Hokies stop 5th-ranked Blue Devils
Chris Clarke was there just when his Virginia Tech teammates needed him most.
Freshman guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker took what he thought would be the game-winning shot, but it sailed over the rim. Clarke collected the rebound and laid it back in, giving the host Hokies a 64-63 comeback win over No. 5 Duke on Monday.
“Definitely you can’t miss that layup or it looks really bad,” Clarke said of the putback with four seconds left, which gave Virginia Tech its first lead since the early going. “I just knew I had to make it.”
The Hokies (21-9, 10-7 ACC) held Duke without a field goal for the final seven minutes.
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