Saturday, 21 January 2017

Watch No. 18 Duke Blue Devils v Miami Hurricanes: Jan. 21

The Blue Devils (14-4, 2-3 ACC) are at present experiencing a difficult time, having lost their last two recreations and are without head mentor Mike Krzyzewski, who experienced lower back surgery.

Sophomore Luke Kennard, who is positioned second in scoring offense in the ACC, drives five Duke players averaging twofold figures in scoring.

Heading into this one, Kennard in scoring at 20.2 focuses per diversion through 18 recreations, while rookie Jayson Tatum, who missed the opening eight amusements of the season, is putting out 16.8 focuses and 6.6 bounce back.

Grayson Allen is scoring 15.7, fifth-year senior Amile Jefferson, who missed the last two recreations with a foot harm is back and is beginning. He is averaging a twofold this term with 13.6 focuses and 10.1 bounce back, while first year recruit Frank Jackson is scoring 11.1 focuses per diversion this season.

Miami (12-5, 2-3 ACC), then, will intend to bounce back from the 96-79 thrashing to Wake Forest the last time out.

The Hurricanes have lost three of the last four recreations and sit in the lower half of an exceptionally solid Atlantic Coast Conference.

As far as creation, Davon Reed, who is scoring 15.2 focuses per diversion, drives two other Miami players averaging in twofold figures.

Ja'Quan Newton is scoring 14.7 focuses per amusement, while Bruce Brown is putting out 10.9 focuses and 7.1 bounce back per challenge.

Duke heads into this diversion with a 91 percent shot of beating the remaking Hurricanes, as per ESPN's Basketball Power Index.

With a 2-3 ACC record this season, the Blue Devils are under .500 allied play after five meeting recreations without precedent for a long time.

As a group, Duke is scoring 83.6 focuses per diversion, which is third in the ACC, while Miami is scoring 73.1 for twelfth in the class.

The Blue Devils are likewise positioned third in field objective rate at 48.3 for every diversion.

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