Spartans fall to ninth ranked Duke
Matthew Howard
Issue date: 11/17/09 Section: Sports
Men's Basketball traveled to Duke on Friday to take on the AP 9th ranked Blue Devils as well as the Cameron Crazies.
In the 96-62 loss, forward Ben Stywall totaled 19 points and 8 rebounds. All of Stywall's points came in the second half at Cameron Indoor. Senior Mikko Koivisto added 8 points and was 2-7 from the perimeter. Freshman guard Kyle Randall was second on the Spartans with 9 points and 4 assists.
For Duke, Junior Kyle Singler had a game high 20 points and added 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Senior Jon Scheyer added 18 points and 4 assists. Sophomore Forward Miles Plumlee had a game high 9 rebounds. Nolan Smith did not play due while he was serving a two game suspension and freshman Mason Plumlee, Miles younger brother, has a broken wrist and is out indefinitely.
The Spartans opened the game with a dunk from Senior Pete Brown to give them a 2-0 lead, the only lead UNCG would see in the game. From there Duke would go on a 23-6 run that would give the Blue Devils a 15 point advantage just 8 minutes into the game. Koivisto hit 1 of his 2 three point jumpers to cut the margin to 12.
The Blue Devils would go on another run to further pull away from the Spartans and take a 21 point lead with just over 3 minutes left in the half. Duke turned 8 offensive rebounds into 10 second chance points in the first half to add to their 48-27 lead at the break. The Spartans were out rebounded on both sides of the boards, with only four offensive and six defensive to Duke's 14 defensive and 22 overall. The Blue Devils were 4-10 from behind the arc in the first half.
The Spartans would cut the 21-point half time deficit to 17 with just over 16 minutes to play on a pair of layup's from Ben Stywall. UNCG would hold the margin to 22 until Duke closed the game on a 27-15 run. Miles Plumlee would put the exclamation point on the victory with a dunk with only 14 seconds left in the game.
Duke's bench scored 21 of their 48 second half points, another 11 came off of turnovers from the Spartans. UNCG turned the ball over 14 times throughout the game while Duke had 13 of their own.
In the 96-62 loss, forward Ben Stywall totaled 19 points and 8 rebounds. All of Stywall's points came in the second half at Cameron Indoor. Senior Mikko Koivisto added 8 points and was 2-7 from the perimeter. Freshman guard Kyle Randall was second on the Spartans with 9 points and 4 assists.
For Duke, Junior Kyle Singler had a game high 20 points and added 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Senior Jon Scheyer added 18 points and 4 assists. Sophomore Forward Miles Plumlee had a game high 9 rebounds. Nolan Smith did not play due while he was serving a two game suspension and freshman Mason Plumlee, Miles younger brother, has a broken wrist and is out indefinitely.
The Spartans opened the game with a dunk from Senior Pete Brown to give them a 2-0 lead, the only lead UNCG would see in the game. From there Duke would go on a 23-6 run that would give the Blue Devils a 15 point advantage just 8 minutes into the game. Koivisto hit 1 of his 2 three point jumpers to cut the margin to 12.
The Blue Devils would go on another run to further pull away from the Spartans and take a 21 point lead with just over 3 minutes left in the half. Duke turned 8 offensive rebounds into 10 second chance points in the first half to add to their 48-27 lead at the break. The Spartans were out rebounded on both sides of the boards, with only four offensive and six defensive to Duke's 14 defensive and 22 overall. The Blue Devils were 4-10 from behind the arc in the first half.
The Spartans would cut the 21-point half time deficit to 17 with just over 16 minutes to play on a pair of layup's from Ben Stywall. UNCG would hold the margin to 22 until Duke closed the game on a 27-15 run. Miles Plumlee would put the exclamation point on the victory with a dunk with only 14 seconds left in the game.
Duke's bench scored 21 of their 48 second half points, another 11 came off of turnovers from the Spartans. UNCG turned the ball over 14 times throughout the game while Duke had 13 of their own.
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