6:03 pm
January 13

Virginia Tech @ #16 Duke

Who will WIN this matchup?

Virginia Tech Hokies (11-4)

@ #16 Duke Blue Devils (11-2)

 

Current odds:

Virginia Tech Hokies: (+130)

Duke Blue Devils: (-150)

 

• The line for this game is Duke by 2.5 points.

• Thursday’s contest with Virginia Tech will be the second of two meetings between the two squads over a span of 15 days.  Virginia Tech won the first meeting, 77-55 in Blacksburg, Va.  Duke was without Shayeann Day-Wilson, Imani Lewis and Emma Schmidt for the contest due to Duke’s health and safety protocols.

• Rookie Shayeann Day-Wilson is the only freshman in the ACC that leads their team in scoring with a 12.0 per game average.  Day-Wilson is the only rookie in the ACC to also lead her team in 3-point field goals made (27).

• Two of the top 3-point shooting teams in the nation will hit the hardwood on Thursday in Cameron.  Virginia Tech ranks first in the ACC and Duke is fourth.

• Duke features six different Blue Devils that have led the squad in scoring at least one game — Lexi Gordon (3), Miela Goodchild (1), Celeste Taylor (1), Shayeann Day-Wilson (4), Elizabeth Balogun (3) and Onome Akinbode-James (1).

• Sophomore Vanessa de Jesus came off the bench for the first time in her career against Notre Dame and played a career-low three minutes.  She had started the first 15 games of her collegiate career.

• The Blue Devils currently feature four different players who have scored 20+ points in a game this season — Celeste Taylor, Lexi Gordon, Elizabeth Balogun (2) and Shayeann Day-Wilson.

• Duke and Virginia Tech will meet for the 33rd time in school history, with the Blue Devils leading the series 27-5.  The Blue Devils won 26 out of the first 28 contest in the series with the Hokies, but Virginia Tech has won three out of the last four games.

• When Duke and Virginia Tech played on Dec. 30, the Hokies scored the most points in the series and turned in the largest margin of victory for Virginia Tech in the series.

• Virginia Tech is 5-27 all-time against the Blue Devils.

• VT is 3-23 against Duke in ACC play.

• VT is 2-14 against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

 

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#16 Duke Blue Devils
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