Duke basketball: Jon Scheyer suffers first double-digit loss
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The Duke basketball squad, under the direction of first-year head coach Jon Scheyer, never quite recovered from an 11-0 run by the No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers (6-0, 0-0 Big Ten) midway through the first half of the Phil Knight Legacy championship bout in Portland, Ore., on Sunday afternoon.
That stretch gave the Boilermakers a 12-point advantage at 30-18, and they entered the break with a 46-35 lead. The No. 8 Blue Devils (6-2, 0-0 ACC) never pulled within closer than a seven-point deficit the rest of the way.
They fell 75-56.
For the first time this season, Duke did not win the battle on the boards. The Boilermakers outrebounded the Blue Devils 42-31 and shot better from the field (44.8 percent to 36.2 percent).
Duke went 2-for-19 beyond the arc (10.5 percent) and dished out only eight assists as a unit.
While this wasn't Jon Scheyer's first defeat since taking over the reins following Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski's retirement at the end of last season, it was the 2022-23 Blue Devils' first double-digit loss. Duke basketball's only other L so far came at the hands of the then-No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks at the Champions Classic by a score of 69-64.
Next, the Duke Blue Devils face another Big Ten opponent when they host the unranked Ohio State Buckeyes at 7:15 p.m. ET Wednesday as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
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