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After spending his first two seasons at Lake Norman Christian, Mooresville High’s Jalen Chambers expects to be a key piece for the Blue Devils’ boys’ basketball team.
Second-ranked Duke was already up big when Kyle Filipowski saw a teammate rip down an offensive rebound, immediately cut into the paint for the feed and flushed a two-handed dunk. “It was a little blow-a-kiss-to-the-fans for the start of a new college hoops season,” Filipowski said. The preseason Associated Press All-American opened the season with a flurry, scoring 25 points to lead the Blue Devils past Dartmouth 92-54 on Monday night to start Year 2 under Jon Scheyer.
Duke had the right response after trailing for large chunks of Thursday night’s game. Todd Pelino kicked a 26-yard field goal on the game’s final play and the Blue Devils, despite using a third-string quarterback, beat Wake Forest 24-21. “Hopefully this will put to bed all the talk about whether this team will respond,” Duke coach Mike Elko said.
Coming to Merced College to play basketball has changed the life of sophomore Tyreon Payne.
Line: Duke by 12 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Blue Devils are coming off two straight losses that have cost Duke the AP Top 25 ranking it had held since early September. As for the Demon Deacons, they fell behind big by halftime in a home loss to No. 4 Florida State after earning a comeback win against Pittsburgh.