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Blue Devils Escape With 80-79 Victory Over Seton Hall
11/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov 19, 2001
By JIM O'CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer
LAHAINA, Hawaii - April in Minneapolis was a long way from November in Maui.
Top-ranked Duke opened defense of the national championship it won seven months ago in a much different climate with an 80-79 victory over Seton Hall in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.
In a game that wasn't decided until Jason Williams stole the ball as the buzzer sounded, the Blue Devils avoided being the second major upset in as many games in the Lahaina Civic Center.
"Right now there is nothing comparable about this team and last year's and we don't worry about that," Duke junior guard Mike Dunleavy said of the team that lost national player of the year Shane Battier. "We got there last year through six, seven months of hard work and right now everyone can tell we have a few things to work on."
At least the Blue Devils moved on to Tuesday's semifinals against South Carolina, which beat Chaminade 74-61.
Earlier Monday, Ball State beat No. 4 Kansas 93-91.
"Not a bad first day, huh?" Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
It was a lot better for him after Williams made one of two free throws with 7.1 seconds to play, then stole the ball as the buzzer sounded.
Williams, a preseason All-American, scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half and the Blue Devils won their season opener under Krzyzewski for the 20th time in 22 seasons.
"When Jason missed that first free throw, that's not easy to come back there and then the defense at the end was terrific," Krzyzewski said.
Seton Hall (1-1) led by 10 points late in the first half. The Pirates, under first-year coach Louis Orr, refused to wilt even when Duke began to hit 3-pointers in the second half after going 1-for-13 from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes.
John Allen's three-point play with 2:20 left gave Seton Hall a 79-76 lead. Freshman Daniel Ewing scored on a drive with 1:24 left to get the Blue Devils within one.
Duke tied it with 1:05 left when Dunleavy made one of two free throws.
Allen missed a 3 with 36 seconds left and Duke worked the ball around on its last possession.
Williams drove the lane and Greg Morton was called for a blocking foul with 7.1 seconds left, a call that had Orr up and screaming.
"I thought it was a charge, but the referee called it a block," said Orr, who went right to the tournament director to complain about the call when the game ended.
The Blue Devils had made just 12 of 22 free throws in the second half before Williams went to the line. He missed the first, but made the second.
Seton Hall's final chance ended when Williams stole Ty Shine's pass toward the corner as the buzzer sounded.
"Ewing did a great job of keeping the ball away from Andre Barrett and Jason came up with a great anticipation play," Krzyzewski said.
Dunleavy had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Duke, which finished 8-for-26 from 3-point range and 20-for-36 from the free throw line.
"We didn't look like a real good team in the first half and Seton Hall made us look worse," Krzyzewski said.
Williams credited Seton Hall for Duke's first-half troubles.
"I had shots I usually make but they weren't falling down," he said. "We were out of synch in the first half because we were thrown back by Seton Hall."
Senior forward Charles Manga had a career-high 14 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Pirates, while Barrett and Desmond Herod each had 12 points.
"It was a great effort by our guys," Orr said. "Any time you play against a team like Duke you just want a chance to win. We were there."
Raheem Carter's 3-pointer with 2:01 left in the half started an 8-0 run that gave the Pirates a 37-27 lead, their biggest of the opening 20 minutes.
Williams made an acrobatic three-point play with 6.3 seconds left to make it 37-30 and Seton Hall had a chance to get the lead back to nine but Barrett missed a driving layup at the buzzer.
Duke is now 7-0 in the Maui Invitational, having won the tournament in 1992 and 1997.
Duke guard Chris Duhon missed most of the final five minutes because of severe cramping, something that bothered a number of players as temperatures outside the Lahaina Civic Center were in the mid-80s.
Krzyzewski said Duhon was taken to a hospital for treatment and that he hoped the sophomore guard would be available Tuesday.
Seton Hall vs DUKE (11-19-01 at Lahaina, Maui)Official Basketball Box Score Seton Hall vs DUKE 11-19-01 4 p.m. at Lahaina, Maui -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Seton Hall 1-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 13 Toney-El, Marcus.... f 2-2 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 9 31 Manga, Charles...... f 7-8 0-0 0-3 3 7 10 5 14 3 1 0 0 27 50 Morton, Greg........ f 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 24 12 Barrett, Andre...... g 5-15 0-2 2-6 0 3 3 2 12 3 4 0 1 30 30 Lane, Darius........ g 2-6 1-2 0-1 1 5 6 3 5 3 7 0 2 28 00 Shine, Ty........... 3-9 1-4 3-3 1 3 4 1 10 3 5 0 0 20 02 Herod, Desmond...... 4-5 2-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 12 1 0 0 1 18 14 Carter, Raheem...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 23 Fray, Damion........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 32 Allen, John......... 4-10 1-4 1-1 1 2 3 2 10 2 1 1 2 24 40 Branwell, Mauricio.. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 5 2 1 0 1 0 10 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 31-62 6-15 11-20 11 31 42 29 79 19 19 4 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-25 56.0% 2nd Half: 17-37 45.9% Game: 50.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 40.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 55.0% 4
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: DUKE 1-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 34 Mike Dunleavy....... f 7-14 1-6 7-11 0 10 10 3 22 2 1 0 2 37 04 Carlos Boozer....... c 2-5 0-0 3-5 1 3 4 5 7 2 1 0 1 20 21 Chris Duhon......... g 2-7 1-5 0-0 2 3 5 1 5 4 1 0 3 35 22 Jason Williams...... g 9-23 6-11 3-5 1 4 5 2 27 3 3 0 2 36 30 Dahntay Jones....... g 3-9 0-2 2-5 4 2 6 2 8 1 1 1 0 36 03 Nick Horvath........ 2-3 0-0 3-6 3 1 4 3 7 0 4 1 0 13 05 Daniel Ewing........ 1-3 0-2 2-4 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 14 20 Casey Sanders....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 41 Matt Christensen.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 26-65 8-26 20-36 16 26 42 21 80 13 13 2 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-35 31.4% 2nd Half: 15-30 50.0% Game: 40.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-13 7.7% 2nd Half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 30.8% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd Half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 55.6% 7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Dick Cartmell, Tom Eads, Craig Peterson Technical fouls: Seton Hall-None. DUKE-None. Attendance: 2500 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Seton Hall.................... 37 42 - 79 DUKE.......................... 30 50 - 80 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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