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Duke Basketball: Blue Devils set to take the floor for last time in Canada

By Kevin Connelly

SPRINGFIELD, MA - JANUARY 15: R.J. Barrett #5 of Montverde Academy dribbles during a game against Mater Dei High School during the 2018 Spalding Hoophall Classic at Blake Arena at Springfield College on January 15, 2018 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
SPRINGFIELD, MA - JANUARY 15: R.J. Barrett #5 of Montverde Academy dribbles during a game against Mater Dei High School during the 2018 Spalding Hoophall Classic at Blake Arena at Springfield College on January 15, 2018 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /
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The Duke Basketball Canada Tour is coming to an end but the Blue Devils will be on the floor for one last time on Sunday afternoon.

After defeating Ryerson University on Wednesday and the University of Toronto on Friday, the Duke Blue Devils will head up to Montreal, Canada to face McGill University in the third and final game of the teams Canadian Tour.

In both wins it has been the R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson show as the freshman duo has combined for 122 points in the two games.

Duke has surrendered 127 total points to Ryerson and Toronto.

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These two young players are studs and they are only scratching the surface as the Blue Devils are without fellow freshman Cam Reddish and Tre Jones as well as Alex O’Connell who suffered an orbital floor fracture in the first game of the tour against Ryerson.

As for the game on Sunday, although McGill University might be the weakest of the three teams, they have plenty of experience against NCAA teams.

McGill has hosted for NCAA teams this month, but the fell to all four of them.

The McGill Redmen lost to Ole Miss, Cincinnati, South Dakota State, and Vermont, the most lopsided loss coming to Ole Miss by a margin of 41 points while it was a very close game against South Dakota State as the Jackrabbits only snuck away with a seven point victory.

While the Blue Devils should come away from this game with a very comfortable margin of victory, it’s the last chance the team will have in live game competition until October 23 when Duke will host Virginia Union in an exhibition game in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson will be the headliners but the stellar play of Javin DeLaurier and Jack White need to be taken note of, while Duke still needs to get junior big man Marques Bolden going and hopefully this game can be a stepping stone for him as he only has three shot attempts throughout the entire tour and did not play in the second half against the University of Toronto.

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The Duke Basketball team definitely gave the fans of Toronto a show in the two games they played there, and now they will try and put forth that same display in Montreal on Sunday afternoon.

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