Duke Gets By Washington

Duke shuts down another good 3 point shooting team 86 to 80 , but Duke showed some weakness. The Blue Devils had control most of the game, but their free throw shooting gave Washington a chance to win this game, Duke shot 61% from the free throw line.

If Duke continues to shoot free throws like they did today they will have a hard time winning any close games. Rivers and Curry both fouled out of this game, it happened late in the game, but if that had happened a little earlier that would have had a big impact on this game.

Rivers led the scoring for Duke with 18 points, Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee each pulled down 9 rebounds. Andre Dawkin had a good game pouring in 17 points. Duke out rebounded the Huskies 39 to 32 which turned out to be one of the main reason Duke won this game, the other being blocked shots, Duke blocked 7 shots.

Duke moves to 9 and 1 while Washing goes to 4 and 4, but if Duke doesn't do some work in the free throw area in practice their win loss record is going to suffer. See who and when Duke plays next here: Duke Basketball Schedule