Duke Defeated, 80-75, at Arkansas

Wednesday, November 29

Fayetteville, Ark.

9:15 p.m.

Duke University

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Arkansas

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Arkansas

Duke Defeated, 80-75, at Arkansas

11/29/2023 11:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The seventh-ranked Blue Devils fell, 80-75, at Arkansas on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Duke was led by Kyle Filipowski, who scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, his second consecutive double-double.

23 of Filipowski's points came following the halftime intermission, as the sophomore battled through foul trouble in the opening half. Jeremy Roach joined his teammate in double-figures, scoring 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting - his fourth game this season with at least 10 points and the 53rd time in his Duke career.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Arkansas opened the game with a layup in the first minute, but Duke quickly took its first lead of the night off a fast-break three-pointer from Tyrese Proctor.
The two teams were knotted at 10-10 at the first media timeout of the game. Proctor put the Blue Devils back in front, 12-10, with a mid-range jumper out of the break.
Mark Mitchell got his first two buckets around the 10-minute mark, powering his way into the lane for two layups and a 19-16 Duke lead.
The hosts held Duke scoreless for just over two minutes and went on a 6-0 run to take the slight lead, 22-19, at the 7:10 mark. Two free throws by Jeremy Roach snapped the drought and drew Duke within one.
A three-pointer by TJ Power put the Blue Devils back in front, 27-24. Power connected on another from long range, giving the freshman six first-half points. A late three-pointer by Arkansas sent the Razorbacks into halftime with a slim lead, 33-32.
Roach opened the second-half scoring for Duke on a driving layup, becoming the first Blue Devil to reach double-figures. An Arkansas three-pointer pushed its advantage to eight, 51-43, leading to a Duke timeout with 12:13 remaining.
The Blue Devils called timeout with 9:25 on the clock, facing their largest deficit of the night so far, 60-47, following a fast-break layup.
Arkansas remained ahead and led, 70-61, at the final media timeout of the game.
Duke used its full-court press to go on a 14-5 run, starting at the 2:09 mark and drew within three, 78-75, with 17 seconds remaining. The Blue Devils were unable to level the score, eventually dropping the contest, 80-75.

NOTES

Wednesday night was the first game in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Duke now has a record of 0-1 in the event – the Blue Devils were 20-4 in the previously held, ACC-B1G Challenge.
It was the fifth all-time meeting between Duke and Arkansas, but the first not played on a neutral court. Arkansas now leads the series, 3-2.
Duke is now 11-7 when playing on Nov. 29 and lost for the first time in five contests when playing on that date.
Duke's defense held Arkansas to 80 points, 0.7 points below its season scoring average. The Blue Devils have now held each of their seven opponents below their respective scoring average.
The Blue Devils finished the game with 34 rebounds – including 11 on the offensive glass.
Duke has now connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,196 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally.
Kyle Filipowski logged his second consecutive double-double of the season, pouring in a game-high 26 points, including 23 after intermission, while reeling in 10 total rebounds.
The sophomore now has 18 career double-doubles and six career 20-10 games.
Jeremy Roach scored 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting, his fourth game this season with at least 10 points and the 53rd time in his Duke career. The Blue Devils are now 40-13 when the senior reaches double-figures.
Jared McCain also finished with double-digit rebounds, tallying 10 total boards.
Tyrese Proctor extended his career-best streak of games with at least one three-pointer to 12 consecutive.
TJ Power played a career-high 13 minutes, scoring six points on a perfect 2-for-2 from beyond the arc.

QUOTES

"First of all, congrats to Arkansas. They played a really good game. We knew they would be incredibly hungry - desperate for this game. They had a couple of tough losses, and we have a lot of respect for their talents and coaching and what they do. Even with [Tramon] Mark being out, we knew it'd be an incredibly difficult game. With that said, we expected to win, so the loss is disappointing. The beginning of the second half was key and we came out and just gave up a bunch of layups. We mixed up our defense a little bit and played some zone, played some man. Bought us some time with [Kyle Filipowski] being out, so we're thinking, down one at half, we feel pretty good. And then we get [Filipowski] back, but it wasn't the collective toughness that you have to have on the road, with some of those stops and some of those rebounds." - head coach Jon Scheyer.

UP NEXT

No. 7 Duke remains on the road, traveling to Georgia Tech for its ACC opener on Saturday, Dec. 2. The Blue Devils and Yellow Jackets square off at McCamish Pavilion at 2:15 p.m., on The CW.

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