Duke went up to the Carrier Dome Saturday and Syracuse definitely showed some real heart and made things interesting down the stretch, but Duke emerged with a 97-88 win.
Vernon Carey was tremendous with 26 points and 17 rebounds. Wendell Moore returned and had a significant impact in his first game back although you don’t see it in the stats.
It was a bit of a strange game with Nolan Smith staying home with a pretty sick daughter and Jon Scheyer rushed to a Syracuse area hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Both are said to be recovering.