The Blue Devils trailed 40-36 at halftime before building a 17-point lead, clamping down defensively after Georgia Tech (12-10, 2-7) shot 58 percent over the first 20 minutes. Instead, Tech was shredded in the second half in front of a crowd that, while full of Duke fans, was ready to push the Jackets to victory. Bouncing back from a sluggish start, Duke won for just the second time in six games and was in its first game as an unranked team since 2007. He coached in the Blue Devils’ next game.
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“In the preparation leading up to this game, we didn’t even go through (Georgia Tech’s) man sets”, Capel said. That same foursome was 2-for-12 in the second half.
Tech Trivia: Which Jacket has the most consecutive double-figure-scoring games this season? The overall record is 12-10.
Warsaw graduate Nic Moore had 16 points for SMU (19-2, 8-2), which has lost two of its lastthree. The average RPI ranking for the teams in the first half of the schedule is 43.7 and the average for the second half is 66.6. Still, it’s not like the schedule beckons like a field of daisies.
In other personnel news, Laura Keeley of The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported that injured senior Amile Jefferson was back in a walking boot as he appeared courtside Tuesday night, making it unlikely for him to play Saturday against N.C. State or Monday against Louisville. It was the Jackets’ sixth loss in seven conference games, all of them coming by eight or fewer points.
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“Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski will not be coaching the team tonight at Georgia Tech”. “I was struggling to make cuts and stuff like that”. Ryan Wilson led the Oaks with 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Sean Obi, a sophomore transfer from Rice, has played in only nine games and just four in the conference. The game also will be streamed on the WatchESPN app. It can be heard on the Georgia Tech IMG Sports Network, WYAY (93.7 FM) and 680 The Fan (680 AM), with Brandon Gaudin and Randy Waters on the call.
