Blue Devils beaten from the inside

Clemson, SC – There was no defense of Duke defending during his first defeat in 74 days because, well, it was the defense that failed the Blue Devils.

Go represent.

Clemson Duke beat from the interior of the 3-point arc and ended the Blue Devils victories sequence of 16 games with a 77-71 victory in Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday evening.

The Tigers (19-5, 11-2 ACC) set up an attacking match that we saw against Duke this season. Clemson made 30 of the 51 shots (58.8%), becoming the first team to shoot more than 50% against the Blue Devils; Clemson was 26 for 41 (63.4%) from the interior of the arc, again the best team turned against Duke and a discordant clip when Duke entered the game with the best defense rate in 2 points of the country (41.7%).

“I think we were a little unruly. Our match plan, I did not think that we stayed there as well as we should have had it, ”recruit Cooper Flagg said Duke’s defense. “I thought I would find the rebounds, the guards who arrived … me, Khaman (Maluach) And Maliq (brown) Really boxing and obtaining rebounds, we don’t really have to be there tonight.

“We have not done our job.”

Duke (20-3, 12-1) lost the margin of rebound 36-23, the third consecutive match being Surbound. Clemson’s 11 offensive rebounds resulted in 15 second chance points. Tigers are a good 3 -point shooting team; They only made four and took 10.

Clemson has collected 40 points in the painting – stop if you have heard it say – and it’s a top of the season against Duke this season.

“I thought in the first half, they struck hard”, coach Jon Scheyer said. “I didn’t think we had enough resistance overall in the second half.”

So, all this on what was wrong for Duke defensively, the Blue Devils have still taken a lead at three times in the last five minutes. The last of these was the last time Duke marked, Flagg caressed a pointer of 3 with a little less than a minute.

The generational talent of 6-9 and 205 pounds was not alike during the first 33 minutes of this match and had four points at this point. Flagg scored 2:05 p.m., draining three 3 and flying the Blue Devils.

Hunter Hit a mid -range shot disputed with 38 seconds to play, which turned out to be the final change of head. Duke followed this with disjointed offensive possession that had Sion James Lack a unbalanced blow.

After Viktor Lakhin Made one of the two free throws with 21 seconds to play, Flagg led to the right with a chance to link the game – or at least draw a fault.

He slipped on a wet place and traveled instead.

“There were damp spots all over the courtyard. It was so wet in there, ”said Flagg. “There was probably a small wet place, just unhappy. At the end of the day, you just have to play. »»

Hunter has made four free throws in the last 15 seconds to put the game on the ice and offer Duke his first loss of the season.

“I mean, we have not lost since November or December or anything,” said Tyrese Proctorwho scored a 23 -point top. “Obviously, a bad feeling but directly in the cinema room and we have such a good locker room, everyone will be … just looking in the mirror.”

Clemson made a sequence of 12-0 to take his first lead from the match. It started when Duke’s advance was five, around 14 minutes away.

The first time this game was tied, Ian Schieffelin Buried a deep 3 from the top of the key while the shot chronometer expired. On the next possession of Clemson, Hunter has descended on a journey for a lay-up and the first advance of the tigers.

“I thought they were too much in our painting and I thought we could have been a little better in our shortcomings,” said Proctor. “But the match came to bounce back and some of the loose ball games, frank boxes.”

Duke’s advance at halftime was 41-35.

There were not the greatest feelings with this, however, because Clemson made 15 of the 22 shots (68.2%). What stopped the tigers in the first half was 10 reversals, which led to 18 Duke points.

The Tigers only committed two reversals in the second half and the Duke’s decline point number ended at 18.

“The second half, we played as well as we can play,” said Clemson Coach Brad Brownell said. “(We have done) the parts you need to make.”

Tip-in: No Duke player had more than five rebounds – a Flagg and Maluach number both finished. Clemson was led by the 10 rebounds of Schieffelin, Hunter had seven and Clemson was credited with seven team rebounds (generally, the cowardly shots eliminated from the limits are team rebounds). … Kon KNUPPEL scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half. His three points in the second half were a 3-point that put the Blue Devils at the front 49-44, before the 12-0 pivot race in Clemson. KNUPPEL was also called to a blatant fault in a first half to trip Jaeden Zackery After the two were tangled in the rear area. … Lakhin scored the first nine points of Clemson of the second half and ended with 22 points, a shy from its summit of the season. … Former Duke Big Man Christian Reeves had five points; The only match he had more this season was seven in a 28 -point victory against Florida A&M. … Clemson won five consecutive games against AP Top-Five Teams. It was the second of these victories this season, the Tigers having eliminated Kentucky in the ACC-SEC challenge (one of the two victories of the ACC, the other being Duke’s victory against Auburn).