Duke pulls away for 64-53 win over Arizona State

Posted On: November 25, 2009 By: Cliff Comments: (one)

Things started off slow for the Duke Blue Devils on Wednesday night but a lock down defense and some big buckets from Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler in the second half pushed them to a 11 point victory over Arizona State. The defense limited the Sun Devils to just 23 points in the second half and that was the key to the victory.

Scheyer showed up to play as he led the team with 16 points and six assists. Jon did have his first two turnovers of the season but he was pretty much the reason why the Blue Devils won this game.

Nolan Smith added 14 points while Singler chipped in with 13 points. Singler simply didn’t shoot the ball like he has in other games but did come up with some big shots as the Blue Devils pulled away late.

Up next is a big showdown with Uconn in the tournament finals on Friday. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and we can then celebrate a win on Friday!

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One Response to “Duke pulls away for 64-53 win over Arizona State”

michael Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I was at the game. Duke’s offense was out of sync all game. Except for the 19-3 streak towards the end, there was little ball movement, and zero movement without the ball. Just guys dribbling, and trying to beat the zone by themselves. It was truly ugly.

Also, I still do not understand why Coach K refuses to play a deeper rotation in early games. It looked like Smith, Singler and Scheyer did not sit a minute yesterday. They WILL wear down like this, and Ryan Kelly, who admittedly looked lost, will never learn if he doesn’t play. Reminds me of the last couple years, where K says he will play the younger guys in a larger rotation, but can’t stand to lose even one game in their learning curve.