CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyrese Proctor scored 19 points on six 3-pointers, Kon Knueppel added 18 points and No. 1 Duke defeated 13th-ranked Louisville 73-62 on Saturday night to win its second ACC Tournament championship in three seasons under Jon Scheyer.
It was Duke’s 23rd ACC title overall — the most of any team in conference history — and five more than rival North Carolina, which lost to the Blue Devils 74-71 in a semifinal thriller.
Sion James added 15 points for Duke (31-3), which played its final two tournament games without ACC player of the year Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown due to injuries.
Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 29 points on five 3s for Louisville (27-7), which was playing in its first ACC final since joining the conference in 2014. The Cardinals went 18-2 in ACC play during the regular season under first-year coach Pat Kelsey after going 5-37 in the previous two seasons.
There were nine lead changes and neither team led by more than five before Duke broke the game open with a 12-0 run midway through the second half behind a 3 from Proctor in transition to build a 57-47 lead.
