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Duke 25-4, 15-3, travels to Pittsburgh 11-18, 6-12

 

             

 Duke will travel to Pittsburgh for their last road game of the year on Tuesday night. The Panthers are led by Jeff Capel who in is his 4th season in Pittsburgh. In a very up and down season for the Panthers they are basically playing 5-6 players currently.  

  Here are their starters and key reserves.

 

6-9 Soph. John Hughley  14.7 points, 8.1 rebounds

6-4 Sr.  Jamarius Burton 12.7 pts, 3.7 rebs, 2.5 assists is a transfer who started at Texas Tech and went to Wichita St.

6-5 Soph.  Femi Odukale 11.5 pts, 3.5 rebs, 3.5 assists

6-3 Jr.  Ithiel Horton  10.9 pts, 3.1 rebs.

6-9 Sr.  Mouhamdou Gueye  9.7 pts, 6.1 rebs.

 

6-7 Soph.  William Jeffries 3.6 pts, 3.6 rebs.

6-7 Fr. Nate Santos 2.9 pts.

 

Notes:  The Panthers are averaging 62.5 points and allow 67.2 per game. They are shooting 41.7% from the field and hold their opponents to 43.0%. They are shooting 32.7% from three on 5.6 made per game and hold their opponents to 35.5% on 8.4 made.  They are out rebounding their opponents by 2.9 per game and are committing 13.9 turnovers per game and forcing 10.7.  The game is scheduled for 8 pm and will be televised on the ACC Network.

 

Duke 24-4, 14-3 travels to Syracuse 15-13, 9-8

 

 

   Duke travels to Syracuse , New York tomorrow to take on the Syracuse Orangemen.  The Orangemen are fighting to try to get in the conversation for an at large bid and Saturday's game is a must win for them.  They lost 6-11 Jr. big man Jess Edwards four games for the rest of the season with a broken wrist. 

Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-6 Sr.  Buddy Boeheim  19.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists

6-8 Sr.  Jimmy Boeheim  13.9 pts, 6.2 rebs.

6-1 Jr.  Joe Girard  13.3 pts, 2.8 rebs, 4.3 assists

6-9 Sr.  Cole Swider  13.3 pts, 7.0 rebs.

6-10 Soph.  Frank Anselem  2.4 pts, 3.5 rebs.

 

6-3 Jr.  Symir Torrence  2.3 pts, 1.4 rebs.

6-10 Sr.  Bourama Sidibe  1.8 pts, 1.9 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Orangemen are averaging 77.0 points per game and allow 74.0. They are shooting 45.1% from the field and hold their opponents to 42.1%. They are shooting 37.4% from three on 8.9 made per game and they are holding their opponents to 33.3% on 10.4 made. They are being out rebounded by 1.3 per game and are committing 11.0 turnovers and forcing 12.3.  The game is scheduled for 6 pm and will be televised on ESPN.

      

Duke 23-4, 13-3 travels to Virginia 17-10 , 11-6

 

         

 

 The Duke Blue Devils will travel to Charlottesville on Wednesday for a rematch of a game 16 days ago in which Duke lost basically at the buzzer to the Cavaliers.  They are winners are 5 of their last 6 games and are playing their best basketball of the year. 

 Here are their starters and key reserves.

6-6- Sr.  Jayden Gardner  15.3 points, 7.1 rebounds

6-4 Jr.  Armaan Franklin  11.6 pts, 2.6 rebs.

5-10 Sr.  Kihei Clark  9.9 pts, 3.0 rebs, 4.1 assists

6-1 Soph.  Reece Beekman  7.7 pts, 3.3 rebs, 5.0 assists

7-1 Jr.  Francisco Caffaro  4.7 pts, 4.4 rebs.

 

6-11 Soph.  Kadin Shedrick  7.1 pts, 5.4 rebs.

6-8 Sr.  Kody Stattman  3.2 pts, 1.2 rebs.

 

 Notes:  The Cavaliers are averaging 63.4 points per game and allow 60.1.  They are shooting 45.4% from the field and hold their opponents 42.6%. They are shooting 32.0% from three on 5.1 made per game and hold their opponents to 34.4% on 6.9 made.  They are out rebounded their opponents by 0.7 and are committing 9.9 turnovers while forcing 11.2.  The game is scheduled for 7 pm and will be televised on ESPN.

Duke 22-4,12-3, hosts Florida State 14-11, 7-8

 

 

    Duke is a set to host a Florida State team that beat Duke nearly a month ago, but have fallen on hard times since then.  The Seminoles have been riddled with injuries losing starters Malik Osborne and Anthony Polite and they have won only two games, both by one point.

 

   Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-7 Soph. Matthew Cleveland  10.6 points, 4,8 rebounds

6-4 Sr.  Rayquan Evan  8.4 pts, 2.1 rebs, 3.1 assists

7-1 Fr.  Johm Butler  5.4 pts, 2.9 rebs.

6-8 Sr.  Wyatt Wilkes  4.1 pts, 1.4 rebs.

7-2 Sr.  Tanor NGom  4.3 pts, 2.0 rebs.

 

6-8 Sr.  Harrison Prieto  3.2 pts, 1.7 rebs.

6-6 Fr.  Jalen Warley  3.2 pts, 1.5 rebs.

6-7 Soph.  Cam'ron Fletcher  3.2 pts, 1.5 rebs.

 

Notes: The Seminoles are averaging 71.7 points per game and allow 70.6. They are shooting 43.6% from the field and hold their opponents to 44.1%. They are shooting 34.3% on 6.9 made per game and allow 36.9% on 8.9 made. They are out rebounding their opponents 0.6 per game and are committing 12.8 turnovers while forcing 15.4. The game is scheduled for 6 pm and will be televised on ESPN.

 

Duke 21-3, 11-3 hosts Wake Forest 20-6, 10-5

 

 

  Duke will return home tomorrow night to host the league's most surprising teams in the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The Deacons are having their best year in 15 years under second year coach Steve Forbes.  Duke won the first game in Winston Salem  a little over a month ago. 

 

 

 Here are their starters and key reserves.

6-8 Sr.  Alondes Williams 19.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.2 assists is a grad transfer from Oklahoma.

6-8 Jr.  Jake Laravia  14.4 pts, 6.5 rebs, 3.8 assists  is a Indiana State transfer.

6-2 Jr.  Daivien  Williamson  12.8 pts, 2.4 rebs, in his second year originally transferred from East Tennessee St.

6-8 Jr.  Isaiah Mucius  9.8 pts, 3.5 rebs.

7-0 Sr.  Dallas Walton  7.9 pts, 5.0 rebs,  is a grad transfer from Colorado.

 

6-6 Fr. Damari Monsanto 6.4 pts, 3.1 rebounds is a transfer from East Tenn. St.

6-10 Sr.  Khadim Sy  7.1 pts, 4.5 rebs, is a grad transfer from Mississippi.

6-5 Fr. Cameron Hildreth  3.4 pts, 2.9 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Deacons are averaging 78.6 points per game and they give up 68.5. They are shooting 49.1% from the field and are holding their opponents to 40.4%. They are shooting 34.9% from three on 8.5 made per game and are holding their opponents to 30.9% on 6.9 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 1.8 per game and are committing 14.0 turnovers per game while forcing 12.6. The game is scheduled for 7 pm and will be televised on  ESPN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-5 Fr.  Cameron Hidreth 4.8, 3.6 pts.

 

                     

Duke 20-4, 10-3 travels to Boston College 9-13, 4-8

 

   

 The Duke Blue Devils with another quick turn around travels to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to play their 4th game in 8 days. They will play a Boston College team which has lost 4 of their last 5. They are led by Earl Grant who is in his first year after 7 years at College of Charleston.  They like a lot of teams had to put this team together through the  transfer after losing nearly their whole team.

   Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-3 Sr.  Makai Ashton-Langford 12.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists is their only returning starter.

6-5 Fr.  Demarr Langford  10.6 pts, 4.5 rebs, is Makai's brother.

6-2 Fr.  Jaeden Zachary  9.4 pts, 3.2 rebs, 2.5 assists is a Juco transfer who retains freshmen eligibility.

6-9 Sr.  James Karnik  8.0 pts, 4.8 rebs. is a transfer from Lehigh.

6-9 Soph.  T.J. Bickerstaff 7.6 pts, 8.0 rebounds is a transfer from Drexel.

7-0 Soph.  Quinten Post  8.8 pts, 5.7 rebs, is a transfer from Miss. St.

6-2 Sr.  Brevin Galloway  7.1 pts, 1.0 rebs is a grad transfer from College of Charleston.

Notes:  The Eagles average 65.1 points per game and hold their opponents to 66.3 per game. They are shooting 40.9% from the field and hold their opponents 43.8%. They are shooting 30.2% from three on 5.5 made per game and allow 37.0% on 7.3 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 2.8 and they commit 11.4 turnovers while forcing 11.9. The game is scheduled for 5pm and will be televised on the ACC Network.

        

Duke 19-4, 9-3 travel to Clemson 12-11, 4-8

 

   

 

   Duke will hit the road again tomorrow night as they travel to Clemson, South Carolina after their disappointing loss at home on Monday night to Virginia. The Blue Devils will face a wounded Tiger team who are coming off a 2 point loss last night to UNC.  The Tigers led by Coach Brad Brownell are losers of 6 of their last 8 games and are facing Duke after losing a 2 point game in Durham only 15 days ago.

 

Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-10 Soph.  PJ Hall  15.3 points, 6.0 rebounds

6-2 Jr.  Al-Amir Dawes  11.2 pts, 2.8 rebs, 2.5 assists

6-5 Sr.  David Collins  11.0 pts, 6.9 rebs, 2.5 assists  San Franciso grad transfer.

6-6 Sr. Naz Bohannon 5.1 pts, 2.5 rebs. 2.2 assists Youngstown St. grad transfer.

5-10 Jr.  Nick Honor  7.9 pts, 1.5 rebs.

 

6-4 Jr.  Alex Hemenway  5.14pts, 1.5 rebs.

6-4 Soph. Chase Hunter 5.1 pts, 4.0 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Tigers are averaging 72.8 points were game and allow 67.7. They are shooting 46.2% from the field and hold their opponents to 42.3%. They are shooting 38.2% from three on 8.2 made per game and allow 33.5% on 7.8 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 3.0 per game and are committing 11.7 tunovers while forcing 12.1. The game is scheduled for 8pm on Thursday night and will be televised by the ACC Network.

 

 

6-4 Soph.  Chase Hunter 5.1 pts, 4.0 rebs.

 

Duke 19-3, 9-3 hosts Virginia 14-9, 8-5

   Duke returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium after a 3 game road trip in which they separated themselves from the rest of the conference. Duke will host a pesky Virginia Cavalier team who are playing their best ball of the season having won 3 of their last 4. They are led by their outstanding Coach Tony Bennett. As always they are an experienced team who plays a total of 5 juniors and seniors in their 7 man rotation.

  Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-6 Sr.  Jaybon Gardner  14.3 points, 6.8 rebounds

6-4 Jr.  Armaan Franklin  12.3 pts, 2.8 rebs.

5-10 Sr.  Kihei Clark  9.8 pts, 3.2 rebs, 4.0 assists

6-3 Soph.  Reece Beekman  7.9 pts, 3.5 rebs, 5.0 assists

6-11 Soph.  Kadiv Shedrick  6.6 pts, 5.1 rebs.

 

7-1 Jr.  Francisco Caffaro  4.7 pts, 4.2 rebs.

6-8 Sr.  Kody Stattman  3.1 pts, 1.0 rebs.

 

  Notes:  The Cavaliers are averaging 63.2 points per game and are allowing 59.5. They are shooting 45.7% from the field and hold their opponents to 42.4%. They are shooting 33.8% from three on 5.5 made per game and allow 34.7% on 7.2 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 0.4 and are committing 10.1 turnovers per game and force 11.3. The game is scheduled for 7pm and will be televised on ESPN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Duke 18-3, 8-2 travels to UNC 16-3, 8-3

 

   

Duke travels to Chapel Hill on Saturday to finish up their 3 game road trip.  The tar Heels are led by Hubert Davis who in his initial season.  The Tar Heels are basically down to a 7 man team currently after losing Anthony Harris to academics and transfer Dawson Garcia who is away from the team for family personal reasons. The Tar Heels are currently on a four game winning streak after their win over Louisville in overtime last night.

   Here are the starters and key reserves.

6-10 Jr.  Armando Bacot  16.5 points, 12.6 rebounds

6-4 Soph.  Caleb Love  15.3 pts, 3.3 rebs. 3.9 assists

6-0 Soph. R J Davis  13.9 pts, 4.0 rebs.

6-9 Sr.  Brad Manek  13.5 pts, 5.6 rebs, is a grad transfer from Oklahoma.

6-8 Sr.  Leaky Black  4.4 pts, 4.3 rebs.

 

6-5 Soph.  Kerwin Walton  3.5 pts, 1.5 rebs.

6-8 Puff Johnson  1.7 pts.

 

Notes:  The Tar Heels average 78.5 points per game and allow 72.0. They are shooting 45.3% from the field and hold their opponents to 42.9%. They are shooting 38.5% from three on 8.4 made per game and allow 33.8% on 8.1 made. They are out rebounding their opponents by 8.6 per game and they are committing 11.8 turnovers and force 9.5. The game is scheduled for 6 pm on Saturday and will be televised on ESPN.

      

Duke 17-3, 7-2 travels to Notre Dame 14-6, 7-2

       

    Duke will travel to South Bend, Indiana  for the second leg of their 3 game road trip tonight to take on a  hot Notre Dame Fighting team who is 9-0 at home with wins over Kentucky and North Carolina. They have won 10 of 11 and 4 in a row. They are led by Mike Brey who is in his 22nd season at Notre Dame.  As in most cases the Irish are experienced with 4 seniors and 2 juniors in their 7 man rotation.

Here are their starters and key reserves.

 

6-6 Jr.  Dae Goodwin  15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds.

6-5 Fr.  Blake Wesley  15.0 points, 3.1 rebs, 2.1 assists

6-9 Sr.  Paul Atkinson  11.6 pts, 6.3 rebs.

6-10 Sr.  Nate Laszewski  8.4  pts, 7.3 rebs, 2.3 assists

6-3 Jr.  Prentiss Hubb  8.1 pts, 2.8 rebs.

 

6-5 Sr.  Cormac Ryan  8.0 pts, 4.2 rebs.

6-5 Sr.  Trey Wertz  4.8 pts, 2.0 rebs.

 

Notes:  The Irish are averaging 71.6 points a game and allow 66.6. they are shooting 46.% from the field and hold their opponents to 44.% They are shooting 37.5% from three on 9.3 made per game and allow 35.4% on 7.1 made.  They are out rebounding their opponents by 0.6 per game and are 10.5 turnovers while forcing 10.9. The game is scheduled for 7 pm and will be televised on ESPN.