As Duke Is Hosting NC State Tonight In Durham As Jon Scheyer Is Closing Out Inaugural Home Season As Duke Head Coach Duke Is Looking To Avenge 84-60 Loss To NC State In Raleigh

Duke shooting 0-14 to start game, being abysmal offensively led them to suffering 80-60 loss to NC State in North Carolina’s state capital on Wednesday January 4, 2023.

As Duke was offensively abysmal Mark Mitchell was 3-6 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds , 3 assists, 6 points. Kyle Filipowski was 4-10 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 8 rebounds , 14 points. Dereck Lively II was 0-1 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 1 point. Jaylen Blakes was 1-3 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assists. Jeremy Roach was 0-8 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 1 assists , 4 points . Dariq Whitehead was 4-8 on field goals, 4-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 12 points. Kale Catchings was 0-0 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 1 assists , though, Kale Catchings did not score . Christian Reeves was 0-1 , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound. Though, he did not score. Ryan Young was 4-4 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 assists , 11 points . Tyrese Proctor was 2-5 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 5 points . Jaden Schutt was 1-1 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 3 points. Jacob Grandison was 0-1 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists , 2 points. As a team Duke shot 39.6 % on field goals, were 5-15 on 3 pointers while committing 21 turnovers.

“According to espnapp”

Following Duke shooting 0-14 to start game, being abysmal offensively them suffering 84- 60 loss to NC State in North Carolina’s state capital Wednesday Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is coaching his inaugural season as Duke Head Coach had this to say for his opening statement!

Well obviously that was not a good night for us and a great night for them. Congratulations to [NC] State, they outplayed us really in every facet. Their guards controlled the game, they outfought us. We knew they would be a really hungry team coming off a couple of tough losses and we’ve known they were a dangerous team. They’ve been right there with some of the best teams in the country and we have a lot of respect for them. But that was not a good enough performance or effort on our part and that’s on me. Unfortunately there have been moments I’ve been through as a player and coach where you have a night like this, and it’s not okay. It’s not okay to have a night like this. For us to learn from it, we’ve got to grow and change. I take responsibility for that as a coach. This is disappointing, but credit to them. We’re 2-2 and there’s still 16 games left in the ACC, there’s a long way to go. We have to learn from this though. Happy to answer any questions.”

On where he felt the game got away from Duke!

“It’s hard to point to one thing. It was basically everything. It was our defense, it was not being strong enough, it was their defense that got us out of sync. Having not been in this environment before, when it went that way we didn’t stick together the way that you have to. The times when we executed, made passes, and had some poise we actually got to the paint and had some good shots. But there are too many empty possessions. We knew coming in that they were great at creating turnovers, we had 21. That’s not going to get it done against anybody, especially not these guys.”

On teams self -professed timidness!

“It’s hard to point to one thing. It was basically everything. It was our defense, it was not being strong enough, it was their defense that got us out of sync. Having not been in this environment before, when it went that way we didn’t stick together the way that you have to. The times when we executed, made passes, and had some poise we actually got to the paint and had some good shots. But there are too many empty possessions. We knew coming in that they were great at creating turnovers, we had 21. That’s not going to get it done against anybody, especially not these guys.”

On losing back to back road game!

It’s hard to have a great perspective right now when you’re in the moment and you’re disappointed, to say the least. You know it’s a long year. I knew this when I took the job that there’s gonna be some moments like this where people can doubt you, they can doubt us as a team, sometimes the best way to learn is to experience it. For this group in particular, to experience this, to experience playing on the road, while you wish you were 2-0 on the road or 4-0 in conference, but that’s not how it works. For us it’s all about how you learn from it and that’s how I’m gonna approach it.”

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Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is coach his inaugural season as Head Coach of Duke wasn’t the only one to share his thought following Duke shooting 0-14 to start game, being abysmal offensively them suffering 84- 60 loss to NC State in North Carolina’s state capital Wednesday as Jeremy Roach who is Duke’s lone captain for Jon Scheyer’s inaugural Duke Men’s Basketball team did as well on what Duke needs to do to avoid another similar result.

We know the road games are tough. Everybody is going to have their best shot, their best game with us. We got to be even more locked in on the road. Learn from this and go to [Boston College] on Saturday.”

“According article on goduke.com”

Though, Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer, Duke’s lone captain for Jon Scheyer’s inaugural Duke Men’s Basketball team Jeremy Roach weren’t the only ones to share their thoughts following Duke’s 84-60 loss to NC State in North Carolina’s state capital Wednesday January 4, 2023 as Stephen Wiseman who writes about Duke for News &Observer did as well saying the words soft, timid were mentioned in Visitors Locker Room at PNC Arena following Duke’s 84-60 loss to NC State.

“According to Stephen Wiseman article on newsobserver.com”

Ahead of Tuesday’s Duke , NC State game Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is coaching his inaugural season as Duke Head Coach was asked via the media what has changed about Duke since the last time it played NC State?

Jon Scheyer’s response?

Where do I begin?

“Basically every aspect of how we are playing is different. “

According to Brendan Marks tweet on Twitter who covers, writes about Duke Basketball for The Athletic”

Ahead of Duke’s game with NC State Stephen Wiseman who writes about Duke Men’s Basketball for News & Observer mentioned on Bleav In Duke Podcast with Shelden Williams who Duke fans, spectators refer to as the landlord Stephen Wiseman of news & Observer learned from Mike Degeorge who is Duke’s Executive Director Of Communications for Duke Men’s Basketball that Duke is 21-3 following loss to the opponent earlier in the season. In this case the opponent being NC State as well 18-0 when they play the opponent at home. (Cameron Indoor Stadium).

“According to Bleav In Duke Podcast with former Duke Men’s Basketball Player Shelden Williams who Duke fans, spectators refer to as the landlord Stephen Wiseman who writes about Duke Men’s Basketball for News & Observer.

As Duke is hosting NC State tonight in Durham as Jon Scheyer is closing out inaugural home season as Duke Head Coach Duke is looking to avenge 84-60 loss to NC State in North Carolina’s state capital.

Duke comes into the rematch with NC State with record of 21-8 overall 12-6 in Atlantic Coast Conference because they won their previous game on Saturday in Durham as they avenged their 78-75 loss to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Monday January 23, 2023 with 81-65 win Saturday in Durham.

As Duke avenged 78-75 loss to Virginia Tech on January 23, 2023 with 81-65 win Saturday in Durham Duke remained undefeated inside Cameron Indoor Stadium in regular season. (15-0)

As Duke avenged 78-75 loss to Virginia Tech on January 23, 2023 with 81-65 win Saturday in Durham as Duke remained undefeated inside Cameron Indoor Stadium Mark Mitchell was 6-8 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 8 rebounds, 17 points. Kyle Filipowski was 3-7 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 12 points . Dereck Lively II was 6-6 on field goals to go along with 7 rebounds, 13 points. Tyrese Proctor was 4-7 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 5 assists, 10 points. Jeremy Roach was 8-13 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 5 rebounds, 10 assists , 19 points. Dariq Whitehead was 1-5 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 3 points. Kale Catchings was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points. Though, he played 2 minutes. Christian Reeves was 0-0 on field goals , 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points. Though, he played 1 minute. Ryan Young was 1-4 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists, 4 points. Jaden Schutt was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists though he played 2 minutes like his teammate Kale Catchings . Jalen Blakes was 0-1 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points . Though, he played 2 minutes like his teammates Jaden Schutt, Jalen Blakes. Max Johns was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points. Jaden Schutt was 1-2 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 3 points. Max Johns was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points. Jacob Grandison was 1-2 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 points.

“According to espnapp”

Following Duke avenging 78-75 loss to Virginia Tech on January 23, 2023 with 81- 65 win Saturday, Duke remaining undefeated inside Cameron Indoor Stadium in regular season Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is coaching his inaugural season as Duke Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say for opening statement, on the last 2 weeks, continuity and leading up to tournament play, on player communication development. On limiting Virginia Tech guard Hunter Cattoor to 4 shot attempts. On team growth.

“I thought it was one of the best start to finishes that we’ve had. I am really proud of the edge that we played with and our defense. Individually, Jeremey Roach was on another level. He’s been playing that way, 19 [points] and 10 [assists]. I thought him and Tyrese on our back court, they each had a couple of turnovers late but besidesthat they played close to a perfect game. Their defense, they played both ends. I thought it was maybe Mark Mitchell’s best game. I thought Mark gave us a huge boost consistently throughout the whole game and we were able to avoid some foul trouble with Dereck [Lively II] and Flip [Kyle Filipowski] in that first half. Other guys stepped up and we really kept our foot on the gas. Proud of the effort, proud of the win, and taking care of home court.”“It has been really important for us. Throughout the years, whether it was injury, whether it was adversity with a loss or a setback, we just kept saying ‘stick together, stick together, let’s be our best when it really matters.’ I give these guys a lot of credit because they haven’t pointed the finger and they continue to work. Each of them has gotten better. We spend a lot of time in practice working on individual work. Individual player development, which I think you can see the growth that our guys have made throughout the course of the season and, of course, understanding who you are playing with and how to play to each other’s strengths. I thought that was evident tonight.”Yeah, I do not know if we are all of the way there, where we want to be, but we understand what it takes to win. In the beginning of the year, you are just, the value of every possession, the value of talking on switches, making the right kick or the right read. They’re used to just them scoring is always the best play. Now teams have game plans and I also think that’s a huge thing for freshmen to adjust to. As you get into ACC play people have different game plans against you, so I think that is absolutely true for our group. Where we are at right now, we are connected. Even the assists, take out some of those turnovers last couple of minutes, we were well over 2-1 [assists to turnovers]. Our offense is pushing it more and flowing into things and that’s how I want to play.“Give Tyrese a lot ofcredit. You have to be incredibly disciplined chasing him all over the court. Cattoor had 12 threes against us the last two times we played them and we know very well how good he is and Tyrese wanted that challenge. We’re lucky to have bigs that can really switch too. On a lot of those handoffs, top of the floor, we switched them, took away the three and then we have guards that can move their feet, keep guys in front, and that was a big key. Credit to Tyrese and the job that he did, especially to start the game, on him.”“It has definitely been developed. I can’t understate how important it is just to have time where this group has been able to play on the floor together. That is where you can really grow. For Jeremy, knowing how to play with Dereck and Tyrese. Dereck is unique. He is a difference maker with his ability to screen and rim run for a lob threat, and play behind the defense. He is just a different kind of guy. Flip, Mark, Dariq [Whitehead], or Jake [Grandison]. Icould go on and on, just to know how to play with those guys. For Jeremy he came back with a completely different team. I am just proud of him for playing aggressively but also playing instinctually.

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Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is coaching his inaugural season as Duke Head Coach wasn’t the only Head Coach to say something Duke’s 81-65 win over Virginia Tech as Virginia Tech Head Coach Mike Young did as well saying for his opening statement, on what Duke did defensively that gave them trouble, on Rodney Rice, On why Virginia Tech is having trouble on the road. “We beat the Blue Devils the last two times we played them on one-day preps for both teams. I like those one-day preps for Duke more than I like four-day preps. They played Monday against Louisville. They played them very, very well. Jon [Scheyer] had them ready to go. They really got after us defensively. I didn't think we responded very well in some of those situations, but a lot ofcredit to Coach Scheyer and his team. Again, he had them ready to go. They were sharp. And on the other end, so many things to contend with. [Kyle] Filipowski’s terrific. [Tyrese] Proctor-- we handled some things defensively in game one, when Jeremy [Roach] wasn't shooting the ball great, and it gave us the opportunity to get under some things so we keep body on body with Kyle [Filipowski] and he wasn't going to let us do that. He stopped behind it and made a couple of net... that's disruptive. He's a really good player. He was good. He was good tonight.”There's just such pressure and really took... defensively you want to disrupt other people's route and timing. And you do that with pressure. You do that with ball pressure. You do that with topping actions where you're on top of it, not going to let the cutter get to the action. And some of our stuff requires that. Just their speed and we couldn't get anything in transition. You know, again, they were really, really strong, really good. They were good.”He's really good. He's a very good basketball player. That was his third game as a college player. And, trying to bring him into the fold, I thought he had a nice outing. I thought he had a couple of quick shots. I thought he got dotted up a couple of times defensively. But it's great to have him on the floor. And every rep he gets is going to be beneficial for us as we move along.”“I don't know the answer to that. That’s not good, obviously. You’ve got to be able to go on the road and win. You have to be able to do it in any league, and we have certainly had our struggles and that will be a burden on me as we move along. Louisville on Tuesday. We’re at 1-9 [on the road]. Not good enough. Not good enough.”

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Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer Virginia Tech Mike Young weren’t the only ones to share their thoughts as Junior guard Jeremy Roach, Freshman Forward Mark Mitchell, Freshman Center Dereck Lively II did as well.

Jeremy Roach had this to say for his opening statement about Duke’s defensive effort tonight against Virginia Tech guard Hunter Catttor about if there was a revenge factor coming into the game following loss to Virginia Tech earlier this season when asked if he thought Duke’s freshman had moved past the tag of playing like freshman.

“I think we were just really locked in on the personnel, locked in on the scout [report]. We know they run a lot of zoom actions and stuff like that. The first time, in Blacksburg, we kind of gotcaught up not talking and giving guys wide open threesin the first half, and that givesthem confidence. So I kind of wanted to take their confidence away early and not give them anything easy, anything open, and I think we did that tonight.”That was definitely a big emphasis. He got like four or five threes in Blacksburg, so we didn’t want to give him anything and make it as tough as possible for him.”We know we didn’t give them our 100%. They really haven’t seen [the real] us. We’re a lot better than we were a month ago too. Our team’s healthy and I’m just happy we’re healthy and we’re trending in the right direction.”They’re growing up. We went through a lot of learning curves in the beginning of the season. I’m just happy we’re growing up right now. We’re finding our way and this is the best time of year to be playing your best basketball.”

Freshman forward Mark Mitchell had this to say for his opening statement on where he sees this Duke team now, When asked to describe that home court advantage that Cameron provides Duke. When asked if he felt like Duke should considered a young team.

definitely think it was one of my best games of the season, just letting things come to me, going with the flow, being aggressive on both ends of the floor, and just doing what Ican to help my team win. That loss at Virginia Tech was pretty painful, one of the more painful losses of the season, so I just came ready to play. I’ve been waiting for this game since the last game we played [against Virginia Tech], and I think I just came out and played hard tonight. I think I was out there just taking what the defense was giving me, taking my time, finding the gaps in the defense, attacking, playing strong, and on defense just playing hard. Knowing my assignment, knowing the scout [report], knowing who I’m guarding.“We’re all coming together. We’re all getting to play together finally, and I think it’s a good sight to see. We’re clicking, moving the ball, more assists than turnovers, and I think we’re going to just keep on building.”Just the comfortability of being at home, especially with the fans, I think they give us like a plus-five in points, naturally. But it’s great being at home, just having the crowd on your side, especially for us being a young team, it’s really good to have people helping you and pushing you [to] get to the finish line.”“No. It’s February. It’s almost March. I don’t think we can keep saying we’re young. I think some of the games we lost at the beginning of the season were really just because we were kind of inexperienced, but I think now there’s no excuses for saying we’re young. We’re growing up right in front of your eyes so I think we’re going to keep building and keep showing who we are.”

Freshman Dereck Lively II had this to say for his opening statement

We played a great game overall – offense, defense. We turned the ball over a couple of times, but we were playing together. We were playing defense together, we were talking, we were passing the ball, and it was just a great game.”

When asked what the keys to his getting more comfortable and improving throughout the season Dereck Livey II responded Just putting in the work, man. I’ve been in the gym every single day in the morning, lifting, working out, just doing anything I can to make myself better so the team can win. I figure that my job is to be strong in the paint, my job is to block shots, and my job is to clean up anything that happens. It’s just being able to embrace my job and just take it wholeheartedly.

“According to goduke.com”

NC State comes into the rematch with Duke with record of 22-8 overall while they’re 12-7 in Atlantic Coast Conference is sixth in Atlantic Coast Conference standings . Though, unlike Duke NC State lost their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game as they lost the rematch to Clemson Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital via a score of 96-71. As NC State lost the rematch to Clemson 96-71 Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital Greg Gantt was 1-2 on field goals to go along 6 rebounds, 4 points. D.J. Burns Jr. was 11-18 on field goals to go along with 6 rebounds, 24 points . Terquavion Smith was 3-15 on field goals, 2-9 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 10 points. Casey Morsell was 3-6 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 11 points . Jarkell Joiner was 4-14 on field goals, 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 16 points . Ernest Ross 2-3 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds, 4 points . Ebenezer Dowuona was 0-0 on field goals , 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound Breon Pass was 1-1 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 points. LJ Thomas was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 0 points . Chase Graham was 0-1 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points.

Following NC State 96-71 loss to Clemson in North Carolina’s state capital NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts who was given technical foul during the game had this to say Clemson was clicking on both ends of the floor . This team hasn’t given up 96 points. Clemson hasn’t been the team to score 96 points . It was one of those days where they saw a big rim and made shots early on we didn’t establish ourselves defensively . Disappointed . This team has been really good all year long . We’ve had a couple games where I didn’t think we defended and one of them was today . The other is we didn’t have the same we normally have .

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NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts wasn’t the only to share his thoughts following NC State’s 96-71 loss to Clemson on Saturday as NC State senior guard , sophomore guard Terquavion Smith did as well we all know how good we are and we’ve just got to have a short term memory saying it wasn’t our night but we fought to the end which watch coach (Kevin Keatts) asked us to do.

“According to Chip Alexander article on newsobserver.com”

Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Rece Davis, Debbie Antonelli commentating!

Debbie Antonelli is a former NC State Women’s Basketball forward, player!

Debbie Antonelli played for former NC State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kay Yow who died following her battle with breast cancer in 2009.

While playing for former NC State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kay Yow NC State Women’s Basketball made the NCAA Tournament all four years she played as a forward, as well as two Sweet 16 appearances.

“According to Debbie Antonelli’s biography on espnnewsroom.com”