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Duke Basketball: A Top-25 road game awaits Blue Devils in Louisville

By Kevin Connelly

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 05: Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against the Boston College Eagles during their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 05, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 80-55. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 05: Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against the Boston College Eagles during their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 05, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 80-55. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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The Duke Basketball team is back on the road for another Top-25 match-up away from home as the No. 16 Louisville Cardinals welcome in the Blue Devils.

After a major road victory against the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday, the Duke Blue Devils will have to find a way to move on as the team is back on the road against the No. 16 Louisville Cardinals on Tuesday night.

Louisville is in the final game of a stretch against four ranked teams. The Cardinals started off this stretch with a home loss to North Carolina, followed by a road victory against Virginia Tech, and Saturday the Cards fell to Florida State in Tallahassee.

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The Blue Devils are in the midst of its own brutal stretch, with three of its next five games against ranked teams, not including Saturday’s win at No. 3 Virginia.

After Tuesday’s game against Louisville, the Blue Devils will head back to Durham to play NC State on Saturday before hosting No. 8 North Carolina on Wednesday night.

After the two in-state rivalry games, Duke will hit the road again for a revenge game against the Syracuse Orange and wrapping up with an always tough road game against No. 22 Virginia Tech.

Louisville is led by the trio of Jordan Nwora, Dwayne Sutton, and Christen Cunningham who all average double figures for the Cards, combining for 38.6 points per game as Louisville averages 78.6 points per game as a team.

As a team, Louisville shoots 36.5% from 3-point range, with Sutton and Steven Enoch leading the way at 40.9% and 42.9%, respectively.

The Blue Devils shot the lights out of the John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday night, but that has not been the strength of this Duke team this season, as working the ball in the paint with Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett has been the team’s bread and butter all season.

After a emotional victory, it will take another major effort from Duke tonight on the road to take down the Cardinals.

The Blue Devils have the superior talent and Louisville is still coming off an overtime loss so both teams will need to move on from the last game and focus on this game.

Duke and Louisville will tip-off at 9:00 pm ET from the KFC Yum! Center and the game will be televised on ESPN.

PREDICTION: Duke 85, Louisville 74

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