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70
Winthrop Win 4-4,0-0 Big South
83
Winner Duke Duke 7-1,0-0 ACC
Winthrop Win
4-4,0-0 Big South
70
Final
83
Duke Duke
7-1,0-0 ACC
Winner
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Team 1 2 F
Winthrop Win 35 35 70
Duke Duke 42 41 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | By Will Hibbard

Eagles Battle As Top-Ranked Duke Pulls Away Late For 83-70 Win

Durham, N.C.-- Hunter Hale led Winthrop with 11 points Friday night as the Eagles fell to #1 Duke 83-70 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. 
 
WINTHROP (4-4, 0-0 BIG SOUTH)
SCORING LEADERS DUKE (7-1, 0-0 ACC)
SCORING LEADERS
  • Matthew Hurt (20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists)
  • Vernon Carey Jr. (17 points, 10 rebounds)
  • Joey Baker (16 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal) 
FIRST HALF
  • Hunter Hale drilled a straight on three for the Eagles' first field goal just over 2:30 in to give the Eagles an early 4-3 lead
  • Winthrop reclaimed the lead at 8-7 from a D.J. Burns Jr. layup at the 15:30 mark 
  • Chase Claxton's dunk from the baseline tied the game at 12 with 13:26 to go in the opening frame
  • Just 90 seconds later, Josh Ferguson reversed home a layup to put the Eagles back on top 14-12
  • Russell Jones Jr. slashed to the hole for a layup to bring the Eagles even at 18-18 with 9:08 remaining
  • Ferguson sank his first three 20 seconds after Jones Jr.'s layup give Winthrop the lead back at 24-23
  • Burns Jr. pulled the Eagles even again with a layup from the right side, tying the game 29-29 with 5:30 to go in the half
  • Winthrop evened the score at 32 on a Jamal King corner three with 3:59 to go with the score 
  • Claxton's layup with 21.1 seconds left in the half snapped an 8-0 Duke run and cut the Eagle deficit to 40-35
  • Eight different Eagles scored in the opening half, led by Claxton with seven points and Burns Jr. with six points
  • Winthrop crashed the boards for five offensive rebounds, including two by Burns Jr. 
  • Winthrop trailed by seven when the horn sounded, trailing Duke 42-35 at the break
  • Friday's first half featured seven ties and 10 lead changes 
SECOND HALF
  • Back to back layups by Charles Falden and Jones Jr. cut the deficit to 51-43 with 15:28 remaining in the game
  • Hale's three and Chandler Vaudrin's layup at the 11:15 mark pulled the Eagles to within six at 57-51, forcing Duke to call timeout
  • Micheal Anumba's transition layup with 8:26 remaining brought the Eagles to within six at 61-55 
  • Claxton's layup with 5:40 remaining got Winthrop back to within single digits at 65-58
  • Hale drilled his third three of the game with 5:00 remaining to bring Winthrop within seven again at 67-60
  • Anumba's three with 2:34 left stopped a Duke run and brought Winthrop back to within single digits at 73-64
  • Ferguson's dunk with 1:43 left made it a 78-66 game
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Duke finished the game shooting 53 percent from the floor while the Eagles shot 44 percent
  • Eagles outscored the Blue Devils in the paint 40-38 and second chance points 9-5
  • Five different Eagles scored at least nine points in Friday's contest, led by Hunter Hale's 11 (3-5 3PT)
  • Claxton finished with a career-high nine points while Ferguson, Vaudrin and Anumba also had nine points 
NOTABLES
  • Vaudrin had seven assists, one shy of his career-high and he's now dished out at least four in every game he's played this season
  • This was just the second meeting all-time between Duke and Winthrop as the Blue Devils have been the top-ranked team in the country in both meetings
  • With his 11 points Hale is now 21 points away from 1,000 in his collegiate career. 
UP NEXT
Winthrop will have a week off before its next contest as it will welcome former Big South Conference rival Coastal Carolina to the Winthrop Coliseum on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
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