Defense Leads Duke Past Seattle

DURHAM, N.C. – A strong defensive effort by the Duke men’s basketball team helped secure a 70-48 victory over Seattle on Friday, Nov. 29. The Blue Devils held the visitors without a field goal for over 10 minutes to start the second half and received a balanced scoring effort on the offensive end, led by Tyrese Proctor’s 13 points and Kon Knueppel’s 11.

Cooper Flagg produced across the stat sheet, scoring nine points while also adding a game-high seven assists and a team-high nine rebounds.

The Blue Devils have now defeated 29 consecutive unranked non-conference opponents at home.

Duke is now 35-3 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the past three seasons under head coach Jon Scheyer, including a 4-0 home record this season.

Tyrese Proctor scored a game-high 13 points with three 3-pointers and a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line, while adding four rebounds and four assists.

Kon Knueppel also scored in double figures with 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field, including 3-of-4 from long distance.

Cooper Flagg amassed nine points and team-highs of nine rebounds and seven assists.

Khaman Maluach and Isaiah Evans added nine points each, while Sion James contributed six points, eight rebounds, three steals and two assists.

Duke head coach Jon Scheyer mentioned after the game that “There’s a lot that we need to work on. I give Seattle a ton of credit. They’ve lost a couple of really close games. They’re physical. They’re incredibly well-coached. They have a good team and good players that we knew would make us work for everything. That doesn’t change the fact that there were a lot of things I would like us to do better. We need practice time, so I’m excited to get back to practice and get to work.”

No. 11 Duke remains at home, welcoming No. 4 Auburn to Cameron Indoor Stadium for the ACC/SEC Challenge on Wednesday, Dec. 4.