Three Duke Basketball Champs participate in declaring Blue Devil wins

Phoenix Suns teammates Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones and Mason Plumlee were on hand to watch Jon Scheyer’s third Duke basketball team, No. 12 in AP Top 25 Poll, wins over no. 17 Arizona, 70-55, at the Wildcats’ McKale Memorial Center on Friday night.

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Fittingly, the trio of former Duke basketball freshman national champions — Plumlee in 2010, Allen and Jones in 2015 — witnessed encouraging performances by three Blue Devil rookies in guard/forward Cooper Flagg, guard/forward Kon Knueppel and center Khaman Maluach .

Flagg finished with a game-high 24 points on 10-for-22 shooting from the field, added six rebounds, three assists, one steal, and two blocks across his team-high 38 minutes on the floor. Knueppel heated up for 13 points and knocked down three of his six 3-point attempts, with all of those spurts coming in the second half. And Maluach served as a formidable presence down low, tallying eight points, three boards and a block in just 17 minutes of action.

Next up for Duke (4-1, 0-0 ACC) is a blue-blood matchup against No. 1 Kansas (5-0, 0-0 Big 12) at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena at 9:00 PM ET Tuesday.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, however, Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones and Mason Plumlee will not be around again. No, the Phoenix Suns are hosting Duke basketball legend JJ Redick’s Los Angeles Lakers that night.

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