Duke 72, at Virginia Tech 58

BLACKSBURG, Va. (Interstat) — In a game defined more by rugged defense and interior dominance than offensive fireworks, the Duke Blue Devils methodically dispatched the Virginia Tech Hokies 72-58 in an Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at a sold-out Cassell Coliseum. The victory, Duke’s 11th consecutive win, improved the Blue Devils to 20-1 overall. Virginia Tech fell to 16-7. The most important part of the game was Duke’s suffocating defensive effort and its overwhelming advantage in the paint, which allowed the Blue Devils to build and maintain a comfortable lead despite an uncharacteristically cold shooting afternoon from… Read more...