Blue Adversaries expanded their winning touch to 8 video games with an 89-62 triumph at Atlantic Shore Meeting novice SMU.
DALLAS– Battle each other standout fresher Cooper Flagg had 24 factors and 11 rebounds as the fourth-ranked Blue Devils, playing without unwell trainer Jon Scheyer, expanded their winning touch to 8 video games with an 89-62 triumph at Atlantic Shore Meeting novice SMU on Saturday.
Tyrese Proctor and Kon Knueppel each had 14 factors for heaven Devils (12-2, 4-0).
Wake Woodland transfer Boopie Miller had 21 factors for SMU (11-3, 2-1), which saw its seven-game winning touch broke. Samet Yigitoglu, a 7-foot-2 fresher from Istanbul, had 10 factors and 13 rebounds. Matt Cross had 11 factors.
Scheyer really did not take a trip with the group and missed out on a ready the very first time in 3 periods as Battle each other’s head trainer. Associate head trainer Chris Carrawell was the acting trainer.
Battle each other was available in with the organization’s top-scoring protection and strangled the ACC’s highest-scoring group. The Mustangs were balancing greater than 87 factors a ready first-year trainer Andy Enfield.
The Mustang shot 34% from the area (23 of 67) and their only lead was 3-2 after Cross made a 3-pointer on their initial shot.
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Takeaways
Duke: Heaven Devils had fast actions each time SMU seemed making a run. The initial wanted a very early 10-point lead was cut to 18-16. Flagg after that had a jumper and a 3-pointer. … Battle each other remained in Texas for the very first time given that shedding to N.C. State in an Elite 8 video game dipped into the NBA Dallas Mavericks’ field concerning 5 miles away.
SMU: With a sellout group, despite having pupils not back from winter season break, the Mustangs could not create any kind of Irritable magic for a very early trademark win with Enfield.
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Key moment
After a jumper by Cross to open up the 2nd fifty percent and obtain SMU within 41-34, Flagg racked up 9 factors in much less than 3 mins. That became part of a 13-3 Battle each other run.
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Key stats
Duke outscored SMU 42-24 in the paint. Heaven Devils made 11 3-pointers while SMU had 5.
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Up next
Duke is home versus Pittsburgh on Tuesday evening, when SMU goes to North Carolina.
