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Roach's 21 Lifts No. 8 Duke Past Xavier in Phil Knight Legacy Semis
11/25/2022 5:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PORTLAND, Ore. – The eighth-ranked Duke men's basketball team advanced to the Phil Knight Legacy championship game after a 71-64 victory over Xavier on Friday afternoon at Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Jeremy Roach led three Blue Devils in double-figures with a season-high 21 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Duke held a 7-4 lead at the first media timeout, with all seven points scored by freshman Kyle Filipowski.
- The two teams went back and forth as the first half continued, with the score knotted at 20 apiece at the 7:47 mark.
- Filipowski became the first to double-digits after a pair of free throws put Duke ahead, 31-27.
- The Blue Devils went on a 15-2 run to take a 36-27 lead and force a Xavier timeout with 2:18 remaining in the first half.
- Duke started the second half hot as freshman Mark Mitchell pushed Duke's lead to 13, 49-36, with a three-pointer just over two minutes in.
- The Musketeers drew within four, 51-47, after an 11-2 run.
- Duke had a run of its own thanks to Roach, as the junior eclipsed the 20-point mark with a jumper with 2:45 remaining to extend Duke's lead to 69-62.
- The Blue Devils' defense held Xavier without a made field goal for the final 5:51 of the game to secure the 71-64 victory.
GAME NOTES
- Duke is now 5-0 when playing in Phil Knight events in Portland after winning the inaugural PK80 in 2017.
- Duke out-rebounded Xavier, 33-32, snapping its program-record streak of six consecutive games with a double-digit advantage in rebounding margin.
- Duke held a 12-4 edge in second-chance points. Through seven games, Duke is +88 (127-39) in second-chance scoring.
- Duke has held each of the seven opponents this season to less than 70 points and five to less than 60. The Blue Devils held Xavier to a season-low 64 points – the Musketeers were averaging 85.8 points entering the game.
- Duke held Xavier's leading scorer Jack Nunge to a season-low five points (1-of-13 shooting). Nunge's previous scoring low this season was 14 points vs. Indiana.
- After Duke held Oregon State without a field goal for the final 5:03 of regulation, Xavier did not score in the game's final 5:51.
- Duke is now a combined 93-32 when playing in one of the 12 current NBA arenas, including 5-0 in Portland's Moda Center. The Blue Devils have won 22 of their 27 games at NBA arenas.
- Roach scored a team-high 21 points – his second career 20-point game and his first since his career-high 22 points at Virginia Tech in his freshman season (Jan. 21, 2021).
- Roach had five assists, four rebounds and two steals on 9-of-15 shooting in 35 minutes.
- Filipowski has scored in double-figures in each of his first seven career games, after collecting 12 points against Xavier while also swiping a career-high four steals.
- Mitchell scored 16 points – two shy of his career high – on 6-of-11 shooting with five rebounds.
- Graduate Ryan Young pulled down a game-high five offensive rebounds (six rebounds total) with eight points in 21 minutes off the bench.
QUOTES
- "I thought we showed some great poise. Because I think we were up 13? And Xavier, they're not a team that, you're not going to run away with it. They're tough minded. And just the poise, I thought in key moments, Jeremy Roach put us on his back and said 'alright'. Whether it's for him or for somebody else, he got some really good looks, really good quality looks. And then you of course have to follow it up with a stop, and we did that enough times to get some separation and never let them really get the lead, which was a big deal." -- head coach Jon Scheyer
NEXT GAME
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Duke now plays the winner of Gonzaga vs. Purdue on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. PT (3:30 ET) in the championship of the Phil Knight Legacy. The game, played at Moda Center in Portland, is on ABC.
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