7th Ranked Duke Who Was Playing Without Forward Mark Mitchell, Guard Jeremy Roach Saturday In Durham Had Their 8 Game Winning Streak Snapped As They Lost To Pittsburgh 80-76 In Hoops 4 ALS Finale
7th ranked Duke was playing without forward Mark Mitchell, Guard Jeremy Roach Saturday in Durham because they sustained knee injuries are recovering from knee injuries.
7th ranked Duke had their 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale as they did Jeremy Roach’s absence loomed large in this game against Pittsburgh as Jeremy Roach is a captain, a senior a leader who averages 14.6 points per game, 2.6 rebounds , 3.2 assists while shooting 49.7 % . Though, Mark Mitchell who is a sophomore forward absence also loomed large as he averages 12. 2 points, 5.6 rebounds , 1.3 assists per game while shooting 49.6 percent. Though, the most important stat for Mark Mitchell is those 5.6 rebounds he averages per game. Duke was out rebounded by Pittsburgh without Mark Mitchell on the court. 32-25. Though, also what else hurt Duke defensively was not being able to guard Pittsburgh forward Blake Hinson who was 8-10 on field goals, 7-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds 24 points.
As 7th ranked lost 80-76 to Pittsburgh offensively Kyle Filipowski was 5-10 on field goals, 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 2 assists , 1 steal, 1 block 19 points. Tyrese Proctor was 3-10 on field goals, 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists , 11 points. Caleb Foster was 4-9 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 5 assists , 3 steals, 16 points. Jared McCain was 7-14 on field goals , 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists , 1 steal, 20 points. Jaylen Blakes was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 1 steal, 2 points. TJ Power was 1-3 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 points. Ryan Young was 2-3 on field goals to go along 4 rebounds , 2 assists, 2 blocks , 6 points.
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Following 7th ranked Duke having 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale Blake Hinson who is a Pittsburgh forward who was 8-10 on field goals, 7-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds 24 points had this to say about him celebrating Pittsburgh’s win on the press table in front of the Duke Student section that is referred to as Cameron Crazies! This is one of the hardest places to win in the nation . So that was just an example of you climbing Mount Everest you looking at the top and saying I did it ‘… It’s nothing but respect.I mean, you can get mad at it. That’s just your opinion. But the way I look at it is, respect to them.
According to Luke Decock News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article284467880.html
Following 7th ranked Duke having 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale in Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about Duke’s rebounding Rebounding a lot of the time comes down to will and mindset, and we didn’t have that,” had an apology for the 9,314 Duke fans, spectators watching live inside Cameron Indoor Stadium as well as in the United States and around world for his team putting an opponent (Pittsburgh ) in position to celebrate like that by saying I want to apologize to our fans, by the way, for what happened at the end,”“That can’t happen and that’s on us and that’s unacceptable.”
Following 7th ranked Duke having 8 game winning streak snapped as they lost to Pittsburgh 80-76 in Hoops 4 ALS finale in Durham Duke Graduate Center Ryan Young who is playing his 6th season, final season of College Basketball who is playing his second season of College Basketball for former Duke guard currently Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer following playing four seasons for former Duke guard former Duke Assistant Coach current Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins who was 2-3 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists , 2 blocks, 6 points had this to say!
I thought they were just tougher and more aggressive than us tonight,”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article284287068.html
With Duke’s winning streak getting snapped at 8 games Duke is now 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with record of 13-4 overall 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
According to https://theacc.com/standings.aspx?standings=98
Duke is now to prepare to play on the road Tuesday at Louisville!
With that in mind, This question comes to mind is Duke going to be playing with or without sophomore forward Mark Mitchell, senior guard Jeremy Roach Tuesday on the road at Louisville ?
Following Duke’s 80-76 loss to Pittsburgh Saturday in Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer provided update on health of sophomore forward Mark Mitchell, senior guard Jeremy Roach saying they made progress and they were close,”They were close but they just didn’t practice enough to get ready. They haven’t done 5-on-5 (work). You need to be able to do that in order to play the game.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article284492015.html
Tip off for Duke, Louisville game Tuesday is set for 7:00pm from KFC Yum Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!
Though,
who is commentating the game is to be determined!