The ACC first-place Duke Blue Devils continued their mastery of Virginia tonight at the John Paul Jones Arena 67-49. Duke led at the half 35-21 and really never looked back. Virginia’s brightest star Sylven Landesberg did not even take off the warm-up sweats as he was unable to go for the Hoos because of a deep thigh bruise. The Blue Devils started the game off with a 20-4 run.
It was the first sell-out of the year in Charlottesville, but the home crowd never really got the chance to get fired up. Virginia’s Jerome Meyinsse (21 points) had an excellent game on both ends of the court, but no one for the Hoos was able to step-in and add a second and third scoring option. Mike Scott continued his poor play as did not score for the second straight contest. No other Hoo scored in double figures tonight.
Duke was led by Jon Scheyer who was 8-15 with 20 points, and Kyle Singler who scored 21 on 6-10 shooting. The #5 Blue Devils (31), amazingly, did not out rebound the Hoos (33). Duke, lately, had been just hammering their opponents on the boards. Virginia attempted one more free throw attempt, also. Virginia was 15 of 18 at the line tonight.
Virginia lost their seventh straight game in a row. The Hoos return to action on Wednesday as they travel to BC, and then finish the regular season at home against Maryland. Go Hoos!