App State men’s basketball traveled to the Triangle to take on No. 2 Duke and North Carolina Dec. 16 and 21. The Mountaineers came up short in both contests, losing by a combined 45 points.
“I thought we had to force them to play well,” head coach Dustin Kerns said. “We did some good stuff. I’m proud of our team for handling the electricity, the experience.”
App State entered its matchup with Duke undersized at every position. Mountaineer 6-foot-5 junior forward Donovan Gregory matched up with Duke’s 7-foot-1 Mark Williams, while 6-foot-8 forward James Lewis Jr. guarded the Blue Devils’ 6-foot-10 Paolo Banchero.