Durham, NC-The final margin was not revealing the way the blows have become unilateral, while North Carolina fell to Duke 87-70 Saturday evening in ACC basketball in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The Blue Devils n ° 2 led by 32 points in the second period, after having opened a massive advance of 40-13 in the first half. The UNC drew just 29.6% from the field and committed nine reversals in the first half, while falling into a huge deficit.
Carolina (13-10 in total, 6-5 ACC) suffered her fourth defeat in the last five games. The Tar Heels never led on Saturday evening and dragged 47-25 at halftime, their third biggest half-time deficit against Duke through the 263 games in the history of rivalry.
UNC striker Drake Powell scored all of his 12 points in the second half. RJ Davis finished with 12 points and five rebounds. Seth Trimble contributed 10 points and five rebounds. Meanwhile, four Blue Devils scored two figures, surmounted by the Cooper Flagg monster 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. The first-year recruit Kon Knueppel delivered 22 points, five rebounds and five assists, while the chief of the ACC Duke (19-2, 11-0) extended the longest sequence of victories of the nation at 15 consecutive victories.
Flagg scored or assisted on the first 18 points of Duke’s game, read and look at the UNC coach Hubert Davis“After-match remarks, after the Tar Heels used an 18-2 race at the end of 18-2 to reduce Duke’s big advance to 79-63.