Not much of a surprise that the Blue Devils had a fairly easy time against the Central Arkansas Bears. The Blue Devils overwhelmed the Bears 105 to 54. On the strength of 19 points each from Matthew Hurt.
Duke used a steady diet of pressure in the first half to turn the Bears over 15 times, 11 of which were steals. Sophomore guard Tre Jones went out with a head injury after a collision with Central Arkansas player. Jones looked to be but was held out the second half for precaution. Uncommon for this Duke team in this early season so far was a shooting percentage from beyond the arc of 50%.