AJ Griffin and the Duke University men’s basketball team will be playing an Atlantic Coast Conference game at the University of Notre Dame at 7 tonight on ESPN.
Griffin is coming off a 22 point, four rebound and two steal performance in a 74-65 victory over Louisville, Duke’s third consecutive win. He was 5 for 5 from three-point range. The five threes and the 22 points are career highs.
In a 12-0 run late in the game, the freshman forward out of Archbishop Stepinac High School hit back-to-back three-point field goals to give Duke a 68-60 lead.
Griffin is averaging 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
Duke (17-3 overall) will play at rival North Carolina at 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN. His Stepinac teammate, RJ Davis, is a sophomore guard at North Carolina.