FINAL Pitt 65, Duke 64. Fields made a step-back 3-pointer over McClure with less than 5 seconds remaining. Scheyer raced up the floor and missed a 3, then got his own tip but missed that too. The Garden explodes as the last shot falls and Pitt wins. What a game.
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16.0, Duke 64 Pitt 62: Scheyer [...]
16.6, Duke 58 Pitt 58: Young makes a 16-footer from the baseline to give Pitt a two-point advantage, which is quickly negated when Henderson makes an NBA-like turnaround fadeaway from the corner to tie the score. Finally, Duke gets a stop when Young misses a 3 off a feed from Fields with little time left [...]
HALFTIME, Duke 34 Pitt 22: Pitt narrowed the margin at the end of the half, but if you’re a Duke fan, you have to be happy with that first half. Playing a high-quality opponent, a double-digit halftime lead is not something to frown on. Singler and Henderson lead Duke with eight points apiece, a number [...]
It’s easy to measure the hype of a game simply by looking at the media seating chart, and from what the slab of paper hanging in the MSG press room is telling me, tonight’s matchup is a marquee game.
Sitting courtside are: Andy Katz (ESPN) and Seth Davis, Luke Winn and Kevin Armstrong (Sports Illustrated/SI.com). The [...]
Because The Chronicle has ceased production for winter break, there is no official preview for tonight’s much-anticipated game between No. 6 Duke and No. 11 Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden, but there are plenty of links out there to quench your information thirst. Some quick-hitters:
According to our friends at The Blue Zone, tonight’s [...]
The Chronicle will be live-blogging the Duke-Pitt game tonight from Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Stay tuned!