With guards Grayson Allen and Frank Jackson resting and Tatum and Bolden back in the fold, all of a sudden, the Blue Devils were using three players taller than 6-foot-8 for the duration of Saturday's game.
Sophomore guard Luke Kennard led the way with 20 first-half points en route to a career-high 35 on the afternoon.
To assess Grayson’s transgressions, we’re going to rate them on the Laettner scale, from 1 Laettner Face (a misdemeanor) to 5 Laettner Faces (felony).
After a big win Tuesday night against a tough Michigan State team, the Blue Devils will finish its four game home stand Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Tasked with guarding 6-foot-7 freshman superstar Miles Bridges, Jones rose to the challenge with a standout performance on defense in Duke’s 78-69 victory against the Spartans.
Frank Jackson energized the Blue Devils during a key spurt that propelled Duke to another ACC/Big Ten Challenge win Tuesday.
Perhaps no player knows the feeling of what it's like to be sitting helplessly on the bench more than Jefferson—who missed the majority of last season with a broken right foot after getting injured almost exactly one year ago.
The Spartans will get one last crack at earning a critical victory before conference play when they visit No. 5 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday night.
The junior guard poured in all 21 of his points in the first half on 6-of-9 shooting to lead the Blue Devils to a 93-58 win.
The Blue Devils were forced into using a four-guard lineup by necessity Sunday, but it might be hard to let it go.
With Duke coming off the busiest and most challenging stretch of its nonconference schedule, the Blue Devils now return to Durham looking to stay hungry with two Thanksgiving break games.
Allen was limited as a shooter this weekend but affected the game with his passing and defense.
UNCASVILLE, CONN. — With preseason All-American Grayson Allen struggling and several other top scoring options sitting with injuries, someone had to shoulder the offensive load for Duke. Luke Kennard proved he was up to the task.
After starting center Chase Jeter went down early in the first half with a left-ankle injury, the No. 1 Blue Devils bounced back from their first loss of the year and defeated Penn State 78-68 Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena
Less than a week after a tough neutral-site loss to Kansas, the Blue Devils hit the road again for the Mohegan Sun nonconference tournament, taking on Penn State and the winner of Cincinnati and Rhode Island.
Duke ran into another elite unit Tuesday night—and it was the veteran Kansas backcourt that came out on top.
The freshman guard scored all 11 of his points in the last 10 minutes of the game as Duke gradually clawed back from the double-digit hole, knocking down the biggest shot of his young career with 20 seconds left.
Kansas senior Frank Mason III hit a stepback jumper with 1.2 seconds left from the top of the key to give the No. 7 Jayhawks a 77-75 victory against the top-ranked Blue Devils Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in the Champions Classic.
No. 1 Duke will face its first stiff challenge of the season Tuesday when it takes on No. 7 Kansas in the second game of the Champions Classic at about 9:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.
Coming off a 103-99 overtime loss to then-No. 11 Indiana Friday evening, No. 7 Kansas will make the journey to Madison Square Garden Tuesday night to battle No. 1 Duke in the 6th edition of the Champions Classic in New York City.
