No. 7 Duke men’s basketball hits 17 triples in dominant 100-58 win against Army

With former head coach Mike Krzyzewski in attendance, the Blue Devils dominated his alma mater on his namesake courtroom. 

In Duke’s second sport of the season, it rode a lockdown defensive efficiency and spectacular second-half offensive outburst to a 100-58 win in opposition to Military. The Blue Devils had six gamers in double figures, led by Kon Knueppel and Tyrese Proctor, with 15 and 14, respectively.  

For a three-minute sequence within the first half, Flagg confirmed why he is among the prime gamers in the entire land. 

He began with a deflection and assisted a Sion James streaking layup, forcing Military to name a timeout. Following the break, he demonstrated his size by grabbing his personal offensive rebound and securing an and-one. After blocking a Ryan Curry triple, he was rewarded along with his personal deep shot, splashing it and celebrating along with his arms out large.

“I assumed he had it getting into that first half, he was simply actually controlling the entire sport along with his rebounding, his passing, his play making, his scoring,” Scheyer mentioned. 

This gave Duke a 36-13 stiffarm, which grew to become 43-20 when each groups entered the locker room. On the defensive finish, the house squad used its size to leap passing lanes and put strain on the smaller Black Knight guards, who couldn’t discover rhythm offensively. 

To start out the second half, the Blue Devils’ capturing effectivity drastically improved, courtesy of the Tyrese Proctor present. 

After scoring the half’s second bucket, he knocked down back-to-back-to-back threes on consecutive possessions; Duke’s lead blossomed to 63-31. Whereas his warmth verify didn’t go in, the Sydney native’s confidence clearly modified after these buckets. 

“Give them credit score. It is arduous to determine what they’re in at instances and I assumed it stood us up,” Scheyer mentioned. “I am glad it occurred, as a result of it offers us a lesson to be taught as a result of its not simply working performs, it is reacting to what the protection goes to do.”

Military’s greatest participant within the beginning lineup was AJ Allenspach at 6-foot-8. The Simpsonville, S.C., native sometimes camped out within the paint on protection, and struggled to maintain the 7-foot-2 Maluach off the glass. Khaman Maluach and Flagg each recorded double-digit rebounding numbers by the tip of the primary half, ending with 25 mixed for the sport.

Duke pushed the tempo offensively to open the competition. After each defensive rebound or turnover, the staff regarded for the short outlet move. The Blue Devils let it fly from deep, however solely related on one among its first eight triples. Consequently, the Black Knights stayed within the sport early, solely trailing 9-8 on the under-16 media timeout. 

To interrupt the seal, Knueppel and Purdue switch Mason Gillis hit back-to-back threes to increase Duke’s result in 15-8. A lot of Duke’s offense got here from second-chance alternatives and fast-break factors; the Blue Devils completed with a whopping 15 offensive rebounds and second-chance factors within the first half. For his second bucket from deep, Knueppel was fed proper in his shooter’s pocket after Foster snagged a board, and the Wisconsin native drilled a 3. 

Subsequent up, the Blue Devils will tackle Kentucky in Atlanta for the Champions Traditional Nov. 12.