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 Chase was severely limited as well.