Virginia has failed to score 66 points just twice in 33 games this season. And while one of those was a 77-51 loss to Duke in Durham just a couple weeks ago, the Blue Devils had now-injured starters Patrick Ngongba and Caleb Foster in the lineup. Duke’s defense gets credit for holding Virginia to its lowest offensive efficiency of the season, but the game script flipped the Blue Devils way quickly (leading by 15 in the first 15 minutes) and the Wahoos’ shooting was arguably the coldest it has been all of ACC play. A little bit of shooting regression, plus the absence of two key defenders opens up the chances for Virginia to have some more offensive success and clear this number.
