Duke basketball looks to bring the best from its last outing to its meeting with the nation's top-ranked squad.
Fittingly, defense sparked the first two plays that the Duke basketball social media team highlighted in its video recap of the No. 12-ranked Blue Devils' top five plays in Friday night's 69-55 road win over the No. 17 Arizona Wildcats.After all, Duke held Arizona to its lowest scoring total in the regular season since February 2020. And these Wildcats entered the bout averaging 94.3 points per contest.
Here are the top five plays, featuring beyond-their-years Duke basketball freshmen Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, along with third-year Blue Devil Tyrese Proctor plus veteran newcomers Maliq Brown and Sion James:Tyrese Proctor's swipe and emphatic breakaway dunk to grow Duke's lead to 17-14 with under 10 minutes to play before the breakA threaded bounce pass courtesy of Maliq Brown to a slashing Sion James for a two-handed dunk in traffic late in the first halfKon Knueppel's...
Next up for the Blue Devils is a Vegas Showdown battle against a fellow blueblood in the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks , tipping off in T-Mobile Arena at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday .Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of Duke Blue Devils on SI, North Carolina Tar Heels on SI, and NC State Wolfpack on SI, making him a key source for comprehensive coverage of these storied college basketball programs.
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