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Duke coach Jon Scheyer, with his team having won 15 of its past 17 games, is growing weary of outside chatter about his team’s toughness, rhetorically asking, “How do you get 20 wins without having that?”
Jared McCain set a Duke freshman record with eight 3-pointers and matched a school freshman mark with 35 points as the No. 9 Blue Devils beat Florida State 76-67 on Saturday. McCain hit seven 3-pointers in the first half and shot 60% overall (12 for 20), including 8 for 11 from long distance in his seventh game scoring 20 or more points. “That's crazy,” McCain said.
Duke won for the 14th time in the last 16 games, never trailing against Wake Forest on Monday night. Jon Scheyer took umbrage at anyone questioning the Blue Devils toughness.
Blue Devils overcome 12-point second-half deficit, complete sweep of girls-boys doubleheader.
Lower Richland, Dutch Fork, Newberry were among teams to win region titles Thursday.