National Basketball Association
Duke 85, Robert Morris 56
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, March 20, 2015
Where: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina
Officials:
# James Breeding, # Steve Olson, # Larry Scirotto
Attendance:
N/A
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Duke 85, Robert Morris 56: Quinn Cook scored 16 of his 22 points in the first half as the top-seeded Blue Devils downed the Colonials in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Charlotte, N.C.
Jahlil Okafor went 9-of-11 from the field and finished with 21 points for Duke (30-4), which shot 63 percent from the field and faces eighth-seeded San Diego State in Sunday's third round. Tyus Jones chipped in 10 points and seven assists, Justise Winslow contributed 11 rebounds and a season high-tying seven assists and Marshall Plumlee posted his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 boards.
Rodney Pryor tallied 17 of his 23 points in the second half for 16th-seeded Robert Morris (20-15), which notched its first tournament victory since 1983 in Wednesday’s first-round win over North Florida. Freshman Marcquise Reed poured in 22 points to round out the Colonials’ double-digit scorers.
Duke hit its first seven shots – including three of Cook’s four first-half 3-pointers – to fuel an 11-0 burst and help the Blue Devils build a nine-point edge less than five minutes into the contest. Jones bookended a 10-0 run with a pair of buckets shortly after the first media timeout as the lead quickly ballooned to 26-9 midway through the first half.
Robert Morris, which fell behind by as many as 21 points in the first half, chopped a 20-point deficit in half over a span of two minutes as Pryor buried a pair of triples and added a layup to force a Duke timeout with a little more than 12 minutes left. Winslow responded with five points, two rebounds and an assist over a three-minute span during a 12-0 run moments later that put the Colonials away as the Blue Devils pushed their advantage out to 31 late.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Blue Devils became the third Division I program to amass 100 NCAA Tournament wins. … Duke, which improved to 46-9 as a No. 1 seed, shot better than 60 percent for the fifth time this season. … Cook finished with five assists, allowing him to become the seventh player in school history to amass 1,500 points and 500 assists in his career.
Top Game Performances
| Robert Morris |
|
Duke |
|
Rodney Pryor 23 |
Scoring |
Quinn Cook 22 |
|
Kavon Stewart 6 |
Assists |
Tyus Jones 7 |
|
Rodney Pryor 5 |
Rebounds |
Justise Winslow 11 |
|
Marcquise Reed 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Jahlil Okafor 3 |
|
Marcquise Reed 3 |
Steals |
Quinn Cook 3 |
|
Lucky Jones 1 |
Blocks |
Jahlil Okafor 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Robert Morris
|
56 |
36.4 |
6-19 |
2-4 |
13 |
25 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
| Duke
|
85 |
63.0 |
10-21 |
7-14 |
28 |
39 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
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