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Durham, nc-The second ranked Duke struck 10 triplets, leading from the beginning to the end and dominated North Carolina, 87-70, on Saturday night at the Cameron Stadium indoors.
The Blue Devils continued with 16-0 early and received big games from Cooper Flag, which collected 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Kon Knupel, who had 22 points at 7 out of 11 firing with five rebounds and five assists. Tyrese Proctor chipped in 17 points. Duke shoots 50 percent (10 for 20) as a team behind the three -point arc.
Rj Davis and Drake Powell led Carolina with 12 points in number while Set trimble He scored 10 with five rebounds. Tar Heels fired 64.3 percent in the second half after shooting less than 30 percent in the start of 20 minutes.
The blue devils ran to a big lead, which grew to 27 points in the first half and never looked back. It was Duke’s biggest victory against UNC in Durham after winning 82-50 on March 6, 2010.
The Blue Devils continued with 16-0 early and received big games from Cooper Flag, which collected 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Kon Knupel, who had 22 points at 7 out of 11 firing with five rebounds and five assists. Tyrese Proctor chipped in 17 points. Duke shoots 50 percent (10 for 20) as a team behind the three -point arc.
Rj Davis and Drake Powell led Carolina with 12 points in number while Set trimble He scored 10 with five rebounds. Tar Heels fired 64.3 percent in the second half after shooting less than 30 percent in the start of 20 minutes.
The blue devils ran to a big lead, which grew to 27 points in the first half and never looked back. It was Duke’s biggest victory against UNC in Durham after winning 82-50 on March 6, 2010.
“Our live ball turnover turns into six -for -enemy plays,” Carolina’s chief coach Hubert Davis He said. “Giving teams – for example, tonight, the Duke receives 19 points from 14 turnover. Against good teams, it just won’t work and so simply (we) have to do better work to take care of basketball.
Tar Heels played much better offensive in the second half, but could not dig out of their hole from the first half. Four days after scoring only 21 points in the second half of the loss in Pete, Carolina only succeeded in 25 rpm in the first half on Saturday night and left, 47-25, on the break.
Duke expanded his lead and eventually led by 32 at 77-45, with 9:04 remaining in the game. Then UNC kept Duke without a basket for nearly nine minutes and continued with an explosion of 17-2, but it could never get close to a 16-point deficit in the closing minutes.
This was the highest shooting rate of the second half of UNC at a loss of 64.3 percent performance in the second half of the Clemson 82-78 defeat on January 30, 2018.
The Blue Devils won their 15th consecutive game this season and improved to 18-2 as a whole, 10-0 in the Atlantic coast conference as they clicked the winning series of UNC in two games in the series. Duke moved to 12-0 at home in 2024-25.
Carolina lost for the fourth time in five games, falling to 13-10, 6-5 at. Tar Heels have lost three in a row.
Duke fired 55.6 percent in the first half, 50.0 percent in the second half and 52.8 percent in the game. The blue devils used their advantage of height and reached the line effectively, hitting 21 of 25 free throws, while Carolina was shooting well, but it was only 11 for 14.
“Yes, there is powerlessness” Hubert Davis He said. “But I told the boys this and I told them specifically tonight. The only thing you have control in everything is how you react and how you react. I told them this is a great lesson in life. There will be speed and traffic speeds and Wind and rain.
“The thing I was proud of with this team is his battle. Remains together. He remains together. He continues to move forward. My expectations are to continue to go forward. We are not playing for another week so this is great For a week to regroup, to get together as a team, to train, to go forward to the section.
How did it happen
First half
• For the third consecutive game, Tar Heels launches a 3-garden range of Elliott giftDavis, Trumb, Ian Jackson and Ven-all lubinS
• The Blue Devils forced three early UNC turnover as they struck 6 of their first 10 shots, building a 15-6 lead in the first time-out.
• Duke uses 16-0 run over 3:20 to build an lead of 25-6. The advantage of the blue devil is eventually ballooning up to 27 points at 40-13.
• Carolina fired only 29.6 percent of the pitch as a team in the opening half, while Duke fired by 55.6 percent.
• Davis scored his first points with 4:54 left in half and had five on the break.
• UNC made nine turnover from the first half, five from Cadeau.
Second half
• Jackson hit his first field naked at night, three index finger, at the brand 14:14 of the second half. He finished with eight points at 2 out of 6 firing.
• Although it firing 64.3 percent in the second half (18 out of 28), Tar Heels never approached Duke than 16 points after anthract.
• Carolina moved to zonal defense, which was effective in contributing to the late, 17-2 running to make the result closer than during most of the night.
• Tar Heels received 25 points from his bench (up to the eight Duke), including 12 from Powell (everything in the second half), six from Jalen Washington and five of Jae’lyn withrsS
• Washington returned to the bench after dropping the game on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh due to a injury.
Forward
Carolina has a holiday week before returning to court next Saturday (February 8th) at home against Pete at 16:00
