Friday, November 18
Durham, N.C.
6:00 pm
Davidson College
2-1
69
at
82
No. 6/6 Duke
4-0
1
2
F
Davidson
35
34
69
Duke
34
48
82
Chris Czerapowicz
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Second-Half Run Leads No. 6 Duke Past Davidson, 82-69
11/18/2011 9:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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DURHAM, N.C. – Seth Curry and Austin Rivers each scored 17 points, and No. 6 Duke used a big second-half run to top Davidson 82-69 in men's basketball action Friday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Chris Czerapowicz led Davidson (2-1) with 15 points with 3-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc, while also adding five boards. Jake Cohen and De'Mon Brooks each had 12 points, while Brooks added six boards. JP Kuhlman also had six boards to go along with 10 points and four assists.
Mason Plumlee recorded a double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Blue Devils (4-0). Miles Plumlee had 10 points.
Duke shot 53.7 percent from the field for the game and held Davidson to 35.5 percent shooting in the second half after allowing the 'Cats to hit 41.9 percent of their first-half chances.
A Kuhlman layup with 17:07 remaining in the game gave Davidson a 41-39 lead, but Duke went on a 33-11 run from that point to open a 20-point cushion with 6:25 remaining. A pair of layups by Brooks and a three-ball from Czerapowicz cut the margin to 13 points as Davidson went on a 7-0 run, but Curry responded with a 3-pointer after a Duke timeout. A 6-0 Davidson run trimmed a 17-point lead to 11 with 1:25 to go, but the Wildcats could get no closer.
Davidson had a 35-34 halftime lead after Tom Droney was fouled with 0.8 seconds remaining in the first half. A Duke turnover with 5.4 seconds remaining gave Davidson the ball at the opposite end line. Cohen inbounded it to Droney, who dribbled it inside the arc and was fouled on his shot attempt, allowing him to get to the line and sink both free throws.
The Wildcats opened the game with a 9-3 run led by a layup and three-ball by Cohen to build their largest lead of the game 3:10 into the contest. The Blue Devils answered with five points to make it a one-point game with 14:25 remaining. The teams traded points as a Rivers layup tied the game for Duke at 13-13 with 11:08 to go.
A three-pointer by Andre Dawkins gave Duke its first lead of the game with 9:50 remaining in the first half, but Cohen answered with a three-ball to put Davidson back on top 18-17. After Curry tied the game at 23-23 with 6:45 remaining, the teams traded the lead five times over the remainder of the frame.
Davidson returns to action Monday night in Belk Arena at 8:15 p.m. against Presbyterian. The game will follow the women's basketball team's game against Gardner-Webb at 6 p.m.
Notes: Davidson hit all of their free throws (14-for-14) for the first time since 2008 (Appalachian State, 6-for-6) … Duke has now won 89 consecutive non-conference games in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Team Stats
DAV
DU
FG%
.387
.537
3FG%
.350
.385
FT%
1.000
.633
RB
33
34
TO
17
12
STL
6
9
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
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