It was the perfect storm for a Blue Devil loss when Stephen F. Austin rolled into Cameron and stunned the Blue Devils 85-83. The Lumberjacks played harder, smarter and better than a Duke team that seemed complacent after winning in NY the week prior. The Blue Devils were careless with the basketball, didn’t communicate defensively and did not make adjustments to counter the Lumberjacks’ success. The biggest issues, surprisingly was defensively and not surprisingly free throw shooting.
Duke allowed the Lumberjacks, a much smaller team to score 64 points in the paint to only 36 be the Blue Devils.