 in the month of January – marking the winningest month by winning percentage for the Blue Devils since February of 2022, when the squad also went 7-1 (.875).
The Blue Devils' defense held the Hokies to 67 points, 7.7 below their season average of 74.7 points. The Blue Devils have now held 18 of their 20 opponents below their respective scoring average.
Duke won the rebounding battle, grabbing 38 boards, while limiting Virginia Tech to just 20 caroms. The Blue Devils also had a 10-4 advantage on the offensive glass.
Duke's 55.4% shooting from the field is the third-best effort this season and the top shooting performance by the Blue Devils in ACC play.
The Blue Devils connected on 52.9% (9-of-17) of their 3-pointers, which is just the second time this season they have made more than half of their attempts from long range. Duke shot 55.6% (10-of-18) from distance versus Charlotte on Dec. 9.
The victory snapped Duke's two-game road drought at Virginia Tech. Prior to Monday night's triumph, the Blue Devils' last win in Cassell Coliseum came on Dec. 6, 2019.
The Blue Devils have won all four road games in this calendar year.
Jeremy Roach scored a team-high 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc. The four 3-pointers set a season-high for Roach and is his 14th career game with at least three 3-pointers.
Duke is now 12-2 in games that Roach makes at least three from beyond the arc.
Kyle Filipowski battled through second-half foul trouble, tallying 14 points. The sophomore now has 17 double-digit games this season and 48 in his career.
Ryan Young scored double-digits for the second time in his last five games, tallying 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including eight points without a miss from the field after intermission.
Tyrese Proctor rounded out Duke's double-digit scorers with 12 points, shooting 5-of-8 overall and 2-of-3 from deep.
Jared McCain grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds along with nine points – one point shy of his second double-double of the season.
McCain has secured double-digit boards in three games this season. Only 7-0 center Kyle Filipowski (8) has more double-figure rebounding performances for Duke this season than the 6-3 guard.

QUOTES

"Really good road win. A lot of respect for Virginia Tech and what they're capable of doing and the team that they have. They return a lot of the team that beat us here last year. I just thought our team had great togetherness, some timely threes, and some guys stepped up in key moments. I thought Ryan Young, just in his 14 minutes, was terrific. His three offensive rebounds – probably one of the best plays of the game was he switched out to [Hunter] Cattoor, then came back in for the block. Which is just a huge play at a big time. A lot of different guys stepped up. I think it was our defense – to hold this team to six three's is not easy. I can promise you. Especially on one-day prep. They run so many tough actions, misdirections. You have to have great communication. We did that. I thought our guards really controlled the game and then [Kyle Filipowski] came through down the stretch, just playing through him a little bit. Proud of this win. You get a chance to play two games in three days, and to win both of them is really good. Looking forward to building from here." - head coach Jon Scheyer
"Coming in, we all knew that it was one of the toughest road games in our conference. And our history hasn't been good here. But I think our mental preparation, obviously, we couldn't do a lot because we had a game on [Saturday], but just flushing that win against Clemson, that was a real nail-biter and coming out here and just competing every possession." - sophomore guard Tyrese Proctor

UP NEXT

No. 7 Duke (16-4, 7-2 ACC) makes the short trip to Chapel Hill for the first installment of the Duke-North Carolina rivalry on Saturday, Feb. 3. The Blue Devils and No. 3 Tar Heels (17-3, 9-0 ACC) tip off at 6:30 p.m., on ESPN.

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