Filipowski Scores 21, Paces No. 10 Duke in 73-48 Victory Over Virginia

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Filipowski Scores 21, Paces No. 10 Duke in 73-48 Victory Over Virginia

3/2/2024 8:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM – Behind 21 points and seven rebounds from Kyle Filipowski, No. 10 Duke blitzed Virginia, 73-48, at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday night. The Blue Devils (23-6, 14-4 ACC) also received double-digit showings from Tyrese Proctor and Mark Mitchell, who scored 15 and 10, respectively.

Sean Stewart led the team with eight rebounds, including four on the offensive glass. Proctor and Jeremy Roach were co-leaders for assists, with five apiece, and Filipowski swiped three steals on the defensive end.

HOW IT HAPPENED

A three-point play by Mark Mitchell opened Duke's scoring on its first trip down the floor. Two straight layups from Kyle Filipowski made it a 7-2 lead, just over two minutes into the game. Tyrese Proctor sank the game's first 3-pointer shortly after the first media timeout, giving the Blue Devils their first double-digit lead, 14-4, at the 15:09 mark.
Filipowski scored five straight, including a fast-break 3-pointer, giving the sophomore nine early points and forcing a Virginia timeout. A slam dunk from Sean Stewart pushed the margin to 12, 21-9, at the under-12 timeout.
An extended 18-5 run moved the Blue Devils further ahead, 25-9, and was capped off by an offensive rebound and layup from Stewart. Duke's offense continued to find success in the paint, with a Ryan Young layup and a Mitchell dunk to expand the lead, 33-11.
Duke's defense held Virginia without a field goal for over nine minutes of play and led 38-13, following a windmill dunk by Filipowski and a Proctor 3-pointer, at the final media timeout of the first half. Jared McCain got into the points column with a runner in the lane shortly before halftime, and the Blue Devils took a 40-18 lead into the halftime break.
Virginia scored nine quick points out of the break to cut the lead under 20, before a contested layup from Mitchell and a fast-break dunk by Proctor pushed the score to 50-27. Filipowski got two offensive boards and layups to establish a 27-point advantage, 58-31, with 12:31 on the clock. Virginia trimmed the score to 58-36 and called timeout, but the Blue Devils responded with a TJ Power 3-pointer and a Proctor fadeaway.
Duke continued to keep Virginia at arm's length, leading 68-43 at the final media timeout of the contest. An emphatic put-back dunk from Stewart punctuated the 73-48 victory.

NOTES

The Blue Devils' defensive unit held Virginia scoreless for over nine minutes in the first half to help open up a 40-18 halftime lead. The 40 first-half points scored by Duke was the second-most by any Virginia opponent this season, and the 18 first-half points from the Cavaliers were the second-fewest in a first half.
Duke's 22-point halftime advantage was the largest by a Virginia opponent this season.
Duke held the Cavaliers to 23.1% shooting from the field in the opening 20 minutes, representing the lowest first-half shooting percentage by an opponent this season.
The Blue Devils' 25-point margin of victory is the largest in the series with the Cavaliers since a 79-54 Duke triumph at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 1, 2009, the season before Virginia hired Tony Bennett as head coach.
Duke's defense held Virginia to 48 points, 15.7 points below its season average of 63.7. The Blue Devils have held 25 of their 29 opponents to below their respective scoring average.
Virginia entered the contest as the national leader in fewest turnovers at 8.2 per game. Duke forced the Cavaliers into 12 turnovers on Saturday.
Duke won the rebounding battle, 42-29. The Blue Devils are now 18-1 when out-rebounding their opponent.
Duke held the lead (40-18) at half, the 22nd such occurrence this season. The Blue Devils are now 21-1 in those games.
Jon Scheyer now has 50 career wins and is the fastest Duke men's basketball head coach to reach that mark (50-15).
Duke improves its all-time series lead over Virginia to 125-54, including a 55-10 record advantage inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Kyle Filipowski scored 15 first-half points en route to a total of 21 points. The sophomore shot 9-of-14 from the field, grabbed seven caroms and matched his season-high with three steals.
Filipowski's 20-point performance is his 10th of the season and 16th during his two-year career.
Tyrese Proctor added 15 points on 6-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. The sophomore also distributed five assists with just two turnovers.
Mark Mitchell rounded out the double-digit scoring with 10 points of his own, while bringing in five rebounds and blocking two shots. Duke is now 32-3 when Mitchell scores at least 10 points.
Sean Stewart led the team with eight rebounds, his second straight game with at least eight boards after bringing in nine versus Louisville on Feb. 28.

QUOTES

"Well, obviously, that was a great win for us. To score 40 points on Virginia, that's a heck of a thing to do in the first half. I just thought our guys came out really ready to play; the defense was terrific. And then, typically against Virginia, you have to call a lot. You have to call your actions because you have to be organized and together. But 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, and we just kept our foot on the gas. But a lot of respect for them, their program, Tony [Bennett] as a coach. And to beat those guys is a great thing. And we know it's such a quick turnaround [to the game at NC State on Monday]. We're going to enjoy this for a few more minutes, and then we're going to move on very quickly." - head coach Jon Scheyer
"We didn't really have anything different than the rest of the games we've played. We just wanted to play our basketball, what we've been working on all year, sharing the ball, moving the ball, keeping things going. [Virginia] is a really different team on what they show us, and we did have to adapt to that a little bit. But, ultimately, it was just us playing the way we've been playing." - sophomore center Kyle Filipowski

UP NEXT

No. 10 Duke (23-6, 14-4 ACC) hits the road for the final time in the regular season, traveling to NC State (17-12, 9-9 ACC), on March 4. The Blue Devils and Wolfpack clash on Big Monday, starting at 7 p.m., on ESPN.

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