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The First Impression Players Make Is The Most Important One! Duke's Paolo Banchero, Trevor Keels Made Theirs Verses Kentucky Tuesday At Madison Square Garden In State Farm Champions Classic

The first impression players make is the most important one!

Paolo Bachero, Trevor Keels freshman from Seattle Washington, Clinton Maryland made great first impression as tipped off Mike Krzyzewski’s final season as Head Coach on Tuesday night in Madison Square Garden in the State Farm Champions Classic as 9th ranked took opposed 10th ranked Kentucky!

How?

Paolo Banchero scored 22 points, Trevor Keels scored 25 points

Trevor Keels finished 10-of-18 from the floor while Paolo Banchero shot 7-of-11 with an 8-of-9 performance from the free throw line.

Paolo Banchero had this to say about the Duke, Kentucky game, State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden!

We wanted to get this win for Coach in this first game,"We had a chance to make a statement with this game and come out and play well. That's what we were thinking about coming in."
”according to an article on goduke.com.

The next time we see Paolo Bancero, Trevor Keels on the court will be at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham when Duke host, plays in Duke Veterans Day Weekend Showcase on Friday November 12, 2021 verses Army, Saturday November 13, 2021 verses Campbell.

Tip off for Friday’s game verses Army West Point is set for 7:00pm!

The game going to be televised on ACC Network!

Tip off for Saturday’s game verses Campbell is set for 8:00pm!

That game is going to be televised on ACC Network Extra!