Duke Storms By Miami In Their First Meeting Of The Season In Coral Gables Florida
It was all Duke in the first matchup of the season against Miami.
Vernon Carey Jr. scored 24 points in 25 minutes playing against his hometown team for the first time, and No. 2 Duke shot a season-high 60% to beat the Miami Hurricanes 95-62 Saturday night. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-carey-scores-24-to-lead-no-2-duke-past-miami-95-62.aspx
Carey shot 11 for 14, and every basket drew cheers from a substantial portion of the less-than-capacity crowd. The Blue Devils freshman starrhttps://goduke.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-carey-scores-24-to-lead-no-2-duke-past-miami-95-62.aspxed in high school in nearby Broward County, and his father played football for the Hurricanes.”according to
Duke (13-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its seventh game in a row. Miami (9-4, 1-2) had a five-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time since November. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-carey-scores-24-to-lead-no-2-duke-past-miami-95-62.aspx
Blue Devils freshman Cassius Stanley had 20 points in 25 minutes, and Matthew Hurt added 13 points. Carey had nine rebounds to lead Duke, which outrebounded Miami 41-24.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-carey-scores-24-to-lead-no-2-duke-past-miami-95-62.aspx
The Blue Devils scored 64 points in the paint. Carey, Stanley and Hurt shot a combined 25 for 33 (76%).”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-carey-scores-24-to-lead-no-2-duke-past-miami-95-62.aspx
While Duke won the first matchup of the season between the two teams Miami had a setback on their home court.
Redshirt junior guard Kameron McGusty paced Miami (9-4, 1-2 ACC), which saw its five-game winning streak come to an end, with 12 points.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
"They didn't do anything that threw us off our game," Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga said, "they do everything to make your life miserable and they do that against everybody." “according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
Neither team led by over six points in the first 13-plus minutes, but Duke (13-1, 3-0 ACC) logged a stretch during which it made 12-of-15 shots, including six in a row, to take a 43-32 edge with 2:25 left in the half. With the lead still at 11 in the closing seconds, freshman forward Matthew Hurt hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give the Blue Devils a 50-36 advantage at the break.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
Freshman guard Cassius Stanley went 6-of-7 from the floor, made both his 3-pointers and scored 16 first-half points, including the Blue Devils' first seven. As a whole, Duke shot 61.8 percent (21-of-34) from the field in the opening 20 minutes.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
The Blue Devils continued their hot shooting throughout the second half, as Miami was unable to pull any closer than 13 and suffered its largest loss of the season.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
Just two Hurricanes finished with double digits in the scoring column, as redshirt junior forward Sam Waardenburg joined McGusty on that list with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, adding a team-high six rebounds.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
Duke freshman center Vernon Carey, Jr., finished with 24 points, the most by a Miami opponent this season, on 11-of-14 shooting. Stanley logged 20 points and went 8-of-11 from the floor, while Hurt added 13 on a 6-of-8 clip.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
The Blue Devils shot 59.7 percent (40-of-67) on the night, including 42.9 percent (6-of-14) from 3-point range, while Miami logged marks of 39.7 percent (25-of-58) and 16.7 percent (2-of-12), respectively.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/4/mens-basketball-mbb-falls-to-second-ranked-duke.aspx
Duke and Miami will meet again on January 21st when Miami comes to Durham for the rematch where Duke will be looking for the same result while Miami will be looking for a different result.
As for Duke’s next game, they will return to the road as they head to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech on Wednesday who are coming off a win on the road in Chapel Hill where they beat Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina.