DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Tyrese Proctor scored 13 points and No. 11 Duke held Seattle to 21.3% shooting in Friday night’s 70-48 win.
Freshman Cooper Flagg added nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Blue Devils (5-2), who led by a dozen at halftime then held the Redhawks scoreless for the first eight minutes after the break blow it open.
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe had nine points and 12 rebounds to for the Redhawks (2-5), who made 10 of 47 shots.
Takeaways
Seattle: This was the Redhawks’ first meeting with Duke and they were chasing their first win against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe since beating Virginia in December 2010.
Duke: The Blue Devils were coming off Tuesday’s loss to No. 1 Kansas in the Vegas Showdown and had a slow offensive start before turning this into a cruising romp.
Key moment
Duke scored the first 13 points after halftime, starting with a pair or transition scores from Caleb Foster and including Flagg finding a trailing Proctor for a catch-and-fire 3-pointer in transition. Freshman Isaiah Evans’ driving dunk at the 12:33 mark capped the run and made it 50-25.