Pitt vs. No. 11 Duke preview: Everything you need to know
Pitt is now 10-5 (1-3) after picking up its first ACC win of the year over the weekend in Louisville.
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Pitt is now 10-5 (1-3) after picking up its first ACC win of the year over the weekend in Louisville.
Mark Mitchell scored 19 of his career-high 23 points in the second half, and No. 14 Duke pulled away from Notre Dame for a 67-59 victory on Saturday.
The 6-foot-9 Mitchell also grabbed 14 rebounds, continuing his midseason surge. Duke (11-3, 2-1 ACC) earned its sixth consecutive victory. Jeremy Roach went 9 for 9 at the free-throw line and scored 18 points for the Blue Devils.
Chris Carrawell started for a top-ranked Duke team that blew out just about everyone behind a roster stocked with NBA talent, including a freshman with tantalizing athleticism in a limited role.
Chris Carrawell started for a top-ranked Duke team that blew out just about everyone behind a roster stocked with NBA talent, including a freshman with tantalizing athleticism in a limited role. Instead, potential alone — captured in shot-out-of-a-cannon flashes that made Carrawell say “Whoa!” — made him the Blue Devils’ first one-and-done NBA player in 1999. “I was a little surprised,” Carrawell recalled.