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12th Ranked Duke Held 17th Ranked Arizona In Check Defensively While Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel Led The Way Offensively In Duke's 69-55 Win In Friday Night In Tuscon Arizona

12th ranked Duke held 17th ranked Arizona in check defensively while Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel led way offensively in Duke’s 69-55 win Friday in Tucson Arizona.

12th ranked Duke held 17th ranked Arizona in check defensively because Arizona as a team was 21-53 on field goals 6-23 on 3 pointers.

Cooper Flagg , Kon Knueppel led the way offensively as Cooper Flagg who is a guard, forward was 10-22 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers , 2-4 on free throws to go along 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 24 points. Kon Knueppel was 4-11 on field goals , 3-6 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along 7 rebounds, 3 assists , 13 points.

According to espn app

Following 12th ranked Duke holding 17th ranked Arizona in check defensively Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel leading the way offensively in Duke’s 69-55 win Friday night in Tucson Arizona Duke guard Tyrese Proctor had this to say!

“I think Kentucky was a really good test. Coming out of halftime in this game, we talked about Kentucky.”

We stayed together and I think everyone just came (together) as one,”

We didn’t separate, and we trusted our work. We knew we could pull through.”

Following 12th ranked Duke holding 17th ranked Arizona in check defensively Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel leading the way offensively in Duke’s 69-55 win Friday night in Tucson Arizona Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say!

It really started with the amazing character of the guys next to me,”

Its he sat next to Proctor, Flagg and Kon Knueppel at the postgame news conference. “The connectivity of our team, to be able to bounce back after a tough loss and come back home and then to move on. We talk about just one game at a time. You have to move on, next play mentality, and we’ve had that.”

Mental toughness,”“It’s something you try to look for as much as you can in the recruiting process. Every coach wants it and wants to find it. But some of that’s from within and then some of that you try to build and give them as much confidence as you can.”

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article295731639.html

Duke is now going to prepare for top ranked Kansas Tuesday in Las Vegas!

Tip off is set for 9:00pm Eastern Time 7:00pm Mountain Time from T Mobile Arena!

The game is going to be televised ESPN with Karl Ravech, Fran Fraschilla , Kris Budden commentating!