Proctor and Mitchell Help No. 12 Duke Defeat Louisville, 83-69

Tuesday, January 23

Louisville, Ky.

7 p.m.

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Proctor and Mitchell Help No. 12 Duke Defeat Louisville, 83-69

1/23/2024 9:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 12 Duke defeated Louisville, 83-69, on Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Tyrese Proctor set a new career-high with 24 points and Mark Mitchell returned to the starting lineup with a 20-point, 12-rebound double-double.

Kyle Filipowski logged a double-double as well, scoring 17 points and matching his career-high with 15 boards. Jared McCain and Jeremy Roach rounded out Duke's double-digit scorers, with both tallying 10 for the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Mark Mitchell, making the start after missing the previous two games, opened the game with a dunk on Duke's first possession. Two three-pointers by Louisville helped the home team to an early lead, 8-4, with three minutes elapsed.
Duke made four straight shots out of the first media break – a three-pointer by Jared McCain, a layup by Tyrese Proctor and dunks from Kyle Filipowski and Mitchell – pushing the Blue Devils ahead, 17-12, and forcing a timeout by Louisville with 14:05 on the clock.
A long two-pointer by Proctor and a three-pointer from Jeremy Roach gave Duke its first double-digit lead, 29-18, shortly before the under-eight media timeout. An extended 14-2 run spanning four minutes was snapped with 4:42 remaining in the first half and the Blue Devils leading, 38-22.
A quick seven-point burst by Louisville narrowed the lead to 11, 38-27, and triggered a Duke timeout. The Blue Devils responded with three-point-play by Mitchell and a three-pointer by Filipowski to go up 44-29 shortly before halftime.
Louisville scored the first five points of the second half, making it a 45-39 edge for Duke and leading to a Blue Devils timeout just over two minutes into the frame. After the Cardinals made it a one-possession game, 49-46, Proctor drilled a three-pointer off a Mitchell offensive rebound and Mitchell slammed home his third dunk of the night.
Proctor's third three-pointer of the contest followed by a driving layup pushed the sophomore over 20 points for the second team in his career and gave Duke a 63-55 edge halfway through the second half. Another long-distance connection from Proctor gave the guard a new career-high in points and matched his career-high for made three-pointers. Mitchell tipped in a put-back on Duke's next possession, moving the Blue Devils back in front by 10, 70-60.
Five straight points by McCain, followed by a Filipowski layup, in the closing minutes helped Duke finish off the 83-69 victory.

NOTES

Duke out-rebounded Louisville, 43-29, securing an advantage on the boards for the first time since finishing +16 (42-26) at Pittsburgh on Jan. 9.
The Blue Devils grabbed a season-high 15 offensive rebounds, yielding a 21-11 advantage in second-chance points.
Duke's defense held Louisville to 69 points, 4.1 below its season average of 73.1 points. The Blue Devils have now held 16 of its 18 opponents below their respective scoring average.
Jeremy Roach and Mark Mitchell returned to the starting lineup on Tuesday night. Due to injury, Roach had missed the Blue Devils' previous game and Mitchell had sat out the last two contests.
Tyrese Proctor scored a career-high 24 points, while also dishing four assists. He has now scored in double-figures in each of Duke's last three games and is averaging 17.3 points over that stretch.
Proctor now has two career 20-point games, both coming this season. His previous such performance was a then-career-high 22 points versus La Salle on Nov. 21, 2023.
Mitchell logged a 20-10 double-double, his second across his last three games played. The sophomore shot 8-of 11 (72.7%) from the field and grabbed 12 rebounds, while playing 34 minutes in his return.
The 20-point effort marked Mitchell's fourth career outing with 20 points or more and 27th career game with at least 10 points. Duke is 25-2 when he reaches the double-figure threshold.
Kyle Filipowski scored 17 points while reeling in 15 rebounds, matching his career high for boards. He now has seven double-doubles this season and 23 in his career.
Filipowski now has three double-doubles across Duke's last four games.
Tuesday marked the first time this season that two Blue Devils registered double-doubles in the same game, courtesy of Mitchell (20 points, 12 rebounds) and Filipowski (17 points, 15 rebounds).

QUOTES

"I thought it was a really good game for us. Really good to get that win. For our team, we've played through a pretty good amount of adversity these last three games. And you feel game pressure, you have to play with different lineups – Jeremy's injury happens – and for us to really step up, collectively, and get that win, I'm proud of the team." - head coach Jon Scheyer
"Louisville is a team where they're play with house money. They've got nothing to lose and we knew coming in it was going to be a really tough game. We knew if we had a lead, we had to stretch the lead, because when they get down, they play even freer and more confident. When they cut that stretch back and our start of the second half was really poor, we huddled up and we just got on the same page with one another. Coach [Scheyer] did a great job of bringing us together and we just played confidently." - sophomore Tyrese Proctor

UP NEXT

No. 12 Duke (14-4, 5-2 ACC) welcomes Clemson (13-5, 3-4 ACC) to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 27. The Blue Devils' final January home game tips at 4 p.m., and will be broadcast on ESPN.

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