Duke Routes NorthWest Missouri State In Their First Exhibition
Duke got off to a running start to tip-off their 2017-2018 season as they demolished North West Missouri State.
Senior Grayson Allen's 23 points paced Duke to a 93-60 victory over reigning Division II national champion Northwest Missouri State Friday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
Blue Devil rookies Marvin Bagley the third and Gary Trent , Jr. turned in 16 and 15 points, respectively, as Duke shot 61 percent from the floor for the contest. Freshman Wendell Carter Jr. nearly finished with a double-double, racking up 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds as the Blue Devils cleaned up on the boards, 51-25. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
The Bearcats took a 3-1 lead on a trey by Chris-Ebou Ndow before Duke went ahead for good on an Allen layup two-and-a-half minutes in. Allen would go on to add eight more points to go along with six from Trent, Jr. and four from Bagley III as the Blue Devils stretched the margin to double digits. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
Trent, Jr., Carter, Jr. and Trevon Duval fueled a 7-0 run that made it 33-15 with 8:10 remaining in the half. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
Seventeen first-half points from Allen and 10 from Carter, Jr. lifted Duke to a 56-30 advantage at the intermission. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
The Blue Devils opened the second half with a solid defensive stretch, holding Northwest Missouri State under 40 points until the 11:48 mark. Led by Allen, the squad continued to fire on all cylinders offensively, with four players in double figures. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
Duke continued to hold the Bearcats under 30 percent shooting from the floor late into the contest, and received a boost from the bench as sophomore Javin Delaurier poured in nine points on 4-of-4 shooting. DeLaurier also pulled down seven rebounds and sophomore Marques Bolden added five to along with six points. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
Duke will return to Cameron Saturday November 4th to finish up their exhibition portion of their schedule as they host Bowie State. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200
Tip-off is set for 1:00pm. The game will be televised on the ACC Network Extra. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211675458&DB_OEM_ID=4200