Reece Beekman's Late Three Lifts Virginia over No. 7 Duke 69-68 [Men's Basketball Live Updates]
Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the Virginia Cavaliers (14-9, 8-5 ACC) vs. Duke Blue Devils (19-3, 9-2 ACC) men's basketball game on Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Read a full recap of the game here: Down Goes Duke! Reece Beekman’s Late Three-Pointer Gives Virginia a Wild 69-68 Victory over No. 9 Duke
FINAL. Virginia 69, Duke 68
REECE BEEKMAN.
Beekman nails a clutch three-pointer to put Virginia up 69-68 with just 1.1 left on the clock. Banchero's fadeaway three bounces off the top of the backboard and VIRGINIA TAKES DOWN DUKE IN CAMERON 69-68.
Virginia 66, Duke 68 | 7.2 remaining
Virginia gets a stop and gets the ball back with 30 seconds remaining. Armaan Franklin's floater is just off the mark and Theo John eventually grabs the offensive rebound, but Clark makes a heads-up play and grabs the ball, forcing a jump ball and giving possession back to UVA with 7.2 seconds remaining. Virginia is unable to inbound the ball and the Hoos are forced to call their final timeout.
Virginia 66, Duke 68 | 50.3 remaining
Virginia runs a play for a Kihei Clark three-pointer, but Clark's three attempt is off the mark and the ball goes back to Duke with less than a minute to go.
Virginia 66, Duke 68 | 1:16 2H
Reece Beekman has his layup blocked by Theo John, but Beekman then pokes the ball away from Roach under his own basket and scores a layup plus a foul. Beekman ties the game, but is unable to give Virginia the lead as he misses the free throw. Keels drives to the basket and is fouled by Franklin. Keels makes both free throws and Duke leads 68-66 with less than 90 seconds to go.
Virginia 64, Duke 66 | 2:04 2H
Trevor Keels misses the initial layup attempt but is there to putback his own miss to extend the Duke lead to three. Armaan Franklin is fouled on a drive to the basket, but he makes just one of two at the line. Virginia gets a much-needed stop, forcing a Duke shot clock violation.
Virginia 63, Dule 64 | 3:38 2H
Trevor Keels is fouled and makes a pair of free throws, but Kadin Shedrick scores on another dunk. He is 8/8 and has a career-high 16 points. Banchero finds Mark Williams in traffic for a dunk on the other end. Another foul is called on Virginia, who now has 8 team fouls in the half. Jeremy Roach makes both free throws and on the second, Caffaro is whistled for a foul as he tried to box-out Theo John. That's Caffaro's fourth foul and John goes to the free throw line and misses the front end. Armaan Franklin intercepts a pass and takes it the other way on a fast break. His layup is blocked but goaltending is called. Trevor Keels draws yet another UVA foul and Keels goes one of two from the line. Gardner is left alone at the free throw line and he knocks down the jumper. Wendell Moore comes off of a screen and hits a catch-and-shoot three pointer. After a Gardner miss, Roach splits a double team and hits a floater off the glass to give Duke its first lead since midway through the first half.
Virginia 57, Duke 52 | 7:28 2H
After a turnover by Gardner, Jeremy Roach drives inside and dumps it off to Williams for a dunk. Gardner's pass is too high for Clark, resulting in another turnover, but Virginia gets a stop on the other end and Clark throws a long lob down the floor to Shedrick for a transition dunk.
Virginia 55, Duke 50 | 9:47 2H
Gardner's layup attempt goes off the front of the rim and into the hands of Shedrick, who slams it down. Kihei Clark works his way into the lane and his floater hits the front of the rim and bounces in. Gardner then makes a play on defense, hitting the ball off of Banchero and out of bounds for a turnover.
Virginia 51, Duke 50 | 11:12 2H
Following the foul, there are some words exchanged between the two benches and both teams are assessed technical fouls. Wendell Moore is fouled on a jumper by Poindexter and Moore completes a three-point play. Kihei Clark pump fakes a three and drives inside for a floater. Shedrick fouls Theo John and John makes the hook shot. John makes the free throw and the lead is back to just two points for the Cavaliers. Clark works his way inside and drops a dime to Gardner for a layup. Trevor Keels uses his size advantage over Clark to muscle his way under the basket for a layup. Clark registers another great assist, finding Shedrick for a two-hand dunk. Trevor Keels makes a three-pointer from the left wing to cut the deficit to one point.
Virginia 45, Duke 39 | 15:01 2H
Mark Williams, who sat out most of the first half in foul trouble, is fouled by Reece Beekman, who immediately exits the game with his third foul. Huge loss for the Cavaliers on their first defensive possession of the half and Williams makes both free throws. Caffaro has his dunk attempt blocked but Virginia chases down the ball and then Clark works it inside to Gardner who makes a floater. Duke responds with a basket as AJ Griffin follows up his own shot with a putback. Virginia answers right back as Gardner pump fakes and is fouled by Williams and makes the layup. Gardner completes the three-point play at the line. Williams stays in the game and gets a putback to go on the offensive end plus a foul on Caffaro. On Virginia's ensuing possession, Caffaro goes to work on Williams in the post and flips in a hook shot over the ACC's top shot-blocker. But, Duke comes right back and Griffin finds Williams for a slam dunk. Kihei Clark grabs an defensive rebound and races it up the court and finishes with a crafty layup in transition. On an inbounds play, Duke tries to lob it up for Williams and Caffaro fouls him on the dunk attempt. Williams goes one of two at the line and Shedrick checks in to replace Caffaro. Shedrick works inside on Williams and banks in a jumper in the paint. Shedrick catches an elbow from Mark Williams and is called for his fourth foul of the game with 15 minutes remaining.
Virginia vs. Duke halftime stats
Halftime. Virginia 34, Duke 29
Kadin Shedrick grabs his own miss and lays it in. AJ Griffin gets free on a backdoor cut but misses the dunk. Armaan Franklin knocks down a triple from the corner for Virginia's three of the game. UVA extends its lead to 12, but Wendell Moore scores his first points of the game plus a foul on Reece Beekman, his second personal of the first half. Bates Jones hits his second three of the game and the lead is cut back to six. Banchero blocks Gardner's layup but Shedrick grabs the board and lays it in to stop the 6-0 Duke run. Banchero sinks a three from the left wing and the lead is just five. After a Gardner travel, Kihei Clark fouls Jeremy Roach to send him to the line for the one-and-one. Roach misses the front end but Duke taps the ball back to Keels, who misses the three-pointer. Armaan Franklin's full-court heave is just off the mark and UVA takes a 34-29 lead into halftime, the biggest halftime deficit of the season for Duke. Good first half for the Cavaliers, but they had their 12-point lead reduced to just five after a late run by the Blue Devils.
Virginia 27, Duke 20 | 3:47 1H
Duke ends a scoring drought of nearly five minutes as Bates Jones knocks down a corner three. Virginia gets the ball back to Jayden Gardner for a mid-range jumper. Banchero misses a layup and Kihei Clark pushes the ball in transition and finds Caffaro for a layup. Banchero misses another layup and Virginia has a chance to extend its lead, but the Cavaliers miss some open threes and the lead stays at seven. UVA is 0/5 from three so far.
Virginia 23, Duke 17 | 6:40 1H
Jayden Gardner receives the ball at the free throw line and drives undeterred to the basket for an easy layup. Gardner then draws an offensive foul on Paolo Banchero to give possession back to UVA. Duke goes to a zone defense and Virginia works the ball inside to Gardner, who banks in a jumper off the glass. UVA gets a stop and then Gardner works his way inside for another basket. It's an 8-0 run for Virginia (the last six coming from Jayden Gardner) and the Cavaliers now lead by six.
Virginia 17, Duke 17 | 10:33 1H
Caffaro picks up a foul and is replaced by Kadin Shedrick, who immediately picks up his first foul as he hits Mark Williams, who makes both free throws. Paolo Banchero goes to work on Kody Stattmann and spins inside for a layup to give the Blue Devils their first lead of the game. Armaan Franklin is fouled in the paint and he goes one of two from the line, but Shedrick tips in the second miss for a layup, ending the 7-0 Duke run. On the other end, Banchero snatches an offensive board and lays it in. Kihei Clark uses a brilliant hesitation move to get by Trevor Keels and gets inside for an easy layup. Banchero is fouled by Franklin and makes both free throws to tie the game at 13. Malachi Poindexter checks into the game for Virginia. Reece Beekman blows by Joey Baker and scores the layup. Baker responds by hitting a fadeaway jumper over Poindexter. AJ Griffin leaves his layup short but Theo John is there for the putback. Kody Stattmann collects an offensive rebound and lays it in plus a foul.
Virginia 8, Duke 5 | 15:36 1H
Jeremy Roach gets free on the left wing and knocks down the open three-pointer.
Virginia 8, Duke 2 | 16:40 1H
Reece Beekman strips the ball from Wendell Moore on his way up for a shot. Beekman then finds Armaan Franklin on a backdoor cut for a layup. Franklin curls off of a screen and scores his second basket of the game on a floater. Caffaro gets lost hedging a ball screen and Mark Williams is left wide open for a dunk. Caffaro draws a foul on Williams in the post and Caffaro sinks both free throws. Virginia gets multiple offensive rebounds and Caffaro finishes the putback to put UVA up by six points. Coach K calls timeout. Great starts for Virginia.
