During its recent three-game losing streak, Duke’s margin of defeat was 11 points combined, and the Blue Devils followed it up by beating N.C. State by 10 on the road.
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Freshman Arike Ogunbowale added 16 points and Brianna Turner had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (21-1, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their 25th straight game decided either by single digits or in overtime.
For the first time in almost nine years, Duke is not in the AP Top 25. It was the Jackets’ sixth loss in seven conference games, all of them coming by eight or fewer points. He was checked out at Duke hospital later that evening and did not miss any games.
A team with only one post man that Krzyzewski is comfortable with using for more than a few minutes per game stands to be a considerable advantage for Tech, which goes four deep. On the season, the Blue Devils have been led by Grayson Allen (20.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.7 apg), Brandon Ingram (17.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.7 apg), and Matt Jones (12.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.4 apg). “Give me a break”, Gregory said.
There is no foul trouble to speak of involving the key players but Duke’s Jeter has 3 and GT’s Lammers has 4. If anyone could have eclipsed that record, it was Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils.
Greenwell’s first three of the game pulled Duke to within three, trailing 10-7 with four minutes to play in the quarter. Duke was trailing by just a 35-31 margin at halftime but could never make a serious run and trailed throughout the 2nd half in the loss.
Adam Smith and Nick Jacobs led the Yellow Jackets with 17 points apiece.
SYRACUSE 57, No. 16 MIAMI 51: In Coral Gables, Florida, Alexis Peterson scored 10 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Orange claimed their first road win against a ranked opponent since the 2013-14 season. “Now it’s just going out and executing the game plan”.
The Yellow Jackets are just 2-6 in ACC play but those half-a-dozen losses have come by a total of 29 points. Duke didn’t let up making Notre Dame earn all their points.
Notre Dame led 61-55 with 1:12 to play as a play was under review and allowed both teams to finalize plans on how to end the game.
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Duke chased and fouled and Cable hit one of two from the free throw line.
