GAME THREAD for MBB vs. Duke

[PonyPride]

Duke has miss 4 of last 6 FGs
SMU has made 5 of last 8 (including a pair of 3s)

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SMU shooting percentages

FGs: 37.3 (19/51)

3-point FGs: 23.1 (3/13)

FTs: 50.0 (9/18)

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Yiğitoğlu rebounds Harris miss, fouled on the follow-up shot.

Hits 1 of 2 free throws to notch double-double: 10 points, 12 rebounds

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Harris finds Oquendo cutting through the lane and throwing it down over 7-2 Khaman Maluach.

Yiğitoğlu picks up his fourth foul

75-54 with 6:22 to go

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Oquendo's dunk is the Mustangs only made field goal in last 12 attempts

Duke on 17-4 run

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Miller ends the drought with a 3

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Tibet Görener in the game

Miller with another 3

Duke 83, SMU 60

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Boopie Miller up to 21 points
8/18 FGs
3/5 3-point FGs
5 assitsts

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Just realized: 4 minutes for Ambrose-Hylton tonight

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FINAL

Duke 89
SMU 62

Up next: 8 p.m. Tuesday at North Carolina (ACC Network)

[Mustangs35SMU]

Ponies never stood a chance today. Never once felt like we were going to be able to stay close tbh.

Remember looking over and being like, this entire first half has felt like we're on the cusp of just getting blown out. Second half, it occurred.

Free throws really hurt us in the first half, but Duke is just that much better than us right now. Can definitely see we're a few years away.

Loved seeing Moody sold out again. There will be better days. Duke was just a buzzsaw today.

[highlander]

Can definitely see we're a few years away.

Meh, I think we're a year away from having a decent chance to win a game like this. We have a top-10 recruiting class coming in next year.

[tristatecoog]

Parsons went to Penn State.

I’d say two years away. The super freshmen need to come together and find right lineup. Duke slotted in three five stars. Can certainly be ranked next year. Wake beat Duke last year and is good again. Duke won’t have a couple of their key pieces next year so who knows if it all comes together. Just think back to it taking Kelvin Sampson a few years to get his guys believing in HIS program.

Other than yesterday and a bit of the MSU game (ranked team), SMU has exceeded expectations.

[Charleston Pony]

Got to watch most of the 1st half and the start of the 2nd. Duke just has WAY MORE talent than SMU at this point. Hopefully Enfield can continue recruiting at a high level and we can compete with the blue bloods of college hoops within a couple of years but this was a no-contest game. Hopefully our guys can bounce back from this one and compete with most ACC teams this year