BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team returns to Cassell Coliseum on Tuesday night, as they host No. 3/2 Duke. Tip is at 7 p.m. and the game will be shown live on ESPN as part of their "Super Tuesday" package.
GAME INFORMATION
#20/19 Virginia Tech vs. #3/2 Duke
Feb. 26, 2019, 7 p.m.
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 134 XM: 193 Internet: 954
BROADCAST: ESPN/ESPN app
Rece Davis, LaPhonso Ellis & Brooke Weisbrod
About Tonight's Game
The Hokies enter the game 21-6 on the season and 10-5 in ACC play … The Blue Devils are 24-3 this season and 12-2 in the ACC … The Hokies are 20th in the AP poll and 19th in the USA Today Coaches poll and Duke is third in the AP poll and second in the coaches poll.
Last Game: #20/18 VT 67, ND 59
The Hokies picked up their fifth ACC road victory with a 67-59 win at Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon … Tech out rebounded the taller Fighting Irish, 49-27, including an 18-9 lead on the offensive glass … Kerry Blackshear Jr., led all scorers with 22 points and 14 rebounds, for his sixth double-double of the season … Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 12 points in the win … The fifth ACC road wins ties for the most in school history, a mark also reached last season.
Vs. Duke
The Hokies are 10-46 all-time against Duke … Tech won the last meeting, 64-63, in Cassell Coliseum on Feb. 26, 2018 … Tech is 8-11 at home against the Blue Devils, and 4-6 in Cassell Coliseum … Tech is 2-3 against Duke under Buzz Williams … Tech has won the last two games played in Cassell Coliseum (both times the Blue Devils were ranked in the top 5 in the AP poll).
KJ Hits 1,000
In the home Virginia game, Kerry Blackshear Jr., scored his 1,000th career point … Blackshear became just the 48th player in Virginia Tech history to reach 1,000 for his career … He joins teammates Ahmed Hill and Justin Robinson on the 1,000-career point list at Virginia Tech … He grabbed his 500th career rebound at Clemson … The Hokies are now one of only nine teams in Division I to boast three players with 1,000 career points.
Duke and Feb. 26
Tonight will be the second consecutive year and the fourth time overall that the Hokies and Blue Devils have met on Feb. 26 … Tech won last year's game, 64-63, in Cassell Coliseum, when Duke was ranked fifth in the AP poll … The previous meeting before that on Feb. 26 was a 64-60 Virginia Tech win over top-ranked Duke in Cassell Coliseum in 2011 … Duke defeated Virginia Tech, 23-16, on Feb. 26, 1913.
