Duke Basketball: Blue Devils win big in South Bend on Big Monday

The Duke Basketball team went up to South Bend and took care of business, dominating Notre Dame on Big Monday.

This was the Blue Devils game as soon as the ball was tossed in the air, as Duke led wire to wire to defeat Notre Dame 83-61.

The game started with back to back 3-pointers from Tre Jones and Cam Reddish and Duke was quickly up 6-0. The Blue Devils would eventually extend its lead to 17-2 early in the first half and the closest Notre Dame would make the game from that point was nine at 32-23 with 4:51 to go in the first half.

The Blue Devils responded with a 10-0 run and went into halftime leading 46-28.

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Duke was led by Zion Williamson who finished with 26 points, which breaks a Duke freshman record for most games with at least 25 or more points. Zion was tied with his teammate R.J. Barrett and Marvin Bagley III at eight games.

Zion also had nine rebounds, four assists, four blocks, and a steal, on ten of twelve shooting and making his only attempt from 3-point range.

Barrett finished with 17 points and nine rebounds and he still struggled at times with his shot selection, making seven of his seventeen attempts, but he was much better and more efficient from 3-point range, making three of six.

Cam Reddish struggled in the first half and in first 10 minutes of the second half, but the freshman wing then started to become more aggressive and he hunted his shot as Reddish finished with 13 points, three assists, two steals, and a rebounds.

Reddish made four of his thirteen shots, three of eight coming from 3-point range.

In his second game back from a shoulder injury, Tre Jones was four of six from the floor for nine points with five assists, two rebounds, and his hounding defense accounted for two steals.

Marques Bolden had an excellent first half, but the junior picked up two fouls in the span of about 30 seconds early in the second half which put him on the bench for most of the game. While he was on the floor he scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds, blocked two shots, while changing many shots at the rim.

As a team, the Blue Devils were sensational from 3-point range, making 10-of-19 from beyond the arc, but still struggling from the free throw line, only making nine-of-sixteen.

The win moves Duke to 18-2 on the season and 7-1 in ACC play while Notre Dame falls to 11-10 and 1-7 in the ACC.

The Irish hit the road to take on the Boston College Eagles on Saturday afternoon, the only team Notre Dame has beaten in ACC play this year.

As for the Blue Devils, Duke returns home but will take a quick break from ACC play as the St. John’s Red Storm will come to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday at 12:00 pm ET on ESPN.

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