The Tyrese Proctor is the only remaining Duke Starter of Blue Devils last year by 8 runs.
He lost in a heartbreaker to hold a conference to the rival Nekan kingdom, who went to a Cinderella run in the last four. Proctor struggled in the 76-64 defeat, shot 0-9 from the ground and ended with zero in the box score.
But in this year’s tournament, Proctor put all this behind him.
He posted a 19-point, Five Assist Night against Mount Saint Mary in the initial stages, but saved his best for the next round.
Australian junior was unconscious on Sunday afternoon, including draft possibilities and a talented team of experienced players, including Rob Wright, former High School Point Guard of Cooper Flag and Duke Guard Jeremy Roach.
Proctor scored a team-high 25 points on the 9-10 shooting from the ground and to lead the top seeded Blue Devils, seven triples took 89-66 routes on waste beeres, leading to a trip to Sweet 16.
Freshman Fenome Cooper Flag-who caught the cover of the slam-with a triple-dabble, with 18 points, nine rebounds and six assistance. Experts and fans may agree at the same end that it is safe to say that ankle injury is no longer bothering him.
Con Nukepel rounded out Duke’s double-digit scorer, which fell 12 points from the field at 4-5 of 4-5.
The approximate lottery pick VJ Edgacomb led Bears with 16 points, while Norkad Omier’s double-dobbal streak of 10 consecutive games finally came close. Miami transfer ended with 15 points and nine rebounds. Langstone Love and Wright Each ended with 11 points and Roach contributed seven points from the bench against his former team.
The game was tightly contested for the first half majority. Neither the team can pull away from each other, keeping any digit within single digits. However, the wheels fell towards the end of the initial frame for the bealer.
Three minutes left in the first half with a 35–30 lead with Duke, Blue Devils entered 17–0 for 17.
Flag made a trimmed, stunned and one, Sion James and Patrick Nangondba made free throw and Kaleb Foster hit a jumper to crush any speed.
“When we stick to our defense, we are clinging to our habits, we are really difficult to score. Once we begin to do loose balls and rebellion, we can push into the transition and play our crime,” the proctor said.
Baylor could never recover from speed innings. Duke excluded the beer from 42–36 in the second half, and maintained a double-point lead for the entire 20-minute game.
Blue Devils dominated the aggressive end, shooting 64.4% from the ground and 54.5%. He also replaced 19 free throw in the 82.6% clip. At the defensive end, he shot the beer from 36.8% shooting and 32% from the ground. He played the physical on-ball defense, allowing 10 free throw efforts for the bealer, contesting without flying. Only two boiler players above 50% from the field for the game -Oomier and EdgeCombay -Shot.
Duke’s head coach John Sheer said, “To win by this difference, I think it speaks at the level of the killer’s instinct that our people have, competition and connectivity.” “Sweet 16 feels great, we know this is a quick change, but we are going to enjoy this one tonight and then will take it back.”
Duke will now face a familiar enemy donating to a separate jersey. Blue Devils will take Kaleb Love and Arizona Wildcats in The Sweet 16 on Thursday.
