Duke defeated Louisville in OT to repeat as ACC Tournament champions.

Taina Mair and Delaney Thomas both scored 19 points and No. 13 Duke rolled to a 70-65 overtime win over No. 12 Louisville to repeat as the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champion Sunday afternoon in Duluth, Ga.

Thomas had key performances in regulation and overtime as Duke won its 10th ACC Tournament title overall. Riley Nelson added 12 points and Ashlon Jackson had 11 for the top-seeded Blue Devils (24-8). Meyer had 12 rebounds.

Imari Berry scored 18 points and McHenry Randolph had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the second-seeded Cardinals (27-7), who were unable to avenge a regular-season home loss on Feb. 5. Tajiana Roberts scored 12 points.

Thomas scored the final basket of regulation (a tying layup with 4 seconds left) and the first two Duke baskets in overtime. She also pulled down a key offensive rebound to prevent Louisville, which was down by two points with less than 30 seconds left in overtime, from gaining possession.

As a result, Nelson made a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left.

Duke lost two of its last three regular season games before sweeping the tournament in three games.

Mair’s 3-pointer put Duke ahead 51-49 with 7:02 left and the Cardinals took a 57-53 advantage entering the final minute of regulation. Thomas converted an offensive rebound and Nelson hit a 3-pointer from the right wing with 18 seconds to play.

Randolph’s basket put Louisville ahead 59-58 with 23 seconds left in the game. After Duke missed twice, Berry hit 1 of 2 free throws with 14 seconds left, setting the stage for Thomas’ game-tying basket.

Meyer blocked Louisville’s 3-point attempt to end regulation.

Louisville took an 11-point lead in the first quarter before Duke briefly took the lead in the second quarter. The Cardinals went into halftime leading 32-30. Half of Duke’s 10 first-half field goals were 3-pointers.

This is the first time since 2021 that the top two seeds advanced to the ACC Tournament finals.

–Field level media