The Blue Devils entered Saturday looking for marked improvement from their performance against Notre Dame – a team noted for muddying up games and holding opponents to under their scoring average. Boston College entered Saturday in need of a signature win. It was obvious from the first possession Duke was looking to run and bury the Eagles early but Earl Grant’s team was not having that initially.
The Blue Devils jumped out to an early 7 point lead within the first 5 minutes of the first half but the Eagles continued to claw back even overtaking the Blue Devils with 4:47 left in the first half.