Grayson Allen scored 29 points while Luke Kennard added 20 for the Blue Devils (22-9, 11-7), who have the No. 5 seed in the league tournament. They gave themselves a chance to win by hitting 13 3-pointers.

"That's what we do -- 3s and free throws are kind of how we have to score,'' coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We've got to do what we have to do, and it's won 22 games, it's made us a very good and tough team."

Allen and Kennard hit them in the final 20 seconds, with Kennard's making it 72-70 with 9.3 seconds left.

Though the Blue Devils come up short in the 76-72 loss, they look like they've worked themselves into