In an overtime thriller, the Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team pulled out a huge momentum win against the Duke Blue Devils by a final score of 69-62. With the win, UVA advances to 19-4 (11-3 in the ACC) on the season. As such, we have five takeaways from the victory.
UVA front-court limits Duke’s bigs despite early foul trouble
Coming into this game, probably the biggest question mark for how UVA would fare against the Blue Devils was regarding how well the Wahoo front-court would be able to defend Duke’s group of Kyle Filipowski, Derick Lively, and (to a lesser extent) Ryan Young.