Four in Double Figures Pushes No. 9 Duke Past La Salle, 95-66

Tuesday, November 21

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

La Salle

Four in Double Figures Pushes No. 9 Duke Past La Salle, 95-66

11/21/2023 9:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM – The ninth-ranked Duke men's basketball team used a career-high 22 points from Tyrese Proctor to surge past La Salle on Tuesday night, 95-66, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Proctor was one of four Blue Devils in double-figures, as Kyle Filipowski, Sean Stewart and Mark Mitchell finished with 17, 16 and 12 points respectively. Stewart logged the first double-double of his career, reeling in 10 total rebounds, including six on the offensive glass.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the game with an early 5-0 lead, helped by two straight buckets from Tyrese Proctor and Mark Mitchell, just over 90 seconds into the contest. Mitchell and Jeremy Roach each had four points at the first media timeout, as the Blue Devils led, 11-5.
The Explorers went on a quick seven-point run out of the timeout, drawing within a basket, 11-9, with just over 14 minutes remaining.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Proctor gave the Blue Devils their first double-digit lead of the night, 29-19, at the 7:20 mark.
Duke was held without a made field goal for just over three minutes before closing the half with a layup by Ryan Young, taking a 39-29 lead into the break.
An individual six-point burst by Kyle Filipowski pushed the sophomore into double-figures and extended Duke's lead to 47-31, forcing a timeout by the visitors with 18:05 remaining in the game.
Consecutive shots from beyond the arc by Filipowski and McCain gave Duke its largest lead of the game so far, 64-40, with just under 12 minutes left in the game.
Proctor connected on two free throws to give the sophomore 22 points on the game and the Blue Devils a 73-50 advantage.
TJ Power connected on two straight three-pointers to give Duke a 92-62 lead and the Blue Devils went on to close out the 95-66 win.

NOTES

Friday night was the fifth all-time meeting between Duke and La Salle, with the Blue Devils now holding an 5-0 edge in the series overall.
Duke's defense held La Salle to 66 points, seven below its season scoring average. The Blue Devils have now held each of their five opponents below their respective scoring average.
Duke finished with 21 assists and just five turnovers, a 4.2 assist-turnover ratio – the best ratio for the Blue Devils so far this season.
The five turnovers by the Blue Devils were the fewest in a game since the 2021-22 season.
Across the last two games, the Blue Devils have 44 assists and just 12 turnovers, a 3.7 assist-turnover ratio.
Duke snagged 42 rebounds and out-rebounded La Salle by 15, 42-27 – the Blue Devils have finished with 40+ rebounds in each of their last two games.
Duke had five players record five or more rebounds.
Friday night marked the 510th consecutive game at Cameron Indoor Stadium that was sold out. The last time Duke did not have a sellout at home was on Nov. 6, 1990, against Boston College.
The streak is the longest current (by time) in either men's college basketball or the NBA.
During the streak, Duke's record is now 463-47 (.908).
Duke has now connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,194 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally.
Tyrese Proctor scored a career-high 22 points – going 7-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc and a perfect 6-of-6 from the charity stripe.
The sophomore eclipsed 20 points for the first time in his career – his previous high was 17 twice last season, most recently against Wake Forest on Jan. 31, 2023.
In the last three games, Proctor has 14 assists and 0 turnovers. He has 27 assists and just four turnovers so far this season, good for a 6.75 assist-turnover ratio.
Sean Stewart reached double-figures for the first time in his young career, finishing with 16 points, shooting 7-of-9 (.778) from the field.
Stewart added a career-high 10 rebounds, logging the first double-double of his season.
Mark Mitchell tallied 12 points on 5-of-6 (.833) shooting, his third straight game in double-figures.
Duke is now 18-1 when Mitchell scores at least 10 points.
Kyle Filipowski scored 17 points, including 14 in the second-half, and dished four assists while reeling in five boards.
His four assists were a season-high and was one shy of his career-high.

QUOTES

"I thought we played a well-rounded game. It's probably the closest we've had to a 40-minute game that we've put together so far. I thought that Tyrese [Proctor] was terrific tonight. Tyrese, it was his best game he's played this year, maybe, period. The last three games he's had 14 assists and no turnovers, which is not an easy thing to do, especially with how much the ball is in his hands. He was still aggressive to score at the same time, and then he's defending like crazy on the other end. I thought Mark [Mitchell] had his best game. Mark was just really efficient, attacking the basket, three offensive rebounds. He had three assists and no turnovers. The thing that I like seeing, we've talked about gang rebounding or collective rebounding, and we had five guys with five or more rebounds. Sean [Stewart], of course, has 10, six offensive rebounds. But I thought Tyrese and Mark, and the job that Flip [Kyle Filipowski] did in the second half, he wasn't quite himself in that first half. And to respond mid-game, that's a big deal what he did in the second half. So, proud of the effort." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"Whenever guys like Tyrese [Proctor], Mark [Mitchell], Jerm [Jeremy Roach] go out there and have control of the game, it makes me feel better. They have such a great pace when they play. It just always makes me feel more comfortable out there. I've been working hard every day, just to try and keep getting more and more minutes. Every time I get out there, I play as hard as I can and just keep stacking days. It's been paying off." - Duke freshman Sean Stewar

UP NEXT

No. 9 Duke closes out its three-game homestand, welcoming Southern Indiana to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Friday, Nov. 24. The final game of the Blue Devil Challenge tips off at 6 p.m., live on ACC Network.

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