Kon Knueppel paired 18 factors with 5 assists, serving to information the visiting No. 5 Duke Blue Devils to an 82-56 rout of Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Convention play Saturday in Atlanta.
Khaman Maluach added 15 factors and eight rebounds, whereas Cooper Flagg — on his 18th birthday — scored 13 factors for Duke (10-2, 2-0 ACC), which received its sixth straight recreation. Tyrese Proctor had 10 factors for the Blue Devils, who shot 56.4 p.c from the sphere and 40 p.c on 3-pointers.
Baye Ndongo led Georgia Tech (5-7, 0-2) with 14 factors, adopted by Duncan Powell’s 13. The Yellow Jackets shot 36.2 p.c from the sphere and 35.3 p.c on 3-pointers. They’ve dropped 4 of 5 video games.
After Lance Terry’s triple trimmed Georgia Tech’s deficit to 43-39 on the Yellow Jackets’ first possession of the second half, Proctor’s 3-pointer started a 14-0 Blue Devils run. The spurt was stamped with dunks by Maluach and Flagg to push Duke’s result in 57-39 with 13:58 left.
Javian McCollum’s 3-pointer reduce Duke’s result in 16 on the 12:41 mark earlier than Knueppel, Caleb Foster and Mason Gillis’ baskets pushed Duke’s benefit to 66-44.
Isaiah Evans scored the ultimate 5 factors of the sport, together with a 3-pointer to place a stamp on Duke’s 26-point win.
After Naithan George’s layup gave the Yellow Jackets a 4-1 lead, Flagg’s dunk capped an 11-2 Duke run on the 14:11 mark.
Following Powell’s 3-pointer which reduce the Yellow Jackets’ deficit to 17-11, Maliq Brown’s layup was adopted by triples from Evans and Sion James, pushing Duke’s benefit to 25-11 with 11:12 remaining within the opening half.
After Flagg’s 3-pointer pushed Duke’s result in 37-22, Georgia Tech answered with a 12-2 run, stamped with Ndongo’s 5 straight factors. Flagg and Terry traded baskets to finish the primary half, as Duke led 41-36 coming into halftime.
Flagg and Knueppel every led the Blue Devils with 9 first-half factors, whereas Ndongo’s 12 paced Georgia Tech.
–Subject Degree Media