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Game Preview: Duke vs Virginia

Game Preview: Duke vs Virginia

Duke vs Virginia:

The Duke Blue Devils are set to host the Cavaliers of Virgina in Cameron Indoor Stadium Monday night. Each of the last 12 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including five of the last seven decided by one or two points. The average margin of victory in the last 12 is 4.6 points.


Virginia

Virginia has won two straight and three of the last four to improve its ACC record to 8-5, good for sixth place. Leading the ACC and 10th nationally in scoring defense, the Cavaliers are yielding just 59.5 points โ€” 54.2 points in their 14 wins.

Virginia (1.42) is second to Duke (1.67) in assist/turnover ratio in the conference and the teams are also the top two in the ACC in blocked shots โ€” Duke at 5.41 and Virginia at 4.74.

Only three teams have scored 70+ versus Virginia โ€” Iowa (75-74 loss), North Carolina (74-58 loss) and NC State (77-63 loss).

A pair of transfers are UVaโ€™s leading scorers in Jayden Gardner (ECU) โ€” 14.3 points and Armaan…

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