No. 1 Duke men's basketball falls to Syracuse, battling poor shooting and injuries
By Conner McLeod | January 14, 2019Without Tre Jones and Cam Reddish, Duke suffered its first ACC loss to Syracuse at home.
Without Tre Jones and Cam Reddish, Duke suffered its first ACC loss to Syracuse at home.
After starting blazing hot with a 12-0 lead in the opening 3 minutes, Duke came back to Earth and Syracuse came back into the game.
Reddish will not start for the first time this season, feeling under the weather.
After being forced to win without arguably the team's biggest star against Florida State, the Blue Devils will be back to full strength Monday.
Duke remains the team to beat in college basketball.
Will Duke be able to hit from deep?
The Blue Devils will have a quick turnaround after Florida State, facing Syracuse just two days later.
Cam Reddish seemed to turn his season around Saturday afternoon.
Cam Reddish put his recent struggles aside and took over down the stretch as Duke notched another win against a top-15 team.
Cam Reddish nailed a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left to beat the Seminoles 80-78.
Florida State rallied from a double-digit deficit to take a one-point lead.
For the ninth time in the show's history, ESPN College GameDay will be broadcast from Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Duke will face its biggest test of conference play so far against Florida State.
The Blue Devils will gear up for a major road test against the 13th-ranked Seminoles Saturday.
Duke students interested in tenting this season needed to take a trivia test Thursday due to the competitiveness of this year's process.
The Blue Devils have attracted some national criticism for becoming the final Division-I program to play a road game this season.
Duke picked up a methodical victory against the Demon Deacons Tuesday night, its first win in an ACC road opener in three years.
Duke struggled from the floor early, but enters the locker room with a solid lead in its first true road game.
Wake Forest has dropped three of its last four games, including a home loss to Gardner-Webb, and an ugly home defeat against Houston Baptist.
Duke impressed in its ACC opener.