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Duke hopes to rebound against Virginia
Feb 1, 2009 - 12:08 PM Virginia (7-9) at No. 1 Duke (18-2), 2:00 p.m. ESTDURHAM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Duke's reign at the top of the rankings likely will not last long.
The top-ranked Blue Devils will try and rebound from a loss when they host Virginia in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Sunday.
The fourth team to be ranked at No. 1 this season, Duke (18-2, 5-1 ACC) lost its first game in the top spot in heartbreaking fashion on Wednesday.
James Johnson scored the game-winning layup off an inbounds play with eight-tenths of a second left, lifting fourth-ranked Wake Forest to a 70-68 victory.
Kyle Singler scored 22 points and Gerald Henderson had 20 in the loss for the Blue Devils, who shot 33 percent (22-of-66), including 4-of-22 from the arc. The setback snapped a 10-game winning streak.
Duke will try and get back on track against Virginia (7-9, 1-4), which has lost four straight and nine of 13.
Freshman Sylven Landesberg is averaging 17.1 points and 6.2 rebounds to pace the Cavaliers, who have not played since a 73-62 setback to Florida State on January 24. Landesberg had 24 points in defeat.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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VIRGINIA 21 33 54
DUKE (1) 43 36 79 FINAL
Feb 1 3:57 PM - NCAA BB
VIRGINIA 21
(1) DUKE 43 HALFTIME
Feb 1 2:54 PM
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