Duke Defeats Virginia 65-61 [Men's Basketball Live Updates]
Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the Duke Blue Devils (23-4, 13-3 ACC) at Virginia Cavaliers (17-10, 11-6 ACC) men's basketball game on Wednesday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read a full recap of the game here: Duke Gets Revenge on Virginia with 65-61 Victory at JPJ
Final. Duke 65, Virginia 61
Duke gets the ball inbounds to AJ Griffin, who is immediately fouled by Reece Beekman. Griffin makes both free throws to seal the game.
Duke 63, Virginia 61 | 2.5 remaining
Trevor Keels drives to the basket and draws a foul on Shedrick. Keels misses the first free throw, but his second attempt hits front iron and drops to make it a two-possession game. Jayden Gardner attempts a three-pointer from the corner and it misses, but Virginia gets the offensive rebound and Kihei Clark drives to the basket for a layup to make it 63-61 with 2.5 on the clock.
Duke 62, Virginia 59 | 25.1 remaining
Griffin has Duke's last eight points as he drives on Stattmann and gets a contested floater to go. Beekman is fouled by Moore and makes both free throws. Shedrick and Gardner force a jump-ball but Duke has the possession arrow. Banchero bricks a jumper and the ball goes back to Virginia. Gardner is mauled as he gets the ball in the paint but there is no whistle and Duke takes it the other way leading to a transition layup for Trevor Keels. Jayden Gardner drives to the basket for a layup to cut it back to a three-point game with 25.1 seconds remaining.
Duke 58, Virginia 55 | 2:22 2H
AJ Griffin gets free from Kadin Shedrick and drains a three-pointer to push the Duke lead back to four points. Armaan Franklin curls off of a screen and gets a floater to fall. AJ Griffin knocks down another three-pointer late in the shot clock as Shedrick is late to close out on him again. UVA works the ball down low to Gardner, who finishes with an up-and-under layup.
Duke 52, Virginia 51 | 3:48 2H
Mark Williams is called for an offensive foul as he shoves Kadin Shedrick on a box out. Kihei Clark makes a jumper and Virginia is back within one. Clark leads all scorers with 23 points. Kadin Shedrick is called for a foul on Banchero, who goes to the line for a one-and-one, but he misses the front end.
Duke 52, Virginia 49 | 5:54 2H
Out of the timeout, Kihei Clark hits a fadeaway jumper over Banchero late in the shot clock. Jeremy Roach crosses over and pulls up for a three-pointer at the top of the key and splashes it, once again quieting the JPJ crowd. Jayden Gardner gets a short jumper to fall. Beekman causes a Duke turnover and then Clark finds him for a wide open three-pointer to bring it back to a three-point game.
Duke 49, Virginia 42 | 7:24 2H
Gardner makes the first free throw, but his second attempt rims out and the deficit stays at four. Banchero draws another questionable foul on Gardner, called by the ref furthest from the play, and Banchero makes both free throws. Shedrick sets a screen and rolls to the basket and Clark finds him on the lob for a slam dunk. Wendell Moore has his layup attempt rejected out of bounds by Shedrick, but Moore drives again on Stattmann on the following play and earns two free throws, going one of two from the line. Banchero air-balls a jumper and then Jayden Gardner hits a mid-range jumper to get the Cavaliers back within three. Jeremy Roach races around a screen and gets to the rim for a much-too-easy layup, taking the air out of the building as the JPJ crowd had risen to its feet. Williams snatches an offensive rebound over Gardner and lays it in.
Duke 42, Virginia 37 | 12:00 2H
Caffaro is rejected twice in the lane by Mark Williams. A Cavalier not named Kihei Clark has finally made a three-pointer as Armaan Franklin knocks one down from the left wing off the feed from Gardner. Caffaro misses an easy layup, which leads to a transition layup for Wendell Moore plus a questionable blocking foul on Franklin. Trevor Keels makes a contested jumper over Kody Stattmann to stretch the Duke lead to seven. Jayden Gardner hits a mid-range jumper, much-needed for the Cavaliers. Virginia works the ball down low to Gardner, who gets John to bite on a pump fake and draws a foul.
Duke 37, Virginia 32 | 15:50 2H
Banchero grabs his own miss and is fouled on the putback attempt and makes both free throws. Caffaro misses a point-blank shot and then Banchero kicks out to Jeremy Roach for a three-pointer to extend the Duke lead back to six. Clark drives to the basket and is fouled by Roach, but goes one of two at the line. Reece Beekman passes up an open three, but dribbles in and knocks down a mid-range jumper. Just as the JPJ crowd was starting to get back into it, Trevor Keels draws a foul on Armaan Franklin and makes the layup for the three-point opportunity.
Duke 30, Virginia 29 | 18:35 2H
Jayden Gardner gets an offensive rebound and passes to Reece Beekman, who drives to the hoop and scores on a layup. Clark misses an open three, but he races in and gets his own offensive rebound and finds Gardner for an elbow jumper. UVA opens on a 4-0 run and Coach K calls a quick timeout less than 90 seconds in.
Duke vs. Virginia halftime stats
Halftime. Duke 30, Virginia 25
Kihei Clark's three-point attempt is blocked by Jeremy Roach. Then, Duke gets the ball inside to Paolo Banchero, who scores plus a foul on Gardner, who is slow to get up as he caught an elbow from Banchero on the way up. Banchero misses the free throw and Kihei Clark drives the ball up the floor quickly but is fouled by Keels. UVA tries to get a lob inside with just one second on the clock but it is intercepted by Griffin and time expires. Despite Kihei Clark's lights-out shooting in the first half, Duke takes a five-point lead into halftime.
Duke 28, Virginia 25 | 0:28 1H
Trevor Keels is fouled by Beekman on a drive to the basket and goes 1/2 from the free throw line. Banchero gets away with a walk before kicking it out to AJ Griffin for a three-pointer to bring Duke back within one. Jeremy Roach drives down the lane and finishes over Kadin Shedrick, capping a 6-0 Duke run to regain the lead. Reece Beekman ends the Duke run by hitting a heavily-contested mid-range jumper over Banchero as the shot clock expired. Mark Williams grabs his own miss and puts it back. Jayden Gardner is fouled in the paint and goes 1/2 from the line to tie the game. Trevor Keels knocks down a three-pointer with Beekman's hand in his face.
Duke 17, Virginia 22 | 4:30 1H
Duke works the ball down low to Mark Williams, who gets the layup to fall plus a foul on Francisco Caffaro. Williams misses the following free throw. Kihei Clark makes his fourth three-pointer of the game to end a Virginia scoring drought of over six minutes. Armaan Franklin contests AJ Griffin's driving layup attempt and then wrestles the rebound away from Griffin, leading to Kihei Clark's fifth three-pointer of the game. Virginia gets another stop and then Kihei Clark drains his SIXTH THREE-POINTER OF THE FIRST HALF. John Paul Jones is in pandemonium. Coach K calls timeout as Clark's personal 9-0 run has the Cavaliers back up by five. Clark has 18 of Virginia's 22 points, all on three-pointers.
Duke 15, Virginia 13 | 8:00 1H
Theo John knocks down Kadin Shedrick who tries to draw the charge, but it is uncalled and John flies in for the two-handed slam dunk. After a few empty possessions for both teams, Jeremy Roach pulls up off the dribble and knocks down a mid-range jumper. UVA has gone 4:37 without scoring a point.
Duke 11, Virginia 13 | 11:56 1H
Paolo Banchero sends a pass down to Theo John under the basket for a layup. Banchero rips down an offensive rebound but Beekman strips it away from him and sends it up the floor to Clark who pulls up for the transition three-pointer and drains it. The Blue Devils respond with a three of their own as Jeremy Roach converts Duke's first triple of the game. Kihei Clark is on fire from three-point range. He just knocked down his third three-pointer and Virginia already has more three-pointers made in this game than in the first meeting in Durham. Paolo Banchero knocks down a contested baseline jumper.
Duke 4, Virginia 7 | 14:47 1H
A great start to the game for Virginia as the UVA defense gets a stop and then the Cavaliers take a rare quick shot as Kihei Clark finds Jayden Gardner for a baseline jumper. Duke misses three-point attempts on its first three possession, but the Blue Devils get on the board as Mark Williams' jump hook falls with a friendly bounce. Armaan Franklin curls off of a screen and hits a floater from just inside the free throw line. Reece Beekman grabs a defensive rebound and pushes the ball quickly up the floor before finding Kihei Clark for a catch-and-shoot three-pointer that sends JPJ into a frenzy. Duke quiets the crowd as Trevor Keels knifes to the basket for a layup.
