Luke Kennard Starts, Has The Hot Hand, Scores 30 Points, Leads The Way For Duke

There was nothing new about the crowd Friday night at Cameron as the preseason number one team in the country took the court in front of an electric crowd. Although there was something different about Mike Krzyzwski's starting lineup against Virginia State sophomore Luke Kennard was starting instead of coming off the bench. Luke Kennard didn't disappoint! 

The sophomore guard was shooting lights out as he scored thirty points in a 90-59 victory over Virginia State. On the night Luke Kennard shot 8-17 from the field while collecting six rebounds to go along with two assists. "according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211260031&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Junior Grayson Allen also got in on the action in first half chipping in nine points in the first half while freshman Marques Boldon also got in on the action as he scored thirteen points to go along with eleven rebounds.http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211260031&DB_OEM_ID=4200

The offense didn't stop after halftime though it continued in the second with freshman Frank Jackson getting in on the action hitting two threes. On the night the freshman guard scored seventeen points.http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211260031&DB_OEM_ID=4200

On the night Duke shot 21-54 from the floor while they were 10-23 from behind the arc. Duke returns to action Friday November 4th 2016 as  Augustana (SD) visits  Cameron for their final exhibition game before the season begins.

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