Duke Shows No Side Effects In Quick Turn Around, Win Over Florida State

You would think that after a 98-96 overtime win in Chapel Hill over your rival North Carolina that you would have some side effects going into your next game but that wasn’t the case for Duke who had to return to action Monday night in the confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium against Florida State.

Tre Jones had 13 points to help seventh-ranked Duke overcome a turnover-heavy performance. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/10/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-survives-no-8-fsu-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx

Big man Vernon Carey Jr. had a quiet offensive night (10 points and 10 rebounds), but Duke got a boost with junior guard Jordan Goldwire matching his career high with 13 points on 5-for-5 shooting -- including three 3s -- after coming in averaging 4.0 points.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/10/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-survives-no-8-fsu-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx

Freshman Matthew Hurt also had a couple of big moments in the final seconds, going 4 for 4 at the line in the final 11.7 seconds to help the Blue Devils clinch this one. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/2/10/mens-basketball-no-7-duke-survives-no-8-fsu-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx

While Duke picked their sixth straight win, Florida State meanwhile suffered a loss after three straight wins that included wins over Virginia Tech, North Carolina and Miami.

Trent Forrest finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and eight steals to lead the Seminoles (20-4, 10-3), who shot just 38% “according to https://seminoles.com/sports/basketball/schedule/season/2019-20/

Duke returns to action Saturday when they host Mike Brey and Notre Dame.

Mike Brey spent eight season on the bench as a member of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching staff. During his time at Duke the Blue Devils advanced to the Final Four six times and won back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992. “according to https://und.com/coach/mike-brey-2/