Anything can happen in the greatest rivalry of university basketball. But sometimes the best team wins – or in this case, dominates.
After two close calls against enemies in the state, Duke left no doubt in a 87-70 battery of North Carolina in the interior stadium of Cameron. Three Blue Devils – Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Tyrese Proctor – have scored more than 15 points in a balanced notation effort.
When the starting alignments were announced, the height gap was obvious; Four North Carolina guards stood at 6 feet 4 inches or shorter, and no one had less than 6 feet 6 inches for Duke. Flagg had a huge advantage over a 3 -inch 3 -inch set, the first -year phenomenon of which has certainly benefited. He scored or helped on each of the first 18 points of the Blue Devils.
After two nerve free sleeves to start the game, Flagg found his first chance to score on an offensive 3 -point rebound. Then, head coach Jon Scheyer pleaded for the ball regularly to Flagg in the short corner, his best area of operation. The newport native in Maine found several Blue Devils for open shots and even put a second triple to him to bring Duke’s advance at 15-6, forcing the head coach Hubert Davis to call a start of time.
When Maliq Brown registered for the first time in five games, it quickly went from bad to worse for visitors.
During his first defensive possession, he immediately recorded a flight on Jalen Washington, and Flagg finished the rapid break for a finish and one. Then Brown received the ball on a roller in the basket and swung it in front in the arms waiting for Kueppel for a large triple, which makes it 21-6.
Khaman Maluach was another great benefactor of the height disparity, giving Duke Chance after chance on the offensive side of speech. He finished with four offensive boards in the period.
The Blue Devil offensive was as good as in a few weeks, and the defense continued to stifle the opponents. For a section of about six minutes in the first half, the North Carolina faced a waterproofing cover on the basket. The five Blue Devils synchronized on the defense, and Duke made sure that no entrance or training in the basket was easy. The Scheyer team used excellent communication and turned on screens to combat the speed of the Tar Heel guards, by raising their advance at 40-13.
Even in possession where the North Carolina has caught three offensive laps – usually a recipe for a safe basket – Flagg failed an attempted Layup by Ven -Allen Luben, indicating how half -time went for the team of Chapel Hill. The rear area at home has invaded Elliot Gift, RJ Davis and Ian Jackson for 10 points combined in the first half, and gift – which provided the responsibilities of handling the ball – committed five reversals.
Everything took place Duke in the first half, including an improbable reversal of 15 feet from Flagg while the buzzer sounded to bring an advance of 47-25 in the locker room.
A Dunk also started the second half, this time from Knuppel. In the coming minutes, the Milwaukee native brought this initial push by presenting his notation capacity at three levels. He had a triple and a strong finish and a finish in the chest of RJ Davis, which he celebrated with a flex. KNUPPEL scored 11 points in just four minutes of action, and the Blue Devils click on all cylinders.
Kueppel’s solid game obtained a chest bomb of his head coach, and Duke took an advance of 71-42 within the period of under 12. Northern Carolina was a certain success in its full -courted press by accelerating the Blue Devils; The Tar Heels recorded a 17-2 race at the end of the second half of the Layups and forced reversals. However, it was too little, too late. Duke had a 20 -point cushion and did enough to store visitors.
The next step for Duke is a trip to Syracuse on Wednesday at 7 p.m., while the team will seek to win their 16th consecutive competition.
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Ranjan Jindal is a trinity junior and sports editor of the 120th volume of the chronicle.
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