Duke 90, Kansas 84 (F). Duke fell behind by 6 early, answered with runs of 9-1 and 13-2, trailed 45-43 at the half, then pulled away late behind Patrick Ngongba’s 28.
Kansas scored 16 points off 14 Duke turnovers, but Duke owned the offensive glass: 11 offensive rebounds to 6 and an 11-5 edge in second-chance points.
Duke on a 6-0 run, holding Kansas to 0-4 shooting over 3:00 to stretch a 1-point lead to 7. Duke 83, Kansas 76 with 3:32 left. Patrick Ngongba has 26 on 9-12.
Duke lost the lead late in the first half after the Jayhawks went +14 in the last nine minutes. Duke went 3-13 from the field during that stretch. Halftime: Kansas 45, Duke 43.
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Shot profile, Duke at Kansas, 1st half. Duke is 11-of-26 from the field and 5-of-13 from three. Kansas is 11-of-28 from the field and 1-of-7 from three. Duke leads 35-29 with 4:41 left in the half.
Duke 31, Kansas 21 at the 7:57 timeout. Duke has outscored Kansas 25-9 since trailing 12-6, and Patrick Ngongba leads all scorers with 9 on 4-of-5 shooting.
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Duke is on an 11–3 run since falling behind 12–6. Dame Sarr has 6 points, and 4 of them came from a perfect 4-of-4 at the line.
Duke has assisted on 4 of its 5 field goals. Kansas still owns the offensive glass, 4–2, with Christian Reeves pulling 5 boards in 4 minutes.
Former Blue Devil Christian Reeves has 5 rebounds in 4 minutes, 3 of them offensive. KU leads the glass 7–3 @ the first media timeout.
Duke is 2-of-3 from three. Patrick Ngongba's a perfect 2-for-2 w/ 5 points.
Caleb Foster, Deron Rippey Jr. & Sebastian Wilkins checked are in.
With Foster on the floor, Duke scored 1.14 points per possession. W/O him: 109.0. Duke's defense was 3.2 points per 100 worse with him on, so his net is +2.1. Who it squeezes: freshman Deron Rippey Jr. went for 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting in 21 minutes against Tennessee.
The third and final exhibition for @DukeMBB tips off today from Lawrence, KS against the Jayhawks. What to expect —>
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Net points per 100 possessions, every exhibition:
Duke +54 vs Belmont
Duke +52 vs Tennessee
Kansas +22 vs Pittsburg State
Kansas −8 vs Louisville
Small samples, different opponents. Sunday tells us more.
John Blackwell, 10 points in 1:59 early in the second half: a three, a fast-break dunk off his own rebound, another three and a jumper. Duke's lead went from 26 to 34. Is this the first solo kill-shot of the year @EvanMiya? thelowpost.com/teams/duke?ut…















