DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) – Freshman Paolo Banchero scored 17 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 2 Duke beat Georgia Tech 69-57 on his return from a COVID-19 outbreak that sparked a couple of postponements.
Duke had a bad night on offense and shot 37.3%, a season low. The Blue Devils finished with a 48-35 rebounding advantage and more than doubled the Yellow Jackets (17-8) in second-chance points. ACC leading scorer Michael Devoe finished with 21 points for Georgia Tech. All but five of them came in the final 11 minutes or more. Georgia Tech shot just 33%.
CLEMSON, SC (AP) – Jayden Gardner scored 23 points and Virginia walked away in the final seven minutes to beat Clemson 75-65. Virginia, who won three of its last four, avenged a 67-50 loss to the Tigers on Dec. 22 that ended an 11-game winning streak in the series.
The Cavaliers have won six straight games against the Tigers in South Carolina. The Cavaliers closed on a 19-8 streak. Gardner made six free throws down the stretch. Armaan Franklin added 13 points for Virginia (9-5, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Hunter Tyson scored 15 points for Clemson (9-5, 1-2), ending a four-game winning streak.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – Sophomore Dereon Seabron scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half as North Carolina state rallied to beat Virginia Tech 68-63 in the Coastal Conference game. Atlantic. Seabron sank 8 of 14 shots from the ground and added 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season for the Wolfpack (8-7, 1-3), which snapped a five-game streak. Terquavion Smith scored four 3s and scored 17. Keve Aluma finished with 18 points and six rebounds for the Hokies (8-7, 0-3).
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (AP) – Jake LaRavia scored 22 points, Alondes Williams added 20 and Wake Forest walked away early in the first half for a 76-54 victory over Florida State. Wake Forest (12-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) avenged last season’s 92-85 overtime loss to Florida State and beat the Seminoles for the first time since January 31, 2018. Khadim Sy added 16 points and a season-high 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons. Matthew Cleveland scored 13 points and Caleb Mills had 10 for Florida State (7-5, 1-2), which shot 24% (15 of 62) from the floor.
ATLANTA (AP) – Former Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke has been named Georgia Tech quarterback coach. Coach Geoff Collins fired three assistants, including offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Dave Patenaude, later from a 3-9 season that ended with six consecutive losses. New offensive offensive coordinator Chip Long will coach the Yellow Jackets’ tight ends. Weinke led Florida State to the 1999 national championship and won the Heisman 2000. He most recently served as Tennessee’s quarterback coach in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. He was also the 2018 Vols running back coach and offensive analyst at Alabama on last year.
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