Former UNC star Caleb Love scores eight points in Friday’s loss to Duke

The Duke Blue Devils won’t avenge their 2022 Final Four loss with a regular season game, but closing out the long-running rivalry against Caleb Love with a win probably still feels sweet.

Love, a former North Carolina Tar Heels star, scored just eight points in his ninth (and likely final) game against the Blue Devils on Friday, a 69-55 Duke victory.

Love made just three of his 13 shots for the game, including one 3-pointer on nine attempts. He added four rebounds and four assists, but he missed three straight triples in a 90-second span midway through the second half.

A three-year UNC starter who transferred to Arizona ahead of the 2023-24 season, Love won five of his previous eight games with Duke. He averaged 16.9 points, 4.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds in those games, but his eight points Friday were the fewest of any game with the Blue Devils.

Now a fifth-year senior with the Wildcats, Love is averaging 10.3 points, 3.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game. game while shooting 32.0% from the floor and 21.4% from 3-point range this season. Arizona is 2-2 after back-to-back losses.