No. 14 Blue Devils Fall at Wake Forest, 81-70

Tuesday, December 20

Winston-Salem, N.C.

6:30 p.m.

Duke University

10-3,1-1ACC

Wake Forest

9-4,1-1ACC

Duke

Wake Forest

No. 14 Blue Devils Fall at Wake Forest, 81-70

12/20/2022 8:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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WINSTON-SALEM – No. 14 Duke rallied in the second half to cut a 15-point margin to single digits, but Wake Forest snapped the Blue Devils four-game winning streak with an 81-70 win Tuesday night in Winston-Salem.

Duke (10-3, 1-1), which had its NCAA-leading eight-game road winning streak snapped, was led by three in double figures, including a career night from sophomore Jaylen Blakes, who scored 17 points off the bench. The Demon Deacons (9-4, 1-1) owned a 37-29 rebounding advantage and hit 22 of 26 free throws to hold off Duke's rally.

Freshman Mark Mitchell scored 14 points, while graduate Ryan Young finished a board shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds. Duke, playing its first game in nine games, was without freshmen Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead -- each out due to illness.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kyle Filipowski and Young scored Duke's first two baskets of the evening to give the Blue Devils an early 4-2 lead.
A three-pointer by Jacob Grandison capped a 7-0 run by Duke and tied the score at 11-11 with 12:50 on the clock.
The Demon Deacons responded and took a 39-30 lead into the break.
Mitchell became the first Blue Devil in double figures with his 10th point just over three minutes into the second half.
A Blakes three-pointer narrowed the deficit to single digits, 60-52, and forced a Wake Forest timeout with 9:28 remaining in the game.
Blakes kept the Blue Devils in the contest, scoring 10 straight points for the visitors.
Wake led 68-59 at the final media timeout of the contest and put the game on ice with free throws down the stretch.
Tyree Applebee led Wake in scoring with 18 points, including 13-of-14 at the free throw line.

GAME NOTES

The game was the 258th in the all-time series, which now favors Duke, 178-80. In games played in Winston-Salem, the series favors Duke, 52-41, including 19-13 at LJVM Coliseum.
Duke trailed at the half for just the third time this season.
Wake Forest was 22-of-26 from the free throw line to Duke's 10-of-14 – the Blue Devils' largest free throw disparity this season. Duke entered the game having made more free throws (166) than the opponents had attempted (137).
Duke was out-rebounded for just the third time this season.
Duke has now connected on at least one three-point field goal in 1,166 consecutive games – the nation's second longest active streak.
Blakes played 25 minutes off the bench with career highs in points (17) and steals (three), hitting 6-of-7 from the field and 3-of-4 from three-point range.
Blakes led Duke in scoring for the first time in his career.
Mitchell scored 14 points on 4-of-8 shooting including 2-of-3 from three-point range.
Young earned the start and scored 10 points with nine rebounds and three assists on 5-of-6 shooting.
Filipowski scored nine points with six rebounds – he had scored in double figures in each game this season.

QUOTES

"Our defense has always started with guarding the ball. And they just drove us like crazy, you know. They do a good job of moving and spacing, and they just got in our paint at will. We just need to be solid and guard the ball. You know, it's hard, you're playing out of rotations really the whole game with that." -- head coach Jon Scheyer