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The critical goal came from Tucker Dordevic, who scored on a spinning trick shot where he fired from between his legs for a goal.

The regular season is halfway complete, and now Syracuse head coach Gary Gait’s squad faces a tough final seven game stretch.

For 37 minutes, Syracuse kept their dreams alive, but a 10-0 run from Duke to close the game ended SU’s hope at a deep ACC Tournament run.

After Jimmy Boeheim’s tip-in of a Joe Girard miss gave Syracuse a 79-78 lead with 3:38 left, Duke went on a 10-0 run to close the game.

When Syracuse takes the floor against Duke, it will be without its leading scorer and All-ACC First Team Selection Buddy Boeheim.

The Blue Devils scored the first 14 points of the night, and led by over 20 points just over eight minutes into the game.

It was pure Duke domination over Syracuse Saturday night in the Dome.

Saturday evening, longtime friends Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim will be friendly adversaries from opposite benches for the last time.

Visiting No. 6 Duke on Saturday, Syracuse came out flat and paid the price in a deflating loss to drop them to 9-10.

Syracuse was blown out at sixth-ranked Duke Saturday in front of the Cameron Crazies, again falling under .500 for the season.