No. 9 Duke Surges Past NC State, 79-64

Monday, March 4

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7 p.m.

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NC State

No. 9 Duke Surges Past NC State, 79-64

3/4/2024 9:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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RALEIGH, N.C. – Behind a 46-point second half, No. 9 Duke surged past NC State, 79-64, at PNC Arena on Monday night. The Blue Devils (24-6, 15-4 ACC) got a team-high 21 points from Jeremy Roach and Sean Stewart turned in a career day, scoring 12 points, blocking a career-high three shots and reeling in five rebounds.

Two other Blue Devils joined Roach and Stewart in double-figures, as Jared McCain erupted for 14 second-half points en route to 16 total points and Tyrese Proctor scored 11 points, all in the opening 20 minutes.

HOW IT HAPPENED

NC State opened with the game's first seven points, leading to an early timeout by the Blue Devils. Tyrese Proctor got Duke on the board, just over three minutes into the contest, with a contested floater in the lane. Two free throws from Jeremy Roach and a layup via Ryan Young drew the Blue Devils within three, 9-6, five minutes into the contest.
A Proctor 3-pointer made it 11 straight points for the Blue Devils and pushed them into the lead for the first time,11-9, at the 13:26 mark. Another 3-pointer, this time from TJ Power, and a floater from Sean Stewart put Duke ahead by four, 20-16, shortly before the under-eight timeout.
NC State regained the lead, 26-24, following a six-point scoring run spanning just over two minutes. A 3-pointer from Proctor late in the shot clock put Duke back in front shortly before the final media timeout of the first half. Proctor's third 3-pointer of the opening 20 minutes pushed the sophomore into double-figures, with 11 points, and re-established Duke's four-point lead, 30-26.
A steal and layup by Roach started the second half on a strong note for the Blue Devils, putting Duke ahead by five, 35-30. NC State rallied to regain a one-point lead, 44-43, with just under six minutes elapsed in the second half.
A put-back layup by Stewart, followed by a fast-break 3-pointer by Jared McCain, helped Duke grab a four-point lead again, 50-46, at the under-12 timeout. Five quick points out of the break forced an NC State timeout with 10:03 on the clock. Stewart moved into double-figures with 10 points on layup from a Proctor lob and Roach quickly followed up with a fast-break layup to stretch the lead to 11, 64-52.
Roach drilled his first 3-pointer of the night and McCain converted a four-point play on Duke's next trip down the floor, giving the Blue Devils a 14-point lead, 73-59, at the final media break of the evening.
Kyle Filipowski scored the final two buckets for Duke, closing out the 79-64 victory.

NOTES

Duke registered its 15th ACC win of the campaign after finishing with 14 last year, Jon Scheyer's first season as head coach.
Duke's defense held NC State to 64 points, 12.0 points below its season average of 76.0. The Blue Devils have held 26 of their 30 opponents to below their respective scoring average.
The Blue Devils crashed the glass on the offensive end, grabbing a season-high 19 offensive boards, resulting in 23 second-chance points to tie the team's season-best (vs. Bucknell).
Duke won the overall rebounding battle, 36-31. The Blue Devils are now 19-1 when out-rebounding their opponent.
The Blue Devils limited NC State to four fastbreak points. The Wolfpack entered Monday's contest ranked second in the ACC and 36th nationally with an average of 13.5 fastbreak points per game.
Duke held the lead (33-30) at half, the 23rd such occurrence this season. The Blue Devils are now 22-1 in those games.
The Blue Devils now lead the all-time series against NC State, 152-103, including a 10-8 edge at PNC Arena.
Jeremy Roach contributed a team-high 21 points, his seventh double-digit scoring performance across his last eight games.
The senior logged his first 20-point performance since scoring 20 at North Carolina (Feb. 3), and now has four 20-point games this season and 12 in his career.
Tyrese Proctor scored all 11 of his points in the opening frame, including 3-of-5 from deep, and dished three of his four total assists after the break.
Jared McCain poured in 16 total points, including 14 in the second half. The freshman shot 3-of-5 from beyond the arc following the intermission.
Duke is now 11-2 when McCain makes at least three 3-pointers and 11-1 when Proctor reaches the same threshold.
Sean Stewart scored 12 points, his most against an ACC foe, while also adding five rebounds (four offensive), a career-high three blocks, two assists and two steals in a season-high 26 minutes of action.

QUOTES

"I just want to start off and say it was a great win for us. It felt a little bit like déjà vu the first couple of minutes there, the way the game started off. I just thought we showed poise, which you have to show against these guys. A lot of toughness. The story of the game for me was – against them you have five turnovers against their pressure all game. Tyrese [Proctor], Jeremy [Roach], Jared [McCain], they did a terrific job handling the pressure. They only score four fast-break points, which is important. And then our bench – the job that, obviously Sean [Stewart], but TJ [Power] and Ryan [Young] in that first half – Ryan had four offensive rebounds, TJ had some big-time plays. He had that one pass to Sean. TJ did it without making shots, which I know he's going to do. Sean throughout, the thing he did, he just competed. Sean, TJ and Ryan, really proud of those guys and what they did. It was a big win for us." - head coach Jon Scheyer

UP NEXT

No. 9 Duke (24-6, 15-4 ACC) closes the regular season on Saturday, taking on No. 7 North Carolina (23-6, 15-3 ACC) on March 9. The rivalry game tips off at 6:30 p.m., broadcast on ESPN.

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