DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Young’s finest performance in a Duke uniform looked just about ideal.
Young arrived off the bench for a season-high 20 details, likely 7 for 7 from the area, and the No. 17 Blue Devils conquer Florida State 86-67 on Saturday.
Younger, a graduate transfer from Northwestern, had 12 rebounds and extra to the quest for perfection by making all six free of charge-throw attempts.
“I’m positive I’ll locate something he could have carried out superior, but he was fairly close,” Duke mentor Jon Scheyer claimed.
Jaylen Blakes scored 17 details in his to start with occupation get started and reserve Dariq Whitehead additional 16 details for Duke (11-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coastline Conference), which is undefeated in eight house games.
Youthful deflected credit rating for his stellar outing.
“The guards ended up finding me in uncomplicated destinations to rating,” he claimed.
Caleb Mills and Matthew Cleveland both equally scored 18 details and Darin Green Jr. additional 16 for Florida State (4-11, 2-2), which stays winless in 7 games absent from house.
Even devoid of retired Hall of Fame mentor Mike Krzyzewski on the Duke bench, the Blue Devils seemed common to veteran Florida Condition mentor Leonard Hamilton.
“Credit to (Scheyer) to get his men to participate in the Duke way,” he claimed. “I didn’t see any distinction from the way they performed in the earlier.”
Blakes, a sophomore, had four of the 11 baskets from 3-point selection for Duke, which was participating in for the initially time because a Dec. 20 reduction at Wake Forest.
“They understood we experienced to be a whole lot far better,” Scheyer stated of his gamers following a holiday getaway crack. “I didn’t have to encourage them of that.”
The Seminoles received to within just 64-53 with fewer than nine minutes to engage in right before the margin ballooned to 25 details.
“Hopefully, we can learn from this,” Hamilton reported. “Learn what it usually takes to go out and perform in opposition to a team that is particularly aggressive like this.”
Duke made use of a 10- operate close to the midway mark of the initial fifty percent and led 42-25 at halftime driving 12 points from Younger and 11 from Blakes. 3 of the Blue Devils’ starters didn’t score in the initially 50 percent and a different, Jeremy Roach, was 1 for 7 from the subject.
The Seminoles had their 2nd-cheapest 1st-fifty percent point total of the year.
“Our guards were being performing a tremendous career of retaining them out of the paint and turning protection into offense,” Young explained.
DEPTH FINDERS
A lineup tweak labored out for the Blue Devils. Blakes matched his profession-large stage total from the Wake Forest video game.
“It’s an honor (to be a starter),” he stated. “We’re all just building off every single other. Whichever 5 men are out there, we’re confident in.”
Scheyer said lineup adjustments shouldn’t be a shock.
“We’ve made use of our depth as a power and I don’t see that modifying,” he reported.
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Florida State: The Seminoles had been aggressive for stretches but experienced gaps in defensive rebounding that proved high priced. They obtained only eight points from reserves though Duke posted 46 points from its bench players.
Duke: The Blue Devils were being intense from the commence and yet they essential boosts from the reserves. They had their most bench details in an ACC game considering that February 2005 vs. Wake Forest. This was just Duke’s 2nd video game because Dec. 10, but there will be a constant diet of game titles for the rest of the season.
Tip-INS
Blakes took freshman Tyrese Proctor’s area in Duke’s beginning lineup. … Hamilton was going for his 400th gain while in demand of the Seminoles and his 600th all round. … Cleveland’s 10 rebounds gave him a double-determine total in 5 of the very last six games. … Florida State has not gained at Cameron Indoor Stadium due to the fact January 2012.
UP Upcoming
Florida Point out: Hosts Ga Tech on Saturday.
Duke: At North Carolina Condition on Wednesday.
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