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West: Marshall Plumlee Energizes Duke After a Shaky Start

After Marshall Plumlee jettisoned the mask guarding his broken nose during Duke’s shaky opening against upstart U.N.C. Wilmington, he entered the locker room at halftime and gave his teammates a short message: “I got you.”

Indeed he did.

Plumlee finished with a career-high 23 points to lead the defending national champion Blue Devils to a tough victory on Thursday in an N.C.A.A. tournament game in Providence, R.I.

Plumlee had 4 points in a first half dominated by the Seahawks. A little tirade from Coach Mike Krzyzewski helped right the ship.

“There’s no excuses for my play in the first half,” Plumlee said after the game.