Duke bounced back from Tuesday’s gut-wrenching overtime loss to Florida State with a decisive 79-59 win over Syracuse. Bounced back as in trampoline. Duke dissected Syracuse’s trademark 2-3 zone with surgical precision, shutting down a Syracuse offense that was as cold as the frozen tundra outside Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Duke never trailed and the game was only close for a few minutes in the middle of the opening half.
Duke did have some turnover issues, 15 in all. But when Duke wasn’t turning it over, their offense was textbook. Duke had 30 made field goals and assisted on 25 of them.