National Basketball Association
Duke 77, Belmont 76
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 11, 2011
Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Officials:
# Bill Covington, # Alan Spainhour, # Ryan Tyburksi
Attendance:
9314
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Mason Plumlee had 13 points and 14 rebounds as No. 6 Duke survived visiting Belmont 77-76 on in the season opener for both teams on Friday and hand coach Mike Krzyzewski his 901st career victory.
Krzyzewski is one win shy of tying his former mentor - Bob Knight - for the most wins in NCAA history. He'll have a chance to get it Saturday at home against Presbyterian.
The Blue Devils stretched their non-conference winning streak at home to 87 and their overall streak at Cameron to 37, the most in major college play.
The Blue Devils led 39-30 at the half and opened up a 16-point lead before Belmont showed the cool and the guts that led to a 30-5 record last year by clawing to within 61-60.
Plumlee, a junior forward who also had six assists and two blocked shots, dished off to Ryan Kelly for a layup and a three-point play, and followed a missed shot with a jam that made it 66-60.
Ian Clark, the Bruins’ leading scorer a year ago, drove the middle for a three-point play that got the Bruins to within 72-71 with 51 seconds to play.
Duke’s Andre Dawkins came out of a time out with the biggest 3-point shot of the game, a bomb from the top of the key with 16.7 seconds to go that was followed by two free throws from Kelly for a 77-73 lead before a Clark 3-pointer finished the scoring.
Clark finished with 13 points.
Top Game Performances
| Belmont |
|
Duke |
|
Kerron Johnson 15 |
Scoring |
Seth Curry 16 |
|
Kerron Johnson 6 |
Assists |
Mason Plumlee 6 |
|
Mick Hedgepeth 7 |
Rebounds |
Mason Plumlee 14 |
|
Mick Hedgepeth 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Austin Rivers 8 |
|
Ian Clark 3 |
Steals |
Tyler Thornton 3 |
|
Mick Hedgepeth 1 |
Blocks |
Mason Plumlee 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Belmont
|
76 |
47.4 |
6-19 |
16-22 |
15 |
33 |
2 |
9 |
17 |
| Duke
|
77 |
42.9 |
9-19 |
20-26 |
14 |
33 |
1 |
8 |
19 |
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