BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Jared McCain’s red-hot capturing from distance catapulted fourth-seeded Duke basketball to a convincing rout of No. 12 James Madison 93-55 in a second-round NCAA Event recreation at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday.
McCain drilled six 3s and totaled 22 factors over the primary half to pour in a game-high 30 factors, powering the Blue Devils (26-8) to the wire-to-wire victory and a visit to the Candy 16 of March Insanity. The freshman guard went 10 of 15 from the ground and eight of 10 on 3-pointers to set a Duke program report for triples in an NCAA Event recreation.
Tyrese Proctor (18 factors, 5 assists, 4 3s), Jeremy Roach (15 factors, six assists) and Kyle Filipowski (14 factors, 4 assists) additionally reached double figures for the Blue Devils.
James Madison wraps its season at 32-4. Terrence Edwards, Jr.’s 13 factors and T.J. Bickerstaff’s 11 factors paced the Dukes.
Duke will subsequent journey to Dallas for the Candy 16. The Blue Devils will play the Spherical of 32 winner between No. 1 Houston and No. 9 Texas A&M.
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Listed here are 4 observations from Duke’s win over James Madison:
Jared McCain catches fireplace from opening tip for Duke basketball
On the sport’s first possession, Filipowski noticed a double-team arriving within the low submit and whipped a move on the wing to Jared McCain. The freshman buried the triple.
And McCain was simply heating up.
McCain canned his first six 3-point makes an attempt to ignite Duke’s unimaginable 47-point barrage within the opening 20 minutes.
McCain sank a 3-pointer in transition for a 24-9 margin on the 12-minute mark. He then launched his deepest shot off a excessive display from Ryan Younger to push Duke’s benefit to its largest lead of the primary half, 47-23, with 2:23 on the clock.
Duke completed the primary half 17 of 34 from the sphere, 8 of 18 on 3-pointers for a 47-25 lead.
Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer will get Kyle Filipowski concerned on offense
After Filipowski missed his solely field-goal try for a season-low three factors throughout Duke’s NCAA Event opening-round win over Vermont on Friday, coach Jon Scheyer vowed to get the 7-foot sophomore star extra pictures vs. James Madison.
Scheyer made good on that promise. Filipowski turned in a 4 of 5 effort from the ground for eight factors within the first stanza. Filipowski’s first two area objectives got here on two-handed dunks, the latter on a slip move on the baseline, however the subsequent makes had been throughout the offense.
On back-to-back possessions, Filipowski and Jeremy Roach labored a two-man recreation, creating area for Filipowski to crash into the lane together with his measurement for makes on the rim.
Duke basketball units the tone vs bodily James Madison
Coming into Sunday’s recreation, Duke gamers and coach drew comparisons of final 12 months’s NCAA Event second-round loss towards Tennessee to James Madison. The Dukes’ uptempo fashion and bodily presence had been considerations for the Blue Devils.
Duke, although, proved the harder, extra determined workforce in its Spherical of 32 contest vs. James Madison. Within the first half, Duke gained a 13-3 benefit in second-chance factors and a 21-13 edge on the glass. Duke additionally took care of the basketball, committing solely two first-half turnovers. Due to Duke’s restricted errors, JMU’s transition offense by no means received going.
Jeremy Roach overcomes finger damage in first half
Roach, Duke’s senior guard, left the primary half briefly following an damage.
Roach damage his left pinky when he dedicated a foul within the paint with 13:36 to go earlier than the break. He walked to the Duke bench, slumped in his chair because the workforce’s medical workers attended to him. Roach returned two minutes later, his fingers wrapped.
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