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Big Men Theo John , Mark Williams Had Productive Games Defensively, Offensively As Duke Beat NC State 88-73 As Mike Krzyzewski Returned After Missing Wake Forest Game Because Of Non- Covid Virus

Big men Theo John, Mark Williams had productive game defensively, offensively as 8th ranked Duke beat NC State 88-73 as Mike Krzyzewski returned after missing Wake Forest game because of a non- covid virus.

When?

Saturday!

Where?

Durham?

How?

Theo John who is 6-9 a forward contributed 1 block was 4-4 on field goals contributed 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block while Mark Williams who is 7-1 center contributed 8 blocks was 9-12 on field goals , contributed 19 points, 11 rebounds 2 assists.

“according to espn.com”

Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about Theo John, Mark Williams performances!

I thought our big guys did a great job - Mark almost had a triple double and he finished strong all day and Theo gave us a lift. Really good by our team, we’re just going to try and keep getting better”

Mark Williams had this to say about

Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about the illness that kept him out of traveling to Wake Forest during the week!

Something hit me and I thought I had covid . Even though I’ve been boosted and everything . And I had so many of those symptoms. I really almost had no injury at all and just fatigue and I couldn’t keep my eyes open.

Daily testing both rapid and more accurate PCR test never showed the 74 year old Krzyzewski positive for Covid -19 that included test conducted Saturday.

“according to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobserver.com”

Duke is now going to prepare to travel to Tallahassee to play Florida State on Tuesday night!

Tip off is set for 9:00pm from Donald L. Tucker Center!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN!