Duke 70-48 Seattle U (Nov 29, 2024) Game Summary

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DURHAM, NC — — Tyrese Proctor scored 13 points and No. 11 Duke held Seattle to 21.3% shooting in Friday night’s 70-48 win.

Freshman Cooper Flagg added nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Blue Devils (5-2), who led by a dozen at halftime and then held the Redhawks scoreless for the first eight minutes of the break that opened it.

Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe had nine points and 12 rebounds for the Redhawks (2-5), who made 10 of 47 shots.

Takeaways

Seattle: This was the Redhawks’ first meeting with Duke, and they were chasing their first win against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe since beating Virginia in December 2010.

Duke: The Blue Devils came off Tuesday’s loss to Kansas no. 1 in the Vegas Showdown and had a slow offensive start before turning this into a cruising romp.

Key moment

Duke scored the first 13 points after halftime, starting with a pair or transition scores from Caleb Foster and including Flagg finding a back Proctor for a catch-and-four 3-pointer in transition. Freshman Isaiah Evans’ driving dunk at the 12:33 mark ended the run and made it 50-25.

Key state

Seattle missed 23 of 25 shots from midway through the first half to midway through the second. The Redhawks didn’t score in the second half until Brayden Maldonado’s two free throws at the 11:58 mark. They also missed their first 13 shots of the second half before Viktor Rajkovic’s 3-pointer with 9:18 left, though Duke led by 29 at the time.

Next

Seattle hosts Portland State on Wednesday. Duke also plays that night with another marquee test by hosting No. 4 Auburn – which could claim the no. 1 in Monday’s next AP Top 25 poll after winning the Maui Invitational – in the ACC/SEC Challenge.

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