Though, Cooper Flagg Was Only Player For 5th Ranked Duke To Score In Double Figures Duke's Winning Streak Was Extended To 5 Games Because Defensively Duke Held George Mason To 47 Points

Cooper Flagg was the only player to score in double figures for Duke!

As Cooper Flagg was the only player to score in double figures for Duke he was 7-20 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 9 rebounds, 4 assists , 24 points

Though, Cooper Flagg was the only player for 5th ranked Duke to score in double figures Duke’s winning streak was extended to 5 games because defensively Duke held George Mason to 47 points.

When?

Tuesday night in Durham!

Where?

On the hardwood!

As Duke held George Mason to 47 points as a team George Mason shot 29.4 % on field goals , 11.8 % on 3 pointers, 83.3 % on free throws. Two players scored in double figures! Those players included Jaylen Haynes who was 9-19 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds , 1 block, 18 points. Darius Maddox was 4-13 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers , 3-3 on free throws to go along with three rebounds , 2 steals, 12 points.

Following Cooper Flagg being the only player to score in double figures for 5th ranked Duke as Duke’s winning streak was extended to 5 games because defensively Duke held George Mason to 47 points Sion James who is a graduate transfer from Tulane who was 2-4 on field , 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 3 assists , 7 points had this to say about his teammate Cooper Flagg!

We felt like we were getting OK looks [in the first half],”Cooper was being super aggressive [and] getting good looks. We were kicking out for a lot of good shots. They just weren’t going down… we stayed the course and some more of them went down in the second half.”

Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about Cooper Flagg!

For any young guys, you get caught up in percentages [and] numbers sometimes,”

For him, he was just a warrior out there… that comes with just his competitive spirit and being in attack mode. We need him to be that way, and we need to help him be that way all the time.”

According to Shelby Swanson’s News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article297166674.html

5th ranked Duke is now going to prepare to play at Georgia Tech Saturday who plays UMBC Wednesday night in Atlanta!

Tip off is set for 12:00pm from McCamish Pavilion!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Kevin Brown, Jim Boeheim!

Jim Boeheim is Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim joined ESPN as a college basketball analyst in December 2023 after 47 years at Syracuse. Boeheim calls games on ESPN and ACC Network and provides studio analysis on Nothing But Net, ACCN’s signature basketball show.

Boeheim retired in March 2023 after 44 remarkable years as the head coach of his alma mater, finishing his career as the second winningest coach in history behind only Mike Krzyzewski. Syracuse made 34 trips to the NCAA Tournament with Boeheim as the head coach, including Final Four appearances in four straight decades (1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, and 2016). The Orange won the national championship in 2003.

Boeheim was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. In addition to his work with Syracuse, Boeheim served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic teams that won gold medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and the World Cup in 2010 and 2014.

According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/jim-boeheim/