Duke men hang on in rough contest

LONDON -- Daniel Ewing nailed a technical foul shot from British Basketball

League bad boy Rico Alderson, and Nick Horvath hit a long range two point

jumper from the top of the key, as the men's basketball team rallied from a

22-point deficit to beat the Brighton Bears 93-85 in Game 3 of the

International Challenge Series Monday afternoon at the Crystal Palace

National Sports Centre in London.

The technical foul was one of four in the game for the Bears, including

the second from Alderson, who was once suspended from the BBL for 15 games

five and you1re out, and we had everybody on four."

Only a minute after losing their power forward, the Bears found themselves

without ex-Tulane Green Wave Sterling Davis. Davis was ejected for

arguing with ACC referee Mike Wood after being told to be quiet.

With Duke leading 80-78 at the time, the Blue Devils used the call to put

them game away as Ewing, who scored 13 points in the fourth quarter alone,

sank both shots, and, on the ensuing possession, Shelden Williams found

the ball inside, muscled his way up, hit a layup and drew the foul.

"For us it was basically an American game," Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "The

physicality of the game knocked us back some and both teams fought like

crazy."

Taking a 85-76 lead, the Blue Devils cruised, exchanging baskets and stops

with Brighton in a foul-shot interrupted series of play. However, with 20

seconds remaining, team captain Chris Duhon, in an attempt to grab the

ball, was knocked to the floor and unable to get up.

After stopping play for a few minutes, Duhon, who was fine after the

contest, was able to get up and simply sat out the rest of the game.

J.J. Redick hit Duhon's foul shots and the Bears sank one more before the

game ended.

"Everybody got a chance to contribute to that game and that's a great

thing," Duke forward Dahntay Jones said. "Everybody got a chance to experience what it1s like

to be down 20 points because this is our first time playing together."

The get another crack at the London Towers, who beat them by 10 last

night, when they play their final game tonight at 7:30 p.m. British

Standard Time.