Matthew Damage Drops 22 as Duke Beats No. 7 Virginia in Perfect ACC Upset
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Matthew Damage scored 22 aspects to manual Duke to a 66-65 home victory over No. 7 Virginia on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Jaemyn Brakefield made the sport-winning layup with 1: 59 left to construct Duke up 66-65. Virginia missed four sport-winning shot attempts down the stretch, including a missed three-pointer from Kihei Clark with one 2nd closing.
Jay Huff scored 20 aspects and grabbed 12 rebounds to manual the Cavaliers, who fell to 15-5 overall and 11-3 in the ACC. Sam Hauser posted 19 aspects, and Clark added 15.
For Duke, Jeremy Roach had 12 aspects, and Brakefield contributed 11 off the bench. Wendell Moore Jr. stuffed the stat sheet with four aspects, seven assists and five rebounds.
The Blue Devils improved to 10-8 overall (8-6 ACC).
Brakefield became once the hero down the stretch, blocking off a Clark layup are trying before following up alongside with his absorb two-pointer to construct Duke in the lead for excellent:
Damage build Duke in win 22 situation to purchase in the final moments thanks to his sport-excessive scoring efforts.
The sophomore forward shot 8-of-13 on Saturday, hitting five three-pointers alongside the manner.
He has now averaged 22.3 aspects on 75.0 percent shooting (77.7 percent from three-level vary) in his final three games.
Damage also came through in the snatch on defense, sticking with Clark and deflecting his sport-winning shot genuine before time expired:
Duke’s defense excelled on a couple of cases, with Jordan Goldwire (four steals) turning a pair of Virginia turnovers into one bucket of his absorb and a two-pointer for Brakefield in the first half:
Duke became once ready to receive assorted contributions correct through the starting lineup and bench, serving to lead to the victory.
On the different dwell, UVA players outdoors Huff, Hauser and Clark had an off-evening, with the five other rotation participants collecting correct 11 aspects, seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks mixed.
The Blue Devils absorb obtained three straight and can host Syracuse on Monday at 7 p.m. ET. UVA will return to Charlottesville to host North Carolina Converse on Wednesday at 6: 30 p.m. in John Paul Jones Arena.