The Duke Blue Devils wasted no time erasing their first loss from the ledger with an 86-35 victory over Wofford on Saturday, setting a new school record in the process.
The Terriers’ 35 points were the fewest the Blue Devils have allowed in a game during the shot clock era. Some luck broke Duke’s way early on with Wofford missing several open 3-point looks, but the Terriers still shot just 14/57 (24.6%) from the floor and 5/33 (15.2%) from 3-point range.
There might be some karmic justice in that second stat after the Blue Devils went 4/24 from three against the Kentucky Wildcats on Tuesday. Duke made at least 38% of its 3-point looks in each of its three other games, including a 16/38 (42.1%) performance on Saturday.
Wofford only managed 14 points before the half, tied for the second-fewest by a Duke opponent in the shot clock era. The Blue Devils held Eastern Michigan to 13 points in the first 20 minutes back in November 2018.
Duke put together three blocks and 11 steals as a team, and 17-year-old phenom [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] rejected two shots and snagged three steals by himself. Sophomore guard Caleb Foster and Tulane transfer Sion James also finished with multiple takeaways, two of the seven Blue Devils with at least one for the game.