Tre Jones Returns And Leads Duke To Win Over Georgia State

In Duke’s game against Central Arkansas point guard Tre Jones only played nine minutes after head to head contact with Central Arkansas ' Aaron Weidenaar as the two chased a loose rebound with 7:57 left before halftime.

In Duke’s game against Georgia State Tre Jones not only played 40 minutes but was also Duke’s leading scorer.

Tre Jones scored a career-high 31 points and No. 2 Duke pulled away to beat pesky Georgia State 74-63 on Friday night. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-jones-scores-31-no-2-duke-beats-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

Duke (4-0) overcame season-worst 34.2% shooting by outrebounding the Panthers 58-32, and the school says its 30 offensive rebounds were the most in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 40 seasons.”according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-jones-scores-31-no-2-duke-beats-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

And yet, three nights after top-ranked Kentucky was upset at home by Evansville, the Blue Devils — 28 1/2-point favorites — were on upset alert against an unintimidated mid-major for longer than expected before they scratched out a sloppy victory, their 150th in a row at Cameron Indoor Stadium against nonconference opponents. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-jones-scores-31-no-2-duke-beats-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

This one was tied at 40 with less than 17 minutes to play, before Jones took over. He scored 10 points during a 13-0 run that pushed the lead into double figures. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-jones-scores-31-no-2-duke-beats-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

He put them ahead to stay with a 3-pointer and followed that with three layups through traffic. On the last one, he blew past Chris Clerkley while drawing contact from the Georgia State guard, then hit a free throw to put Duke up 51-40. After Wendell Moore Jr. capped the run with a stickback, the Panthers never got closer than nine the rest of the way. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-jones-scores-31-no-2-duke-beats-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

While Duke got the win behind an outstanding performance from their point guard Tre Jones Georgia State meanwhile suffered yet another loss.

Corey Allen led Georgia State (1-2) with 20 points on 9-of-18 shooting, while junior Kane Williams added 16 points and seven assists. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

The Panthers held Duke (4-0) to just 34.2 percent shooting and 7-of-28 from 3-point range but could not overcome Tre Jones who played all 40 minutes, scoring a career-high 31 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including four 3-pointers and 7-of-10 free throws. Vernon Carey finished with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils who earned their 150th consecutive non-conference home win dating back to 2000. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

Georgia State led by three with just over a minute to play in the first half and trailed by just two at halftime. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

After Duke took an early second half lead, the Panthers responded and on a jumper by Allen tied the game at 40 with 17:25 to play. Over the next seven and a half minutes Duke used a 20-4 run to push the lead to 60-44 with 9:53 to play.”according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

"Duke is obviously pretty good, but I thought we would come out and compete," head coach Rob Lanier said. "The message to our team was that there was going to come a time in the game whether in the first half or the second half that we were going to face some adversity. Adversity came and I don't think we handled it as well as we could have hoped, and I thought that was really the story of the game." “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

The Panthers were looking to earn a fifth win over a ranked program in school history and garner the program's first win over an ACC program.”according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

After Georgia State took an early 5-2 lead, Duke responded with a 7-0 run to take a 9-5 lead with 15:27 to play in the opening half. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

On a lay-up by Williams that capped a 6-0 run, the Panthers cut Duke's lead to just 15-14 with 12:10 remaining. Using a 7-0 run later in the half capped by two free throws from Williams, the Panthers took a 26-25 lead with just over five minutes to play. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

The Panthers kept the pressure on Duke and with back-to-back 3-pointers by Kavonte Ivery and Williams, Georgia State led 32-29 with 2:30 to play in the half.
Duke went into the locker room leading 36-34 following a Matthew Hurt lay-up just before the buzzer. The Panthers shot 5-of-10 from 3-point range before the half, but managed to go just 0-for-2 in the second half. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

Sophomore Nelson Phillips and freshman Joe Jones III each scored seven points, while freshman Jalen Thomas added six. Senior Damon Wilson led the Panthers with seven rebounds. “according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

Duke outrebounded the Panthers 58-32, including 30 rebounds on the offensive glass, the most ever for the Blue Devils under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Cassius Stanley just missed a double-double for the Blue Devils with seven points and nine rebounds, while Jack White came off the bench to pull down 10 boards.”according to https://georgiastatesports.com/news/2019/11/15/mens-basketball-second-half-run-leads-no-2-duke-over-georgia-state-74-63.aspx

Duke will return to Madison Square Garden that is the home of the NBA’s New York Knicks on Thursday to finish the 2K Empire Classic where they will play California and then either Georgetown or Texas.