Duke Basketball Report · Nov 18, 2017
It Wasn’t Pretty, But Duke Beat Southern 78-61
Just so I don’t bury the lede, Duke ran its record to 4-0 with a 78-61 win over Southern University Friday night.
It was not pretty. Duke came out flat as a pancake, flat as Kansas, flat as, well, you get the drift.
Duke never actually trailed, although it was tied as late as 27-27, after a 12-4 Southern run.
Duke led 42-32 at the break and by 15-20 points most of the second half.
Lots of reasons, youth, travel fatigue, a hangover from the big win against Michigan State.
But I think Mike Krzyzewski hit the nail on the head when he said, “they thought it would be easier than it was.”