Duke rolled over Radford and big center Art Parahhouski 104-67. Duke hit 18-32 from the three point line to tie a school record for made threes. Duke had three players in Kyle Singler, Jon Scheyer, and Nolan all have 7 assists as the team had a season high 25. Radford big man had 23 points and 14 rebounds, but he had to take 19 shots to get to his point total.
No Duke player played more than Singler's 30 minutes and they had 8 players in double figure minutes.They also shot 48.6% from the floor and 94.1% from the line in making 16-17 and out rebounded the Highlanders 45-38. The Duke team only had 8 turnovers and forced 16.
Here is a run down on the players and a brief thumbnail analysis of their performance.
Kyle Singler had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. A very line obviously, but Kyle had a off night shooting. He was only 4-13 from the field and 2-8 from three. He had his usual great court presence and as you can tell by his assists he really was every where on the court.
Miles Plumlee had 12 points and 11 rebounds. He was 5-8 from the field and 2-2 from the line. Miles continues to gain confidence and he is becoming a force as his athletic ability gives opponents problems as it did Parakhouski today. He did get pushed around at times by the Radford future pro, but overall he did well. His hands are something that I have noticed have improved this year.
Nolan Smith had 20 points,6 rebounds and 7 assists. He is instant energy for the Blue Devils and make them look so much faster when he is on the court. There is no small coincendence that Duke has scored over a 100 points in both games he has played. He really give the opposing guards fits defensively on the perimeter.
Lance Thomas was quiet again today. He 4 points and 4 rebounds in 20 minutes. He is playing good defense, but as has been the case for his entire career he isn't much of a threat offensively, but he doesn't need to be with the weapons on this team.
Jon Scheyer had another steady game as he had 18 points and 7 assists in 28 minutes and most importantly he extended his no turnover streak to 137 minutes over the first four games without a turnover. Jon is playing good defense also, seldom does his man beat him.
Andre Dawkins had his career high today as he had 20 points on 7-9 shooting, including 6-8 from three. Andre played 22 minutes and also had 3 steals. He is getting better on defense.
Ryan Kelly had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in 18 minutes. Ryan continues to play well. He has great skills and is seldom out of position. He had 2 nice blocks today and continues to play good defense.
Brian Zoubek had 4 points and 9 rebounds, but was limited to 14 minutes because of foul trouble and he ended up fouling out late. Brian is doing a good job on the boards, but gets caught inside on defense reaching entirely too much.
Duke's next game is Wednesday night at 9:30 at Madison Square Garden against Arizona State.
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