By Ray Horn - The last time the Duke Blue Devils took on the Temple Owls it resulted in a 78-73 loss. It was the Blue Devils first loss to Temple since 1996. I was in attendance at the Wells Fargo Center last year and saw first hand the flaws of last years Duke team. The first thing that was clear was the lack of leadership. The bench was quiet during the game and the substitution patters were extremely volatile with seemingly three new guys coming in and out every few minutes. The second thing I saw was poor perimeter defense. The veteran Temple backcourt torched the Duke defense. Offensively Duke got solid performances out of the Plumlee brothers, but got absolutely no offense out of the backcourt. After watching that game it didn’t surprise me at all that the season ended with a loss to Lehigh.
Fast forward a year later and the Blue Devils get their chance at revenge. The Blue Devils are one for one on payback games this season after taking down the Ohio State Buckeyes. ...
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PLAYERS:
Scootie Randall,
Khalif Wyatt,
Will Cummings,
Quinn Cook,
Seth Curry,
Rasheed Sulaimon,
Ryan Kelly,
Anthony Lee,
Mason Plumlee,
T.J. DiLeo,
Tyler Thornton
TEAMS: Temple Owls, Ohio State Buckeyes, Duke Blue Devils
TEAMS: Temple Owls, Ohio State Buckeyes, Duke Blue Devils
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