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The Louisville men’s basketball program got off to a fast start against Duke, but couldn’t close out down the stretch, resulting in a 76-65 loss in their ACC opener.kn

Here’s what head coach Pat Kelsey, guard/forward Terrence Edwards Jr. and guard J’Vonne Hadley had to say following the loss:

Give Duke a lot of credit. They’re a very, very good team. Coach Scheyer is doing an unbelievable job with them. They’re very talented, they’re very well-schooled. They have a very difficult system to guard with really, really good players. Have a lot of respect for their program and for Jon and his staff. You know, we got our butts kicked the other night against Ole Miss and really challenged our guys the last several days. We focus on, harp on and emphasize the daily process, the next thing being the most important thing and clean some stuff up from the Ole Miss game. We had a couple really good days of preparation. We just weren’t able to practice a lot. Going into the Ole Miss game, we hadn’t really had an actual practice since before we left for the Bahamas, because we came back, had a pretty short turnaround, had some guys banged up, so it was a lot of film and walk through. We just weren’t in the state to be able to practice. And after the Ole Miss game we had a four-day layoff. We were able to go back to our core principles and have true preseason practice. First two, we weren’t even focusing on our next opponent, it was just on us. And I was proud of our guys’ response. You know, we were up for the challenge tonight, came out played really well in the first half, but didn’t sustain it. The first half we held them to 36 percent from the field and 27 percent from three and then it was 55 percent in the second half. I think it’s a six-point game at the eight minute media (timeout). We were right there, we just needed a couple of stops and knock down a couple of big shots. We weren’t able to get stops, had some open looks and didn’t knock them down. You give Duke credit. They stepped up in the crucial part of the game and got some stops and made some really, really big shots. Disappointing how the second half went. Got a quick turnaround getting ready for a good UTEP team on Wednesday. Got to turn the page and go back to work tomorrow, clean this one up and start preparing for the next one.”