Duke freshman guard Jared McCain hit eight 3s in Sunday's second-round win over James Madison, setting a Blue Devils record for 3-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game.
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"Yeah, I was talking to my family, when those shots go in and out , I know I was due to make some more the other night, and was that night," McCain said."Yeah, when I see a few go in now, I smirk at the rim because I know the rim just wants to give me back some makes, and that happened ." "It helps when you have a guy like Jared McCain," coach John Scheyer said."He broke the Duke record today for 3s in the NCAA Tournament. We've had some pretty good shooters here, so to break that record with eight, I'm sure he's mad at me for taking him out early. He's going to be mad at me. He wanted to be in there more. But he had a great way about him, obviously.
It reached the point after McCain's sixth 3-pointer without a miss that he was in the zone. After that make, he hit what looked like a Michael Jordan shoulder shrug. Not that he even remembered.
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