The #2 Duke Blue Devils host the Maryland Terrapins in ACC Basketball on Saturday at 6 p.m. EST on ESPN.
The Duke live stream is here (subscription required). The Terrapin Sports Network has the call as well.
Duke has won six games in a row, three of them by double digits. The Blue Devils are in second place in the ACC, two games behind Miami. Duke's 9-2 conference record is four games ahead of Maryland (5-6). The Blue Devils' 3-2 record against ranked teams includes three victories against teams that were in the top five at the time of the game (#3 Kentucky, #2 Louisville and #4 Ohio State, all in November).
Mason Plumlee has 18.2 points per game on average and also leads Duke with 10.7 boards per contest. He's the leading shooter from the floor at .603. Quinn Cook's 5.8 assists are tops n the team, while Ryan Kelly has the best three point shot (.521).
The Blue Devils beat the UNC Tarheels 73-68 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday night, as Cook led the way with 18 points, six rebounds, two assists and four steals. Plumlee added 11 rebounds, and the home team outshot its guests in every category.
The Terps have lost three of their last five games, with that stretch starting with a defeat against Duke on January 26. Maryland has the second best rebounding unit in the country, averaging 42.2 boards per game. Alex Len is the Turtles' leading scorer, averaging 12.5 points per game. He also leads in rebounds with an eight per game clip. His .549 shooting percentage leads the team. Dez Wells' three helpers per contest pace the squad and Logan Aronhalt's .476 three-point shooting percentage is tops as well. Maryland lost by 11 points at home on Sunday, dropping an 80-69 decision to Virginia. Seth Allen came off of the UMD bench with the best game for his team, collecting 11 points with three rebounds, five assists and five blocked shots. The Terps went 5-for-17 from the three point line and the Cavaliers made 11 out of 19 shots in the same department. Then-#1 Duke nailed the Terrapins by 20 points last month, winning an 84-64 contest at home. Despite making only 41.2 percent of their free throws, the Bule Devils outshot the Terrapins in the other categories and had seven steals (to Maryland's one).
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