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Duke Basketball: 55 more reasons Blue Devils want 2019 PF Matthew Hurt

Pouring in a modest 20 or 30 points in a high school game has been nothing new for Duke basketball target Matthew Hurt ever since he began playing for his varsity team as an eighth-grader.

With his sly drives to the hoop and flick-of-the-wrist outside shots that routinely wear out the bottom of nets, the five-star 2019 power forward — listed as such, but seems better suited for the wing — is a scoring machine.

As of late, though, the machine has been manufacturing buckets at an astounding rate.

After dropping 42 points last week in a game for his John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minn.