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Six Blue Devils in Double Figures as No. 2 Duke Bounces Back, 90-47
By Piper Rampage
Photo: monsieuricon from Montréal, Canada / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Six Blue Devils scored in double figures as No. 2 Duke bounced back from Tuesday’s 79-73 loss to Michigan State with a 90-47 win over SIU Edwardsville at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Patrick Ngongba II led Duke with 13 points, nine rebounds, four assists and five blocks. Caleb Foster and Dame Sarr each scored 12 points, while Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, Sebastian Wilkins and Cayden Boozer each added 11. Boozer also had 10 rebounds.
Duke improved to 3-1. SIU Edwardsville fell to 2-3.
The Blue Devils never trailed — the game was tied once, at 2-2 — and used an 11-0 run to build a 43-20 halftime lead before adding 47 points in the second half to the Cougars’ 27.
A late 18-2 run made it 88-45 with 2:25 left.
Duke won the rebounding battle 51-33 and the paint 42-24, and scored 20 points off 19 SIU Edwardsville turnovers. SIUE shot 30.4% from the field.
Gianni Cobb led SIU Edwardsville with nine points.
Piper Rampage
Men’s College Basketball, The Library Media
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