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Duke Basketball: Blue Devils look to enter exam break strong against Yale

By Kevin Connelly

LAHAINA, HI - NOVEMBER 21: Marques Bolden #20 and Tre Jones #3 of the Duke Blue Devils help up teammate RJ Barrett #5 from the floor during the first half of the game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs at the Lahaina Civic Center on November 21, 2018 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images)
LAHAINA, HI - NOVEMBER 21: Marques Bolden #20 and Tre Jones #3 of the Duke Blue Devils help up teammate RJ Barrett #5 from the floor during the first half of the game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs at the Lahaina Civic Center on November 21, 2018 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images) /
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As the final exam break is looking for the Duke Basketball team, it will try to take care of the Yale Bulldogs at home on Saturday evening.

The No. 3 Duke Blue Devils are back in action on Saturday evening as they host the Yale Bulldogs.

The Blue Devils are coming off of a sloppy game against Hartford on Wednesday night, despite winning by 30 points and the Bulldogs have strung together some big time wins, most notably against the Miami Hurricanes in Miami.

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Duke will continue to rely on its four freshman stars, especially R.J. Barrett who has been virtually unstoppable since the criticism he received after the Blue Devils’ first loss of the season to Gonzaga.

Since that game Barrett has averaged 25.0 points per game in wins over Indiana, Stetson, and Hartford.

Zion Williamson is also the mass of a man that he is and will continue to bully his way into the paint for good looks at the basket, while Tre Jones will be dishing and dime-ing his way to another sensational performance.

However, the Blue Devils would like to get Cam Reddish going. He struggled tremendously in the win over Hartford, making only two of his twelve shot attempts and one of nine from three point range, for a total of nine points.

Duke will need to keep a spot light on Yale’s Miye Oni who leads the Bulldogs with 18.8 points per game and is shooting 53.5% from the field.

The Blue Devils clearly have the superior talent compared to the Bulldogs, but much like Hartford did in the first half on Wednesday night, expect Yale to try and control the tempo and make this an ugly game. That might be the only way the Bulldogs can keep this game close but that still won’t be enough to take down Duke.

The game is at 5:30 pm ET and can be seen on ESPN.

PREDICTION: Duke 94, Yale 65 

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