The Duke Blue Devils coming off a home loss for the first time in 3 years travels to Maryland to take on a Terrapin team that will very emotional with the court being named after former head coach Gary Williams prior to the tip off.
Mark Turgeon is in his first year after a successfull four year stint at Texas A&m. The Terps are 12-6 overall and 2-2 in the conference and are sporting an 8 game home winning streak.
Here are the starters and key reserves.
6-1 Soph. Terrell Stoglin 21.2 points, 3.4 rebounds
6-4 Sr. Sean Mosely 10.2 pts, 5.3 rebs.
6-8 Jr. James Padgett 9.2 pts, 6.2 rebs.
7-1 Fr. Alex Len 7.8 pts, 6.0 rebs.
6-5 Fr. Nick Faust 7.2 pts, 3.6 rebs,3.3 assists
6-3 Soph. Pe'Shon Howard 6.6 pts, 3.8 rebs.
6-9 Fr. Ashton Pankey 5.4 pts, 4.6 rebs.
6-5 Soph. Mychal Parker 4.9 pts, 3.5 rebs.
6-10 Berend Weijs 2.3 pts.
The Terrapins average 68.7 points per game and give up 68.6. They shoot 43.4% from the field and allow the same 43.4%. They are shooting 33.7% from three on 5.1 made and allow 32.3% on 3.4 made per game. They are out rebounding their opponents by 3.4 per game and are committing 13.3 turnovers, while forcing 11.2.
Notes: The game is scheduled for a 9:06 tip and will be televised on ESPN. Freshman Alex Len hurt his ankle in the Temple game and is questionable how much he will play on Wednesday. He did not practice yesterday. Duke has won 9 of the last 10 in the series.
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