In their last tuneup before the beginning of the season and their first real game against Jacksonville the Blue Devils welcomed Fayetteville State to Cameron Indoor Stadium. Fayetteville State, a team that returned eight players from a team that went 21-9 overall last season, won the CIAA Tournament and are the favorites to repeat.
Graduate student transfer Ryan Young scored Dukes first bucket of the game off of a feed from junior guard Jeremy Roach who ended his night with 8 dimes. An early 12-1 run put the Devils comfortably ahead in the early going. The Blue Devils never looked back led by grad transfer Jacob Grandison (17pts) who shot 6-9 from the floor including 3-6 from beyond the arc.