17th Ranked Duke Surpassed 25th Ranked Ohio State 81-72 In ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Wednesday In Durham As Jon Scheyer's Inaugural Season As Head Coach Of Duke Continued
17th ranked Duke surpassed 25th ranked Ohio State 81-72 in ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Wednesday in Durham as Jon Scheyer’s inaugural season as Head Coach of Duke continued.
In Duke’s 81-72 win in ACC/ Big Ten Challenge over Ohio State Wednesday in Durham Mark Mitchell was 1-3 on field goals 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 1 assists, 3 points . Kyle Filipowski was 6-11 on field goals to go along with 7 rebounds , 2 assists, 16 points . Dereck Lively II was 4-5 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assist, 11 points . Tyrese Proctor was 2-8 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 1 assist , 12 points. Dariq was 2-5 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 points. Ryan Young was 3-4 on field goals to go along 5 rebounds, 2 assist , 10 points . Jaylen Blakes was 1-5 on field goals 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds , 2 points. Jacob Grandison was 3-5 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 9 points.
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Following 17th Duke surpassing 25th ranked Ohio State Head Coach Jon Scheyer who is coaching his inaugural season as Duke Head had this to say in his opening statement “Being there in Cameron tonight was a special experience. Coming off a loss, you think about our program, and what it means to me and what it means to us. It's not necessarily that we're perfect, but when you get knocked down, you get right back up. And it doesn't always translate to a win. But I thought that was our attitude going into tonight's game. And we played nine guys, and all nine of them made some winning plays. I am proud of the effort and proud of the response. We didn't practice on Monday, because we were getting back from Portland and had a one-day prep. Our focus was just to take what we learned against Purdue and bring it tonight. I’m happy to answer any questions, but really proud of the effort. I thought Cameron was incredible. We've never had a whiteout before, I wasn't sure how I felt about it. And I feel a little better now about it. We’ll see if we do that going forward.”
On Dariq Whitehead, Dereck Lively II finding rytham after missing portions of the preseason!
“I hope for all of these freshmen, not just you guys [in the media] but anybody is patient with them. Because like Dereck and Dariq, they missed the most crucial part of any time of the year for freshmen, and that's the preseason. Dereck missed over a month, and Dariq, almost three months. And so for them, they've been working hard, and it's gonna take them some time. And so for Derek, it's only been a few weeks. And I just love the mindset, how he keeps working. I felt the way he fought on defense in the Purdue game, he took a huge step. And then tonight, he did the same thing against [Zed] Key. And then for him, it's just getting comfortable, developing his offensive game. And in fairness to him, we've missed him. One of the best things he does is he puts pressure on the rim in pick and roll. And our guards, Jeremy hit him on the lob. He hit him on a couple plays tonight. That's something we need to look for more. And so again, he's just gotta stick with it. Really proud of his effort. I thought it was a huge jump. He's rebounding in traffic more. We just need to keep rolling with all of them.”
On his team responding to Ohio State’s momentum in second half!
“I thought, including the Xavier game, that was the best we managed a game. We were playing games, and now we're learning how to win games. When you have a lead, you don't play the same way if it's a tie game or if you're down. Jeremy, I thought he did a really good job Tyrese [Proctor], Jaylen [Blakes], when he was in, just controlling our team. And in those moments, they make a little bit of a run, we have to really execute. And working on the offensive end, I thought we did that. And then down the stretch, some crucial stops were really important for us.”
On the team responding to the physicality of their opponent on the team entering conference play against Boston College Saturday.
“They responded. There’s still some plays where we need to finish better through contact, we get it right by the rim. We just need to gather and take our time. There’s some finishes for us to be had. But I thought there, I just think for all of them, their mindset of, when you get knocked down, you get right back up. I'll always be the same way. Our team, I'm just proud of them for doing that.”“It’s crazy that we're already playing conference games, and we knew this would be a really tough stretch. I think the tendency is that we want to let up, we can't let up at all. We know Boston College is going to be a physical, tough team and we'll dive into them tomorrow. I think this preparation has been incredible. You think about the teams we've played, the scrimmage we had, I think it's prepared us well for the rest of this year. We’ve played different kinds of teams. Ohio State, they're physical like Purdue, but it's a different kind of team. I mean, obviously they don't have [Zach] Edey. I think the more games we're in like this, the better we'll be down the stretch.”
Junior guard Jeremy Roach had this to say “We stood up to the adversity. [Ohio State] cut it to down to five and then we kind of got the lead back up to eight or nine, so I’m just happy with the performance and how much our resilience was tonight. [A win like this] builds a lot of confidence. Just beating those kinds of teams, it’s big for us for the NCAA Tournament and obviously for our confidence. I think this win tonight was big for us.”
On the perception that the ACC is having a down year “Since I’ve been in college, they’ve said the ACC is down every year, and we always have one of the last teams in the NCAA Tournament. I would never say the ACC is weak. Every team from top to bottom can hoop with anybody in the country, so we’ve got to be ready every night for that battle.”
Graduate transfer, center Ryan Young from Northwestern where he played for Duke coach, player Chris Collins had about the teams focus coming out for the second half. When asked reminded of the physical play in the Big Ten! “All older, mature teams – they have a lot of transfers there and they have a lot of guys with a ton of experience – they’re not going to go away down eight to 10 points at halftime or whatever it was. So we had to keep our foot on the gas. There can’t be any different type of play or drop or anything coming out of halftime. I was really glad with the level of maturity and proud of our team with the level of maturity that we showed to not take our foot off the gas and match the same level of physicality and toughness and just overall intensity coming out of halftime.” “It wasjust awesome to have a teamwin like this. We weathered runsreally well against them, and we came really tough and physical, which I think a lot of teams, with how young we are, will look to make that an advantage of theirs and come out and try to play harder than us. Personally and as a team, I was really excited to see us come out and match their level of physicality and, at some points, probably exceed it.”“Yes, absolutely. [Ohio State] has some new guys over there. I played against Zed Key for a while and Justice Sueing, but a lot of their team is new, but they still have the same identity they’ve always had – throwing the ball inside, playing hard, and getting to the rim. Obviously, it’s always great for anybody to play [against this level of competition], but it’s awesome for our young guys to get that kind of experience, even though our freshmen have continually shown, in my opinion, that they’re a pretty physical group themselves. But it’s great for them to get this kind of experience against a tough team like that.”
Dereck Lively II who like his teammate Ryan Young is a center though, unlike him he is a freshman had this to say on his strong performance Wednesday. When asked how Duke was able to refocus after loss to Purdue It was just really coming down to my teammates finding me, and I’m just grateful for that. I know that my teammates are going to put me in the best position, and I’m going to put them in the best position. It was my game to do well, and I just know that the next game, it could be someone else. And the next game, it might be me. I’m just grateful for winning.”“There’s no way to not focus on this. It’s a life. You’ve got to move on from your losses, you’ve got to learn from them, and you’ve got to keep moving on. And that’s what we did, and I know we’re going to keep doing that forward.”
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Duke is now to prepare for Jon Scheyer’s inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference game as Duke Head Coach as Duke is hosting Boston College Saturday in Durham.
Tip off is set for 4:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Malcolm Huckaby commentating!