With an 89-62 highway victory over the SMU Mustangs (11-3, 2-1 ACC) on Saturday and regardless of Jon Scheyer being again in Durham recovering from an sickness, Duke basketball performing head coach Chris Carrawell oversaw the Blue Devils’ eighth straight win to tie the longest common season profitable streak throughout the three-year Scheyer period.
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As has been the case of late, No. 4-ranked Duke (12-2, 4-0 ACC) placed on a present within the distribution division. The Blue Devils completed with 22 dimes and solely seven turnovers, marking their season-best 3.1 assist-turnover ratio, all whereas capturing 53.2 % from the sphere and 40.7 % past the arc.
“I feel it speaks to our group,” freshman guard/ahead Cooper Flagg, who tallied a routine-for-him 24 factors, 11 rebounds, three assists, one steal, and two blocks in opposition to the Mustangs, mentioned about Duke’s spectacular ball motion. “We’ve got such a gifted group.
“It is a disservice to all people on the group if we do not share it and get the proper appears.”
Junior guard Tyrese Proctor and freshman guard/ahead Kon Knueppel scored 14 factors apiece. In the meantime, graduate guard Sion James paced the Blue Devils together with his season-high eight dimes.
Duke is now averaging 20.3 assists throughout its previous three wins. And with Saturday’s effort, the 2024-25 Blue Devils’ season common of 16.8 assists is on observe to be this system’s highest clip for the reason that 2017-18 group dished out 17.5 per sport.
“It takes time,” the 47-year-old Carrawell mentioned in regards to the squad’s now-smooth offense after turning into 1-0 as an performing head coach, reminding of us that the Blue Devils returned solely two scholarship skills in Proctor and sophomore guard Caleb Foster. “I assumed our protection was, in fact, forward of our offense. However guys are studying how you can play with one another.
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“[Tyrese Proctor and Cooper Flagg] are actually glorious leaders for our group. We go how they go. Their voice, their management.”
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