Duke Rolls Past Virginia 73 - 48 - Up Next NC State

Duke came out strong to start against Virginia this past Saturday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium and never looked back rolling past UVA by a score of 73 - 48.  It was the Duke offense that had its way with Virginia's defense.  At one point Duke was on a 14 -2 run.  It felt like a party in Cameron Indoor Stadium between the Sean Stewart dunk electrifying the crowd to Kyle Filipowski outscoring UVA himself alone 13 - 11 with 7:51 left to go in the first half.  With 3:56 left in the first half, Flip alone was still outscoring UVA 15 -13 while Duke was winning by a score of 38 - 13.  

Virginia was not able to recover after being down 40 -18 at the end of the first half as Duke went on to easily win the game 73 - 48.  I looked over at the Virginia bench a few times during the game and the facial expressions on the players and coaches faces said it all.  This was a rough night for Virginia in Cameron Indoor Stadium.   Duke had little time to celebrate the win as they now play NC State just down the road in Raleigh tonight for a 7:00 PM start. 

Click on the link below to go to the Duke Report Youtube channel to see more interviews with Jeremy Roach, Tyrese Proctor and Kyle Filipowski after the Duke win over Virginia.  

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Notables from the Duke win over Virginia from Duke Sports Information 

• 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.