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First-year Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente has been impressed with how fans of the No. 23 Hokies show up everywhere they play.Theyll likely be well-represented Saturday at Duke.The schools are separated by about 165 mostly highway miles, so its not a hard trip. And while Duke (3-5, 0-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) is having an off year after recent success under coach David Cutcliffe, the Hokies (6-2, 4-1) are experiencing a resurgence and in position to capture the leagues Coastal Division title.The Blue Devils have struggled to fill their 40,000-seat stadium, and with their last three home crowds averaging nearly 18,000 empty seats, that historically means lots of room for fans clad in maroon and orange.Oh, its been great, Fuente said of the following, which also made its presence known last Thursday night at Pittsburgh. ... It was kind of odd last week. Usually theyre all kind of in one spot. Last week, they were kind of separated throughout the stadium. Ive said this before, but its very nice to work at a place that really wants to support what your kids are doing on a weekly basis, whether theyve got to drive a couple hours or not. Our kids certainly notice it. I know that.It helps that the Hokies are back in the Top 25 after several seasons of struggling heading into November, and sometimes even into the final game, just to keep their bowl streak going.Already assured of extending their nation-best streak to 24 straight bowl appearances, they have set their sights higher. Though they arent looking ahead, earlier this season they climbed to No. 17 in the Top 25 , then stumbled mightily at Syracuse, losing 31-17 .Wide receiver Isaiah Ford said everyone remembers how deflating that defeat was.Any time that things come about that were talking about ... the game this week, thats the first thing that comes out is, `Hey, you know what? Weve had this happen to us before. And lets learn from it, he said.Syracuse, however, is a nearly 600-mile drive from Blacksburg, Virginia, and Ford, a junior, has come to count on the Virginia Tech fan base being well represented, especially in games a reasonable distance away.Every game is a home game when you play at Virginia Tech, the programs career leader with 23 touchdown receptions said. Our fans travel and they travel well and travel in packs. And its amazing and its a privilege. When our fans are cheering louder than theirs, it speaks volumes about our fan base.Ford is just eight receptions away from passing Jarrett Boykin as the Hokies career leader with 185 catches, and needs just 363 receiving yards to supplant Boykin as the schools career receiving yards leader.He has an outside chance to break both records this season, but whenever he does, he can pretty much rest assured that there will be plenty of fans of the Hokies there to celebrate the milestone achievements.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjrHydro Flaske . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Hydro Flask Prisjakt . 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Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th.LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Isaiah Briscoe expected all those NBA workouts focused on improving his game to pay off with efforts like this.Judging from how newcomer DeAaron Fox shook off a rough start, Briscoe picked up some leadership pointers as well.Briscoe and Fox each scored a career-high 21 points, Malik Monk added 16 and No. 2 Kentucky pulled away from Canisius early in the second half for a 93-69 victory Sunday night.Briscoe topped his previous high of 20 last December at UCLA behind 9-of-13 shooting that helped Kentucky (2-0) rally from a seven-point first half deficit to build a 44-35 halftime advantage.I was just doing whatever I needed to do to keep my team in the game, said Briscoe, who attended those camps before returning for his sophomore season. We came out sluggish, we werent hitting shots, so I had to keep us in the game.Freshmen and fellow guards Fox and Monk combined to shoot 11 of 24 en route to career scoring bests in their short careers, while 6-foot-10 newcomer Bam Adebayo had 14 points and 11 rebounds a game after a foul-plagued debut Friday night.Those contributions came only after the Wildcats endured some early struggles. A 9-2 deficit forced Kentucky coach John Calipari to call timeout and calm his team down.When youre playing so many young guys, sometimes you just have to settle them down, he said.Briscoe spoke up as well, and the Wildcats responded with steady play that spoke volumes.Weve had to face that adversity since weve been here, Fox said, but hes done that in a few games last year. We all just listened to what he was saying.Kentucky shot 51 percent from the field.Kassius Robertson had 16 points, Jermaine Crumpton 13 and Phil Valenti 12 for Canisius (0-1) in the coaching debut of Reggie Witherspoon. The Golden Griffins initially pushed the pace and had Kentucky reacting but had no long-term answer for the Wildcats pace and backcourt.THE BIG PICTURECanisius: Solid shooting initially helped the Golden Griffins, whoo made 46 percent in the first half and played Kentucky nearly even on the boards (39-36).dddddddddddd But they committed 18 turnovers leading to 29 Kentucky points and cooled off to 37 percent shooting after the break and finished 42 percent overall.I thought it was a fast-paced game, probably a little faster than our depth handled tonight, Witherspoon said. We were able to move the ball and get some good looks, but a team like this (Kentucky) recovers quickly and sometimes a good look can still be difficult. We had pockets where we played well, but werent able to sustain it.Kentucky: The Wildcats also shot a respectable 46 percent in the first half behind Briscoes 7-of-8 performance and had some nice ball movement between the guards down the stretch. They were less generous with the ball compared to the opener, finishing with just 10 assists on 31 baskets.POLL IMPLICATIONSNext week might provide a definitive answer as Kentucky steps up the competition Tuesday night against No. 12 Michigan State at the Champions Classic in New York.BAMS BOUNCE-BACKAdebayo had plenty of room to grow from a five-point, one-rebound debut limited to just 15 minutes by four fouls. The freshman committed just two fouls against Canisius and earned initial career bests with points, rebounds and 27 minutes.I just wasnt as focused as much as I should have, and tonight I just started focusing, he said.UP NEXTCanisius: Visits Cleveland State on Tuesday night in the second game of the Bluegrass Showcase, an event that also features Duquesne, Cleveland State and UT Martin playing games at campus sites.Kentucky: Faces Michigan State on Tuesday in New York. The schools last met in the same event two years ago in Chicago, a 78-74 Spartans victory that brought them within 12-11 in the series.---More AP College Basketball: collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '