Louisville dominated the middle portions of their Saturday matchup against Duke. But the Blue Devils owned the beginning and the end and that was enough for the Blue Devils to escape hostile KFC Yum Center with a 74-65 win.
Duke never trailed. But it was tied as late as 60-60, with about eight minutes left. But Louisville got stuck on 60 for over six minutes. Duke used a dominant defense and couple of back-breaking 3-pointers by A.J. Griffin to fuel a 15-2 run that broke open the physical contest.
Louisville’s basketball program has been much in the news lately and not for the right reasons.