This game had been circled on the calendar since January 21st, when Florida State came in to Cameron Indoor Stadium and stopped Duke’s home winning streak at 45 games with a last second shot by Michael Snaer. The Blue Devils traveled down to Tallahassee and took care of the Seminoles by 8 points, although the game was only that close for short periods of time.
Thriving off of 22 points from Andre Dawkins on 6-9 3-Point shooting, Duke punished the Seminoles from beyond the arc, knocking down 13-28 for over half of their points. Those 28 three-pointers were 4 more than their 24 2-point field goals, marking only the third time Duke has shot more threes than twos this year. The other games were against UNC and Michigan State, both big wins away from home. The Blue Devils coaching staff has done an excellent job this season, and it’s clear the team game plans to shoot more threes against teams whose strength is their big guys.
Looking at the Four Factors, Duke won three of four, only losing in the offensive rebounding percentage category. However, since they were shooting so well, that didn’t impact the outcome of the game as much as it would have otherwise. This was a truly impressive offensive performance by Duke’s perimeter against a very good defensive Florida State team.
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