No. 8 Duke Falls to Wake Forest, 83-79

Saturday, February 24

Winston-Salem, N.C.

2 p.m.

Duke University

21-6,12-4ACC

Wake Forest

18-9,10-6ACC

Duke

Wake Forest

No. 8 Duke Falls to Wake Forest, 83-79

2/24/2024 5:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A back-and-forth affair on Saturday afternoon ended in defeat, 83-79, for No. 8 Duke at Wake Forest. The Blue Devils finished with four in double-figures, led by Kyle Filipowski, who scored 17 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds with a team-best five assists. Jeremy Roach, Jared McCain and Tyrese Proctor also scored at least 10 points, contributing 16, 15 and 14, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Wake Forest opened the scoring just over 90 seconds into the contest, but Jeremy Roach quickly tied the score at 2-2 with a layup. Caleb Foster drilled Duke's first 3-pointer of the afternoon, leveling the score at seven. Tyrese Proctor splashed home his first shot from distance on Duke's next possession and gave the Blue Devils their first lead, 10-9.
Back-to-back layups from Kyle Filipowski and Proctor pushed Duke's lead to six, 19-13, at the halfway point of the first half. A Mark Mitchell dunk gave the sophomore six points in the half and sent the Blue Devils into the under-eight timeout ahead by three, 25-22. The fifth tie of the opening 20 minutes at 28-28 was broken with a Foster three-pointer as the clock ticked under four minutes.
Two free throws from Filipowski pushed him into double-figures and made it a 36-32 lead for Duke with two minutes before halftime and the Blue Devils remained in front, 38-36, at the break.
Wake Forest connected on three 3-pointers early in the second half, triggering a Duke timeout with the Blue Devils trailing by five, 51-46. Seven quick points out of the timeout included back-to-back 3-pointers from Proctor, giving the guard 14 points and tied the game at 53. Duke went on a 5-of-7 shooting stretch, capped by a Jared McCain fast-break 3-pointer to regain the lead, 58-54, forcing a Wake Forest timeout.
Roach sank a contested mid-range jumper, pushing the senior into double-figures and edging Duke back in front, 66-65, with just under seven minutes remaining. A six-point burst by Wake Forest put the hosts back in front, 73-69, at the final media timeout of the game. McCain drilled a 3-pointer out of the break to bring it back to a one-point game.
The hosts regained a two-possession lead, 77-72, with 2:39 remaining and remained ahead, 81-76, before a Filipowski 3-pointer with 42 seconds cut into Duke's deficit. Two free throws by Wake Forest closed out the 83-79 final score.

NOTES

Saturday's ACC clash featured 14 ties and 14 lead changes, with each team holding the advantage for more the 15 minutes.
The two teams combined to shoot 56.7% from the field. Duke made 26-of-49 (53.1%) from the floor, while Wake Forest connected on 29-of-48 (60.4%). The Blue Devils are now 9-2 when shooting better than 50% from the field this season.
Duke won the rebounding battle, 28-20. The Blue Devils are now 16-1 when out-rebounding their opponent.
Duke held the lead (38-36) at halftime, the 20th such occurrence this season. The Blue Devils are now 19-1 in those games.
Kyle Filipowski scored a team-high 17 points, including 10 in the first half, to log his 22nd game in double-figures this season. The sophomore also added a game-high eight caroms and a team-best five assists.
Filipowski's final basket (a 3-pointer with 42 seconds remaining) provided the sophomore with his 1,000th career point, becoming the 69th Blue Devil all-time to reach that milestone.
Filipowski is the 13th Blue Devil overall and eighth in the past 50 years to tally 1,000 points in his first two seasons.
Jared McCain reached double-figures for the 10th time in the last 11 games, scoring 15 points and grabbing five rebounds.
Tyrese Proctor matched his career high by drilling four 3-pointers en route to 14 total points – the guard's fifth game this season and 10th in his career with at least three treys. Duke is now 9-1 when he reaches that mark.
Jeremy Roach added 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including a perfect 1-for-1 from beyond the arc and 3-for-3 from the charity stripe.

QUOTES

"Hats off to Wake Forest. They're a really good team. I don't think they're respected – just like I said after the first time – they're not respected the way they should be nationally. On one hand, we care about metrics to put teams in. And on the other hand, we don't. They're top-25, no matter how you slice it up metric-wise. We knew it was going to be a big-time game. Disappointed we lost. But for me, I'm more concerned about the well-being of our guys. [Kyle Filipowski] sprains his ankle. When are we going to ban court-storming? When are we going to ban that? How many times does a player have to get into something where they get punched or they get pushed or they get taunted right in their face. It's a dangerous thing. I don't want that to take away from the game that Wake played, because Wake played a big-time game. [Hunter] Sallis was as good as could be today and hats off to them. But you look around the country and Caitlin Clark, something happens. Now with Flip, I don't know what his status will be. It's one thing, when I played, at least it was 10 seconds, and you were storming the court. Now, the buzzer doesn't even go off and they're running on the floor. This has happened a bunch to us this year. It's part of it. I don't want this to take away at all from Wake. They earned it. They deserve the win. Steve [Forbes] is a hell of a coach. I respect the heck out of him and his team. They're really good. If this is the example they need to be in the tournament, what are we even talking about? Hats off to them. We need to be better. We need to learn from this. But that [court storming] needs to stop." - Duke head coach Jon Scheyer
"Give credit to Wake Forest, they played a [heck] of a game. They play outstanding at home. They've got an incredible home record. I think we just made too many careless mistakes." - senior guard Jeremy Roach

UP NEXT

No. 8 Duke (21-6, 12-4 ACC) returns home from a three-game road trip, welcoming Louisville (8-19, 3-13 ACC) to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 28. The Blue Devils and Cardinals tip off at 7 p.m., on the ACC Network.

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