Duke ready to show its depth against Wake Forest
No. 2 Duke has 設立するd that next-man up mentality, and the Blue Devils might need it again Monday night in their home finale against Wake Forest in Durham, N.C.
The Blue Devils used さまざまな 顔触れ combinations the past couple of games as 傷害s have struck. But there's no room for a misstep if Duke (26-3, 17-1 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会) is going to remain 頂上に the 会議／協議会. The Blue Devils 持つ／拘留する a one-game on Clemson and Louisville.
The 最新の 苦悩 for Duke （機の）カム when freshman standout Cooper Flagg 出発／死d with an 注目する，もくろむ 傷害 in the first half Saturday night against Florida 明言する／公表する. He returned in the second half, but logged only 20 minutes in the game.
Still, the Blue Devils didn't 行方不明になる a （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域. They won 100-65.
"閉じ込める／刑務所 goes out in the first half and it really was what our team is all about," coach Jon Scheyer said.
Scheyer said Flagg's bruised eyelid might be a 明白な 思い出の品 in a day or two of the wear and 涙／ほころび of a season.
The Blue Devils are grooming other 選択s. Saturday 示すd a 十分な game without point guard Tyrese Proctor, who was out with a 膝 傷害 支えるd last Tuesday at Miami.
"We've got good players on this team that will step up," freshman guard Kon Knueppel said.
The Blue Devils 推定する／予想する Flagg will be ready to go Monday night. His return Saturday was predictable.
"He's one of the toughest guys I've ever met," チーム仲間 Sion James said, "so we knew he was going to try to do what he could to get 支援する."
The Demon 助祭s (20-9, 12-6) will be 推定する／予想するing to see him on the 法廷，裁判所.
Coach Steve Forbes of Wake Forest -- undoubtedly like most coaches wh o have 直面するd Duke -- has 賞賛する for Flagg, who has been 指名するd the ACC 新人 of the Week a 記録，記録的な／記録する 11 times this season.
"He's a hard guy to guard," Forbes said. "He's got all the 道具s. The 広大な／多数の／重要な thing about him is his unselfishness. He really wants other people to 後継する."
But there's more to the Blue Devils.
"He has got some good players around him, so don't sleep on that," Forbes said.
Freshman swingman Isaiah Evans made his first career start in the Florida 明言する／公表する game with Proctor's absence. He led Duke with 19 points, going 6-for-17 from the field after 行方不明の a string of 発射s 早期に in the game.
"Isaiah starts and wasn't making 発射s and just stuck with it," Scheyer said.
The 状況／情勢 in the game also meant that Knueppel was 圧力（をかける）d into 義務 as the point guard. Duke didn't commit a first-half turnover.
"It was really what a team is all about," Scheyer said.
Wake Forest needed a 復帰 to turn away visiting Notre Dame 74-71 on Saturday. An upset in Durham would be a 抱擁する 上げる to the Demon 助祭s' NCAA Tournament 再開する. They の近くに the 正規の／正選手 season this week against Georgia Tech, eighth in the ACC.
Cameron Hildreth, who had 28 points Saturday, has led Wake Forest in 得点する／非難する／２０ing in six of the past eight games. Either Hildreth or Hunter Sallis has been the Demon 助祭s' 最高の，を越す scorer in all except three games -- and one of those （機の）カム when freshman Juke Harris topped the team's 得点する／非難する／２０ing 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） with 14 points in a 63-56 loss to Duke on Jan. 25.
When Duke and Wake Forest met in January, the Demon 助祭s overcame a 13-point halftime 赤字 to take the lead in the second half before the Blue Devils pulled away. Flagg 得点する／非難する／２０d 24 points in that game.
Flagg leads the Blue Devils with 普通の／平均（する）s of 19.3 points, 7.6 回復するs, 4.1 補助装置s and 1.6 steals per game.
--Field Level マスコミ
