Postgame Notes
#10 Duke 70, #7 Louisville 56
First Round 2021 New York Life ACC Tournament
Greensboro, N.C.
 
- Duke (13-11) advances to Thursday’s 6:30 p.m. quarterfinal game versus No. 2 seed Florida State (15-5). The teams did not meet during the regular season, with the scheduled Jan. 2 game being canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.

- Duke improved to a league-best 105-45 in the ACC Tournament with Tuesday’s win. Duke is seeking to add to its league-record 21 ACC tourney titles.

- Duke is now 41-18 in ACC Tournament games at Greensboro Coliseum, including a 30-10 mark under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

- Krzyzewski is 67-23 all-time in the ACC Tournament as head coach of the Blue Devils, including wins in 10 of Duke’s last 11 tournament games.

- Duke’s Mark Williams led all players with a career-high 23 points and an ACC Tournament freshman-record 19 rebounds. Williams broke the previous tournament freshman rebounding record of 18 set by Virginia’s Ralph Sampson versus Clemson in 1980 quarterfinals.

- Williams’ 19 rebounds also tie for the second most by any Duke player in an ACC Tournament game, most recently Mike Gminski versus North Carolina in the 1980 semifinals.

- The double-double was the second of Williams’ career, following his 20-point, 11-rebound performance versus Syracuse on Feb. 22.

- ACC leading scorer Matthew Hurt added 20 points for Duke. Hurt has averaged 27 points in three games versus Louisville this season.

- Hurt has scored 20 or more points in 11 games this year.

- The No. 10 seed is now 3-4 all-time versus the No. 7 seed in ACC Tournament play.

- Louisville (13-7) slipped to 2-5 in ACC Tournament play with Wednesday night’s loss.

- David Johnson led the Cardinals in scoring with 14 points.

- With 13 points, Louisville’s Carlik Jones posted his 18th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 101st of his career.