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AJ Griffin, Wendell Moore Jr. Led The Way For 7th Ranked Duke In Their 88-55 Win Over Lafayette On Friday Night In Durham

AJ Griffin who’s a freshman Wendell Moore Jr. who is a junior led the way for 7th ranked Duke in their 88-55 win over Lafayette on Friday night in Durham!

How?

Wendell Moore Jr., scored 23 points.

AJ Griffin scored 18 points, was 7-10 shooting.

AJ Griffin scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half. Four those points came off three pointers!

Wendell Moore Jr. had this to say about his freshman teammate AJ Griffin!

The amount of energy he brought in was amazing!

Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski who is coaching his 42nd season, his final season as the Head Coach Of Duke Men’s Basketball Program before retiring before Jon Scheyer who is currently Mike Krzyzewski’s Associate Head Coach becomes the Head Coach in April 2023 had this to say about AJ Griffin!

"He has been coming,"Hitting those shots is one thing, but the reaction of our team when he did was terrific."

“according to an article on goduke.com”

Duke is now going to prepare to closeout their five game home stand with The Citadel on Monday night in Durham before heading to Las Vegas for the CONTINENTAL TIRE CHALLENGE at T-Mobile Arena that is home to the Vegas Golden Knights Of The NHL

In the CONTINENTAL TIRE CHALLENGE Duke who is currently ranked 7th (That will change Monday when the new AP Top 25 Poll is released is going to take on Gonzaga who currently is the top ranked team in the country. I don’t think that will chance unless Gonzaga loses to an opponent before they match up with Duke on Friday November 26, 2021 at 10:30pm East Coast Time 7:30pm West Coast time!

Tip off for Duke’s Monday night verses The Citadel in Durham is set for 9:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!