Tre Jones not in uniform for Duke’s showdown with Virginia

The separated shoulder Tre Jones suffered last Monday night is keeping him out of Duke’s Saturday night battle with Virginia.

The freshman point guard, who has started the season’s first 16 games for the No. 1-ranked Blue Devils, is in street clothes and won’t play when Duke faces unbeaten Virginia at 6 p.m at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke’s official statement is that Jones is out indefinitely.

Duke’s starting lineup against the Cavaliers includes RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish, Zion Williamson, Marques Bolden and Jack White.

Jones was injured during a collision with Syracuse’s Frank Howard while they pursued a loose ball in the first half of the Orange’s 95-91 overtime win.

Reddish missed the Syracuse game due to flu-like symptoms.

Steve Wiseman

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Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989.