Arizona Ends Duke's Season: A Nation Rejoices
For one half of basketball in Anaheim, Duke looked like the same team they'd been all season. Sure, they were a little thrown by fouls being called on their stars – both Nolan Smith and Kyle...
Thursday, Mar 24, 2011, 9:52 PM EDT
Honda Center - Anaheim, California
| Final - 3.24.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Wildcats | 38 | 55 | 93 |
| Duke Blue Devils | 44 | 33 | 77 |
For one half of basketball in Anaheim, Duke looked like the same team they'd been all season. Sure, they were a little thrown by fouls being called on their stars – both Nolan Smith and Kyle...
Arizona stays alive in the NCAA Tournament, demolishing Duke 93-77
I can't believe there hasn't been any basketball the last three days. After getting the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament inserted into my arm like an IV at the hospital, going cold turkey was quite difficult from Monday to Wednesday.
Degenerate Gambling Line: Arizona vs. Duke
Arizona and Duke play Thursday night in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 38 | 55 | 93 |
| Duke | 44 | 33 | 77 |
| Arizona | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Williams | 35 | 11-17 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 13-6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2-0 | 32 |
| Jesse Perry | 22 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Solomon Hill | 28 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Lamont Jones | 28 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Kyle Fogg | 27 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Kyryl Natyazhko | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Kevin Parrom | 20 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Jordin Mayes | 12 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Brendon Lavender | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Jamelle Horne | 15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Robert Arvizu | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Max Wiepking | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dondre Wise | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Alex Jacobson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Daniel Bejarano | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-63 | 9-15 | 16-21 | 40-16 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21-0 | 93 | |
| .540 | .600 | .762 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Duke | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Plumlee | 32 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Kyle Singler | 35 | 7-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 8-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 18 |
| Miles Plumlee | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Nolan Smith | 34 | 3-14 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 5-0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Seth Curry | 9 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 31 | 9-15 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 28 |
| Tyler Thornton | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Josh Hairston | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Andre Dawkins | 22 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Ryan Kelly | 14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Todd Zafirovski | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Casey Peters | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-58 | 5-14 | 18-22 | 27-9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 20-0 | 77 | |
| .466 | .357 | .818 | Team Reb: 1 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||