Hokie Club
BLACKSBURG – Playing at home for the second game in a row, the No. 20/20 Virginia Tech men's basketball team will play host to No. 19/23 Duke on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network at Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum.
SERIES HISTORY
The Hokies and Blue Devils played each other twice last season, with Duke winning both times, including the last time out on Feb. 22, 2020 in Durham, 88-64.
Duke leads the all-time series 49-11, but Tech has won three of the last of seven games. The Hokies are 9-12 at home versus the Blue Devils and have won three of the last four games inside Cassell Coliseum.
YOUNG'S TRACK RECORD
Tech coach Mike Young is 0-3 all-time versus Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, falling twice last year and in 2014 when he was at Wofford.
ON THE CALL
The matchup will be broadcast on ACC Network, with Dave O'Brien (play-by-play) and Cory Alexander (analyst) on the call, while Jon Laaser (play-by-play) and Mike Burnop (analyst) will broadcast on Virginia Tech Sports Network.
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LAST TIME OUT
Trailing by seven points at half, the Hokies came out firing in the second half, opening with a 12-2 run to take the lead and ended up winning comfortably, 77-63. Tech got it done in the paint, outscoring the Fighting Irish 34-20.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Turning in his second double-double of the season, Keve Aluma racked up 15 points and 12 rebounds versus the Irish. The big man also owned two assists and a block in 34 minutes of action, and had a plus-eight plus-minus.
Jalen Cone has been feeling it from downtown as of late, making 23 triples his last five games, including four against Notre Dame. He would go on to have a team-high 18 points and also had a steal in 24 minutes off the bench.
SCOUTING No. 19/23 DUKE
• Duke is coming off an 11-point victory over Wake Forest (3-3, 0-3) at home, getting two players to turn in 20-point games in Matthew Hurt (26 points) and D.J. Steward (21 points) in its 79-68 win.
• Krzyzewski enters his 41st season in Durham, following his five-year stint as the head coach at Army West Point from 1975-80. A five-time national champion and 12-time Final Four participant, Coach K has the most wins in the history of college basketball on the men's side in Division I with 1,162.
• The Blue Devils are paced by Hurt, who is averaging a team-high 19.6 points per game that ranks first in the ACC, and Jalen Johnson, who is averaging 11.5 points and a team-best 8.3 rebounds in just four games. He is a gametime decision tomorrow and has missed the last three contests.
• Some of the strengths the Blue Devils possess are causing havoc on the defensive end, owning the ninth-most steals per game (9.6) in the country and second in the ACC, and owning the glass, posting 12.9 offensive rebounds per game, which is good for third in the conference.