No. 1 Total Seed Duke Rolls Previous TCU To Attain Candy 16

[ad_1] Cameron Boozer shook off a quiet first half to complete with 19 factors and No. 1 general seed Duke shot 61.5% after halftime Saturday to drag away from TCU for an 81-58 win in a bodily second-round sport on the NCAA Match.

The freshman voted a unanimous first-team Related Press All-American earlier this week had simply two factors and missed his solely shot within the first half. Nonetheless, he scored 3 times throughout the 11-0 second-half burst — twice on high-low feeds from fellow huge Patrick Ngongba II in his return to the lineup — as Duke (34-2) lastly shook freed from the ninth-seeded Horned Frogs (23-12).

That 11-0 run was the capper on a 26-6 surge that spanned almost 9 minutes, with TCU lacking 15 of 17 pictures after Jayden Pierre's layup tied it at 44-all with 13:56 left.

The Blue Devils opened the event with an uncharacteristically shaky efficiency that had them flirting with solely the third 16-versus-1 upset towards Siena. This time, they trailed solely briefly within the second half on the way in which to the Candy 16 for the third straight season below Jon Scheyer, incomes a visit to the nation's capital to face the St. John's-Kansas winner Friday.

Micah Robinson scored 18 factors for TCU, which beat eighth-seeded Ohio State on Xavier Edmonds’ basket within the remaining seconds of the primary spherical. However the Horned Frogs couldn’t maintain a top quality first 25 minutes towards the Blue Devils, taking pictures simply 10 for 38 after halftime and 33.3% for the sport.

The sport additionally had some chippy and testy vibes. TCU's David Punch took an elbow from Boozer on a drive and got here up with a bloody nostril that resulted in a flagrant-foul name on overview, and there was a double-flagrant foul when Ngongba and Edmonds ended up tangled and fell to the ground.

Coach Jamie Dixon additionally bought a technical foul within the second half for complaining in frustration after there was no goaltending name on a block from behind by Maliq Brown.

TCU was enjoying in its fourth event in 5 years below Dixon, however the Horned Frogs fell wanting an opportunity to achieve the second weekend of the event for the primary time within the trendy period since growth to 64 groups in 1985.

The Blue Devils will face a Corridor of Fame coach and nationwide title winner within the regional semifinals. The fourth-seeded Jayhawks, led by Invoice Self, meet the fifth-seeded Purple Storm led by Rick Pitino on Sunday.