Duke freshman Patrick Ngongba (foot) will be available for tonight's game against Kentucky, per a school spokesman. Has yet to play this season. It may depend on whether or not a fellow Duke basketball freshman big man, starting center Khaman Maluach, racks up early fouls in the contest.

No. 19 Kentucky defeated No. 6 Duke 77-72 in a game that lived up to its Champions Classic name. Trailing by double-digits after halftime, the Wildcats kept clawing their way back into the Blue Devil lead.

The Wildcats were averaging 101.5 points a game going into the Champions Classic. With 53 assists on 77 made field goals in wins over Wright State and Bucknell, Kentucky entered Duke game with more dimes than any team in men’s NCAA college hoops.

No. 6 Duke men’s basketball meets its first ranked opponent in No. 19 Kentucky. The Blue Blood contest in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena broke for halftime with the Blue Devils leading a contentious 46-37 game.

Otega Oweh knocked down four free throws in the final 10.3 seconds and No. 19 Kentucky claimed the first big win of Mark Pope’s coaching tenure, knocking off No. 6 Duke 77-72 at the Champions Classic

It didn’t take long for Mark Pope to win over Big Blue Nation. pic.twitter.com/9o1umXbMVc Kentucky rallied from a 9-point halftime deficit to stun superstar Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils, who missed 11 of their final 14 field goal attempts down the stretch.