Duke rolls in exhibition blowout
A entire Duke men’s basketball crew, with an lively AJ Griffin, blew out Winston-Salem Condition 106-38 in an exhibition recreation on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Griffin suffered a sprained knee on Oct. eight, with an MRI revealing no structural problems. Griffin performed eighteen minutes off the bench, with ten points and 6 rebounds.
Duke’s starting lineup was the similar group we saw collectively in the 2nd 12-moment scrimmage of Countdown to Craziness, which was: Jeremy Roach, Trevor Keels, Wendell Moore Jr., Paolo Banchero and Mark Williams.
Banchero scored a recreation-superior 21 points on eight of 13 taking pictures, with 9 rebounds, which also led Duke.
Three other starters scored in double figures. Williams scored fourteen points with five rebounds and five blocks, Keels had 12 points, and Roach had ten points and a recreation-superior 7 assists.
Moore didn’t get to double-determine scoring, but had eight points and 6 assists. Bates Jones had 11 points off the bench, and Theo John had 6 points and five rebounds.
Duke, which opens the period Nov. nine in opposition to Kentucky in the Champions Traditional, was up 22-2 just before this recreation was 5 minutes aged. In that opening stretch, the Blue Devils got three-ideas from Keels, Moore and Roach, and Panchero, Williams and John also scored.
Duke’s protection should not be misplaced in the scoring numbers: Winston-Salem Condition shot four-for-30 in the initial fifty percent, with 3 times as several turnovers (12) as produced photographs. Duke outscored the Rams 32-four in the paint in the initial fifty percent.