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Top Duke basketball recruiting target suffers devastating and major injury

Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Peyton Williams/UNC/Getty Images)

The top Duke basketball recruit suffered a devastating injury on Friday night.

While the Duke basketball program was in the midst of its matchup against Bellarmine on Friday night, its top recruiting target suffered a major injury.

Patrick Baldwin Jr. had taken the floor for Sussex Hamilton’s (Wis.) second game of the 2020-21 season, after dropping 43 points in its season opener on December 1.

One of the top rated recruits in the Class of 2021, according to 247 Sports Composite Rankings, was already up to 11 points on Friday before disaster struck.