Duke, Defense Halts the Hokies
Blue Devils Limit Virginia Tech to 13 Second-Half Points, Open the 2009 ACC Season with a Win
1/4/09 - Regular Season Game #13 1st 2nd Total
(#5) Duke Blue Devils (12-1, 1-0 ACC) 39 30 69
Virginia Tech Hokies (9-5, 0-1 ACC) 31 13 44
Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, NC - Fox Sports Net
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
12-1 Duke’s record in the past 13 ACC
openers
11-0 Blue Devil scoring run to start the
game, the best of the season so far
13 Second-half points by Virginia Tech, a
Duke record for the fewest points allowed in
a single ACC half in the shot clock era
THE TURNING POINT After
Virginia Tech trimmed the Duke
lead to 39-35 with 17:33 left, we
responded with a 30-9 run to close
the game.
PLAY OF THE GAME
5:41 | First Half... Nolan Smith
found a cutting Kyle Singler who
then dished out a no-look pass to
Gerald Henderson while slicing
into the lane. G was left alone in
the paint and slammed it home.
“We want to have that be
our staple. We want to bring
defense and rebounding to
every game, regardless. We
know we can rebound the
ball and play defense, and
I think if we do that we will
have a good enough chance
to win as many games as we
want to.”
FAVE PHOTO G Rises for the Slam
Gerald Henderson slams it for two
Kyle Singler
of his 15 points in the game.
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