Duke vs. Wofford: Gameday Open Thread

Duke returns to the court after a 13-day break for exams with a game against the Wofford Terriers.

Wofford will be looking to add to its collection of Tobacco Road scalps. In December 2014, the Terriers upset NC State in the historic Reynolds Coliseum, where the Wolfpack still play one home game a year.

In 2017, the Terriers knocked off North Carolina in the Dean Smith Center, and this year, Wofford returned to Chapel Hill and beat the Heels in historic Carmichael Arena, in just the second men's game played there since 1986.

Now the Terriers will try to add Cameron Indoor to the list.

Duke appears to be ready to get back a fully healthy Cassius Stanley, who returned from a hamstring injury two weeks early in the last game before the break. After playing limited minutes in that game, he'll likely go longer against the Terriers and was seen going through pregame shooting workouts--and moving well--at about 5:00.

Duke will not have point guard Tre Jones, who was ruled out with a "minor foot injury." Junior backup Jordan Goldwire is expected to start in his place.

Facing a team that clearly is capable of an upset, without their starting point guard, it's worth noting that the last time Duke lost two non-conference games in Cameron in a season was 1982-83, when the Blue Devils fell to Wagner and Louisville. They last time they had two home non-conference losses before the new year was the previous season, when they dropped games to Vanderbilt and App State.

Vernon Carey, Cassius Stanley, Alex O'Connell, Jack White, Jordan Goldwire are your starters.

Nearly four minutes in, if you're watching at home, you have as many rebounds as Duke.

Very late under 16 ... play has been brisk so far. At 14:45, Wofford is up 11-10. Duke has two rebounds so far (to Wofford's six). For the first time in six games, Wofford is shooting more twos than threes, but it's early.

Duke has been very active with substitutions. Just about everyone has gotten in already...Duke has played nine.

Very easy baseline drive and uncontested layup for Wofford on a blown defensive assignment for Duke. We'll find out who was responsible soon. Someone's already off the bench to come in.

At the under 12, Duke is up 18-15. Hurt has 6 points, 4 rebounds for Duke. Blue Devils have shut down the perimeter. Wofford has only gotten off four treys to 10 two-pointers.

Wendell Moore gets a breakaway dunk off a steal. Then Vernon Carey gets a loose ball. Only thing not going Duke's way is Tre Jones (in street clothes) anticipated the under 8 time out and ran onto the court to congratulate his teammates 18 seconds early and had to quick get back before getting teed up. Duke up 24-15.

Wendell Moore has been on the verge of traveling all game long. Hasn't been called for it so far, but his first step is a bit of a shuffle. He also almost traveled trying to get his footwork right for his breakaway dunk.

Wofford is using a weird zone defense that starts shortly after halfcourt. Very difficult to figure out what they're doing, but Duke is getting inside and getting to the line since the Terriers started it.

Coach K has said Moore can defend every position on the floor. Not sure he's hit all five tonight, but he was defending the point guard and the center during that particular stretch.

At the under four, Duke is up 34-20. Blue Devils are still choking off the Wofford perimeter. Terriers have just 7 three-point shots after launching 40 against UNC last game.

Trevor Stumpe picks up his third foul with 20 seconds left in the half for Wofford. Duke then rebounds its own FT miss and Wofford fouls Joey Baker from three. Not an ideal end to the half for the Terriers.

Wofford makes up for it a bit with a buzzer beating three. Duke up 39-26 at the break.

Carey and Hurt lead with 8 points. Hurt and DeLaurier lead with five rebounds.

Duke is outrebounding Wofford 19 to 12 and winning points in the paint 20 to 12.

Wofford had five turnovers in the win over UNC on Sunday. Duke turned the Terriers over six times in the first half. Wofford also only 4-for-9 from three.

Storm Murphy was 5-of-10 from three vs. UNC. With Moore and a host of other Devils defending him, he's 0-for-3 with no three-point attempts. Trevor Stumpe was 6-of-10, 4-of-6 from 3 vs. UNC. He's taken one shot tonight.

First possession of second half, Chevez Goodwin picks up his third foul for Wofford. And at 18:05, he picks up his fourth.

Joey Baker with back-to-back threes and Duke is up 52-30, 14:17 left. Wofford gets a time out. Students aren't here, but it is loud in Cameron right now.

For those of you that indulge in that sort of thing, Baker's last three put Duke up over the morning line on the game of -19.5. It dropped by two points after the news about Jones not playing broke. Either way, a cover looks optimistic.

Another very active segment of the game. The under 16 comes at 13:45. Duke up 54-33.

At the under 12 (after a very short segment), Duke is up 56-33. Duke is winning the boards 31-19, 13-4 on second chance points.

Blue Devils are also getting out in transition a bit, despite Wofford's attempts to slow things down. 10-3 on fast break points. Jack White and Joey Baker said that was a priority yesterday.

Joey Baker now up to 16 points, 3-of-5 from 3. Duke is up 64-39 at the under 8.

Justin Robinson, just into the game, blocks a shot and the bench jumps up to wag a finger. At the under four, it's 77-50. Joey Baker is 5-of-7 from three and has 22. Vernon Carey is one rebound from a double-double at 18 and 9.

That’ll do it. Duke with a 86-57 win.

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