Maliq Brown injury offers Jon Scheyer, Duke basketball ‘opportunity to find something’

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DURHAM — There’s opportunity in adversity, something Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer learned as a player under five-time national champion Mike Krzyzewski.

For the first time since their Thanksgiving week loss to Kansas in Las Vegas, the third-ranked Blue Devils are facing adversity with Maliq Brown set to miss weeks because of a knee injury.

“You don’t want it to happen, but I was taught – maybe Coach K was just saying this because we were losing a lot of games my freshman year in January – but he talked about January being a defining month and a month you can find something,” Scheyer said after Duke’s 89-54 rout of Miami on Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“And I really found that to be true during my time here as a player or as a coach. For us, it’s just an opportunity to find something.”

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With Brown donning a black Duke hoodie and warmup pants on the Blue Devil bench, Duke (15-2, 7-0 ACC) won its 11th game in a row and had a 34-8 advantage in bench points against Miami. The 26-point margin was the largest gap against a Power Four opponent this season.

“I could go down the line, really, of each of ‘em and what they did … different guys stepping up,” Scheyer said. “One of the things with Maliq being out, I wanted to just continue to find something new about our team.”

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Purdue transfer Mason Gillis wasn’t in the postgame locker room as media members interviewed players, but Scheyer and Gillis’ teammates heaped praise on the veteran. Gillis had 12 points on four 3-pointers and two assists in 21 minutes off the bench. He hit a trio of treys in a…

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Author : The Fayetteville Observer

Publish date : 2025-01-15 11:59:00

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