Duke Basketball: Blue Devils back in Cameron looking for a win

The Duke Basketball team is back home at Cameron Indoor Stadium and looking for a victory over the Miami Hurricanes.

After the loss to Virginia Tech, Mike Krzyzewski shook up the starting five once again without Zion Williamson, who is still recovering from a knee sprain.

Coach K went with Tre Jones, Cam Reddish, R.J. Barrett, Alex O’Connell, and Marques Bolden made his way back into the starting lineup, replacing Javin DeLaurier.

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While CBS missed most of the first four minutes of the Duke vs. Miami game, catching up on commercials after the Kentucky vs. Tennessee game, Blue Devil fans missed an aggressive Alex O’Connell to start, as he posted four of Duke’s first eight points.

Jack White snapped his consecutive 3-pointers missed streak on his first attempt of the afternoon. White’s shot up Duke up 14-8, R.J. Barrett followed that up with a monstrous dunk and it looked like Miami didn’t want to play anymore, as the Blue Devils lead 47-19 at halftime.

R.J. Barrett led the Blue Devils with 13 points, five rebounds, five assists, and a steal.

O’Connell had nine points for the Blue Devils a dunk that almost blew the roof off of Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Cam Reddish had 13 points, three rebounds, and two assists in the first 20 minutes, while Marques Bolden has nine points and five rebounds.

Joey Baker made his Cameron Indoor Stadium debut in the first half, but only played one minute and did not score.

In the second half, look for Coach K to use more of his bench, especially Joey Baker, trying to get him more acclimated to the collegiate game and also R.J. Barrett is back on triple-double watch.

Barrett notched his first triple-double against North Carolina State on February 16.

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