Duke Fades Late At Clemson, Loses 72-64

Jan 11, 2023; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer calls a play during the first half against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Cameron Indoor Stadium.Duke stayed with a very tough Clemson team for about 35 minutes Saturday. Unfortunately, as we all know it’s a 40 minute game and 35 minutes won’t get it done. Clemson threw a blanket over Duke for the last 5:07 of the game after Mark Mitchell followed a miss of his own shot with a layup.

It wasn’t like that for the rest of the game.

Duke really defended Clemson brilliantly in the first half with only PJ Hall being a major factor. ACC Player of the Year candidate Hunter Tyson was shut out for the first 20 and Hunter…