Virginia Tech and Duke were tied for a non-impressive minute to start the game. Neither team could find the bottom of the basket early on but a Chris Clarke made free throw put the Hokies up 1-0 and they didn’t look back from that point on.
Coming into this game the Hokies were 11-1 looking to upset a very talented Duke squad who didn’t have junior guard Grayson Allen due to him serving a suspension, he did however make the trip to Blacksburg with his team.
Justin Bibbs broke out of a season-long slump, hitting 6 of 9 from the field, including a season-high four three-pointers for the Hokies and the team went eight of 13 from three-point range.