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DURHAM – Duke basketball fans got their first look at the 2022-23 team during the Blue Devils’ 13th annual Countdown to Cziness event Friday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The much-anticipated night kicked off with performances by student groups and dunk teams before performances by the Duke women’s basketball program. After pumping up the crowd with team introductions, the head coach kara lawson headed to the Crazies before a 3-point contest and half-court shooting contest rounded out the women’s session.
Under the first-year head coach jon scheyer, the men’s team took the court next and kept the energy in the building high as each player was introduced. The Blue Devil men then took the court for a 16-minute intrasquad scrimmage, which the Blue team won 41-26, trailing 12 points on 3-for-3 shooting from 3-point range from junior. jeremy cockroach.
AS A STEP
The white team went up to the board first as a debutant Tyrese Proctor sent a rebound pass to a classmate brand mitchell in transition for a two-handed slam. Proctor added a bucket of his own before ryan youngThe layup gave White a 6-0 lead. Second year student jaylen blakes he recorded the first two points for Blue at the 12.25 mark via a perfect drive from the charity line. Blue surged into the lead, 8-6, with 10:09 remaining thanks to a 6-0 run that featured back-to-back paint buckets from the freshmen. christian reeves Y Kyle Filipowski. After the lead changed hands for the next four minutes, Blue flexed his muscle and went on a 12-0 run to move up by a dozen. Reeves and Blakes combined for the 12 points during the streak, scoring seven and five, respectively. Young snapped White’s scoring drought at 4:48 with a backhand inside and kale catches he scored a triple to bring his side closer to 10, but that would be what White would get. Back-to-back Treys from Roach pushed his team’s lead back to 16 (36-20) as Blue froze the game.
GRADES
Junior jeremy cockroach he scored 12 points and dished out a team-high three assists to lead three double-digit scorers for the blue team. First year student christian reeves scored 11 points and second year jaylen blakes added 10 for the blue side. Reeves was 4-for-4 from the field, 3-for-3 at the free throw line with three blocks and five rebounds in 13 minutes. graduate student grandson of jacob he led the Blues’ efforts on the glass with eight boards as the Blues outrebounded the Whites, 24-14. White was led by a freshman Tyrese Proctor with 10 points and two assists, while a graduate student kale catches He contributed seven points. Class mate ryan young he had six rebounds and two steals, a team best. freshmen dariq white head Y Derek Animated II each did not see action at scrimmage due to injury.
QUOTES
“For me, it was a really special night to kick off the season…and just to see Cameron, right. We haven’t been here for a while and to see Cameron the way he was, our students were amazing.” They were there for a few hours, but they filled it up and I think for our guys, just to get a sense of what it’s like to play here… We have 11 players, two of them didn’t play tonight, but we have 11 players who haven’t experienced that. , so I think that’s something important for us. Obviously this should be a huge advantage for us to play here, so especially tonight. I thought the game was really good overall. continue working. We are still bonding as a team. I think for our guys, we’re tired of playing against each other. It’s time we started playing against other people. We’ve got work to do before that happens, but really excited about this group, how they’ve handled themselves. The preparation leading up to this point and now we can start playing against other people, so it’s exciting to think about.” — Head Coach Jon Scheyer
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Duke opens the regular season against Jacksonville on Monday, November 7 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Before the start of the regular season, Duke hosts Fayetteville State in an exhibition game on Wednesday, November 2 at 7 p.m.
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