The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils went throughout their first real test of the season as they went down to the wire with the No. 8 Auburn Tigers in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational.
The Blue Devils went wire to wire for the victory, but they were challenged constantly by the streakiness three point shooting of the Tigers.
Auburn had the Duke lead down to five at one point midway through the second half but a very, very deep three pointer from Cam Reddish put the Blue Devils back up by eight and the lowest the lead got from that point was six points at the final buzzer thanks to a three pointer from Jared Harper who finished with 22 points, making six of ten shots from deep.