Duke at Miami: Gameday Open Thread
Duke takes its six-game winning streak to Coral Gables to face Miami in the third ACC conference game for the Blue Devils. The game begins a stretch of three road games in four for Duke (12-1, 2-0), who travel to Georgia Tech and Clemson, with a home game against Wake sandwiched in. Miami (9-3, 1-1) has won five straight, including a come-from-behind victory at Clemson on New Year’s Eve.
The point guard matchup will be a key, as Tre Jones continues to work his way back to full strength. Jones played 24 minutes in his first game in two weeks on Dec. 31. He’ll be matched with 5-foot-7 guard Chris Lykes, who is second in the ACC with 16.2 ppg.
Miami also has the ACC’s leading three-point shooter from last season in DJ Vasiljevic.
The Hurricanes will need to find a way to stop Duke big man Vernon Carey Jr. with the combination of seven-footer Rodney Miller and 6-foot-10 Sam Waardenburg. The pair has combined for 12.7 ppg and 11.4 rebounds. Carey is averaging 17.9 and 9.0 on his own. Carey leads the ACC in shooting and is third in scoring and rebounding, fourth in blocked shots.
Duke is in the national top 10 in scoring margin (1), scoring (7), rebound margin (9), blocked shots (4), defensive efficiency (3) and offensive efficiency (8).
Duke also has a deeper team than usual, averaging 33.2 points from the bench over the last six games and 25.8 for the season, highest since 2008.
Your starters: Tre Jones, Matthew Hurt, Vernon Carey Jr. Cassius Stanley, Alex O'Connell. Second straight game.
Cassius Stanley is hot early for Duke. No one else is. At the under 16, Miami is up 10-9
Under 8, Duke has a three point lead
Stanley has half of Duke’s points, with 12. Carey has 6.
8-2 run out of the timeout puts Duke up 9. Miami takes a TO with 5:20 before half
Moore called for a charge taking us to the under 4. Duke up 38-31
Stanley scores 4,straight points putting Duke up 13. He has 16 on 6 of 7 shooting.
And a three right before the half by Hurt puts Duke up 50-36 at the half
Miami can’t make it to the under 16. Canes call time out at 16:35 with Duke up 57-40
Under 12 and Duke is up 22. Stanley has 20, Carey 16, Hurt 11.
Not a lot of late updates as Duke rolls to a 95-62 victory. Blue Devils win their seventh straight and move to 3-0 in the ACC. Carey finishes with 24 and 9. Stanley has 20, Hurt 13.
