Duke Falls to Tennessee, 65-52, in NCAA Second Round

Saturday, March 18

Orlando, Fla.

2:40 p.m.

Duke University

27-9,14-6ACC

Tennessee

25-10,11-7SEC

Duke

Tennessee

Tyrese Proctor drives the ball during the NCAA Tournament

Duke Falls to Tennessee, 65-52, in NCAA Second Round

3/18/2023 5:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The No. 5-seed Duke men's basketball team fell to No. 4-seed Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament Second Round, 65-52, on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils (27-9) were led by Tyrese Proctor, who scored 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting.

Proctor was joined in double-figures by Jeremy Roach and Kyle Filipowski, who finished with 13 points apiece. Derek Lively II led the rebounding efforts for Duke, grabbing 11 boards. Proctor also led the team in assists, finishing with six -- his fifth game this year with six or more dimes.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Back-to-back three-pointers by Jeremy Roach and Dariq Whitehead established an early lead for Duke. The Blue Devils remained ahead, 8-7, at the first media timeout. Tennessee took its first lead, 11-10, with 13:38 remaining in the first half.
Both defenses showed their ability, as the two team combined for nine points over a five-minute stretch and remained deadlocked, 13-13, at the 10 minute mark. A nine-point run by the Blue Devils gave them their largest lead of the game so far, 19-13, with just over eight minutes to play in the half.
The Volunteers used their own scoring run, a 14-2 burst spanning the remainder of the half, and went into halftime with the lead, 27-21.
Roach scored Duke's first five points of the second half, connecting on a step-back three-pointer and then a driving layup on back-to-back possessions. The Blue Devils drew within two, 33-31, after a layup by Tyrese Proctor just over four minutes into the half.
Tennessee regained an eight-point lead, 41-33, after a three-pointer, leading to a Duke timeout. A three-pointer by Proctor and a layup by Kyle Filipowski narrowed the deficit to four, 46-42, at the 9:10 mark.
A six-point burst gave the Volunteers their largest lead of the game, 59-48, at the final media timeout of the game. Duke drew within eight points with 2:14 remaining but eventually fell, 65-52.

NOTES

Head coach Jon Scheyer concluded his first season as Duke's head coach with a record 27-9 -- the Duke record for most wins by a first-year head coach.
Duke is now 119-40 all-time in the NCAA Tournament – the third most wins and best winning percentage (.748) in tournament history.
Duke played the game without freshman Mark Mitchell (knee), who had started every game this season. Duke was 8-8 in games with players out or not finishing due to injury, and 19-1 with a completely healthy roster.
Duke's season-long 10-game winning streak was ended. It was the longest by Duke since an 11-game streak to begin the 2017-18 season.
Duke held Tennessee to 65 points and the Vols entered the game averaging 71.4 for the season -- Duke held 32 of 36 opponents to below their season scoring average and was 27-5 in those games.
Duke was out-rebounded, 35-30, marking its first time in 11 consecutive games it lost the rebounding battle.
Duke's seven free throw attempts were its second fewest this season and its four free throw makes matched a season low -– was 4-of-4 in a win over Notre Dame on Feb. 14.
Duke has now connected on at least one three-point field goal in 1,189 consecutive games – the nation's second longest active streak.
In five postseason games (three in ACC Tournament), Tyrese Proctor had 27 assists against five turnovers (5.4-to-1 assist/turnover ratio).
Junior Jeremy Roach scored 13 points and is now 20 points shy of reaching 1,000 points in his career.
Kyle Filipowski ends his freshman season with 322 rebounds – tied for the third most by a Duke freshman all-time, and most since Marvin Bagley III's record 366 and Wendell Carter Jr.'s 335 in 2017-18.
Freshman Dariq Whitehead started in Mitchell's place – his seventh start of the season – and scored eight points with two rebounds and two blocked shots.
Over two games in the NCAA Tournament, Dereck Lively II recorded 23 rebounds and blocked eight shots.
Now with 82 blocked shots this season, Lively finished second on the Duke freshman list behind Mike Gminski's 90 in 1977.

QUOTES

"I'm incredibly proud of our team. We've had really a great season, and it's hard to reflect on all of that right now in the moment. I'm hurting for these guys. They've given us everything you could ask for. They've fought through adversity. They've stuck together when things weren't looking as good and came into this game one of the hottest teams in the country, and we felt like we were supposed to win this game, as did they." -- head coach Jon Scheyer
"The work never stops, stay the course. Keep your head high. We've got to be proud of this season. Obviously, like you said, ACC champs, one game away from being co-regular season. We had a hell of a season. It's something to be proud of." -- junior Jeremy Roach

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