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Duke Basketball: Blue Devils get back on track, steamroll Miami

By Kevin Connelly

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 02: Alex O'Connell #15 of the Duke Blue Devils dunks against the Miami Hurricanes during the first half of their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 02, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 02: Alex O'Connell #15 of the Duke Blue Devils dunks against the Miami Hurricanes during the first half of their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 02, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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The Duke Basketball team got back on track with a blowout victory over the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Duke Blue Devils went wire to wire in a much needed blowout victory over the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Devils downed Miami 87-57 and the game was decided in the first half as Duke led 47-19 after the first 20 minutes.

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Without Zion Williamson once again, the Blue Devils were led by R.J. Barrett who fell three assists shy of a triple double.

Barrett finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, and a steal, with his God-Father, Steve Nash in attendance.

Marques Bolden also had a double-double for the Blue Devils with 15 points and 10 rebounds in addition to two steals and a block.

Cam Reddish was tied with Barrett as the team’s leading scorer with 19 points, but Reddish added seven rebounds, four assists, a steal, and a block.

Tre Jones was his dominating self on defense, running circles around Miami’s Chris Lykes.

Lykes only made one of his 15 field goal attempts and had four turnovers.

Jones finished with six points, six steals, and five assists.

Once again, Alex O’Connell had an excellent game after receiving his third straight start. The sophomore had 11 points on five-of-eight shooting and four rebounds.

However, after missing 28 consecutive 3-pointers coming into this game, Jack White drilled his lone 3-point attempt in the first half and then in the final minutes, White made two more 3-pointers.

White finished with those nine points, as well as a rebound and a block.

Javin DeLaurier started the last two games for the Blue Devils, but coming off the bench today, the junior finished with six points and four rebounds.

Joey Baker made his Cameron Indoor Stadium debut, he did not score, but did grab one rebound in the winning effort.

The win moves the Duke Blue Devils to 25-4 overall and 13-3 in the ACC while Miami drops to 12-16 and 4-12 in the conference.

Miami will host Pittsburgh on March 5 at 8:00pm ET, while the Blue Devils will host Wake Forest for the final home game of the season also on March 5 at 7:00pm ET on ESPN.

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