TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jared McCain set a Duke freshman file with eight 3-pointers and matched a faculty freshman mark with 35 factors because the No. 9 Blue Devils defeated Florida State 76-67 on Saturday.
McCain hit seven 3-pointers within the first half and shot 60% general (12-for-20), together with 8-for-11 from lengthy distance in his seventh sport scoring 20 or extra factors. His level whole tied Zion Williamson’s 35-point efficiency towards Syracuse in 2019.
“That is loopy,” McCain mentioned. “That is nuts. I simply thank God. … It is wild firm to be with.”
Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton was comfy together with his membership’s protection towards McCain, finally chalking the efficiency as much as an opponent having a second.
“It appears as if each workforce may have a participant, or a number of gamers, which can be able to going off for large numbers, towards you,” Hamilton mentioned. “And I assumed our defensive sport plan, for probably the most half, was nice.
“However all of us who’ve performed basketball, appears to have had a type of nights the place they cannot miss, no matter the way you’re defended. And I assumed McCain had a type of nights.”
McCain’s accuracy from 3-point vary was a shock. The 6-foot-3 guard had made a complete of seven 3-pointers in his 4 video games.
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“It was a terrific win for us; they are a harmful workforce. They make it laborious to run your offense,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer mentioned. “Jared, it is fairly particular what he did, coming into this ambiance as a freshman. It was only a actually particular efficiency.”
Jeremy Roach scored 15 factors as Duke (20-5, 11-3 Atlantic Coast Convention) received its fourth straight sport. The Blue Devils have 20 or extra wins for a twenty seventh straight season. Kyle Filipowski had eight factors and eight rebounds, serving to Duke to a 35-22 edge in rebounds.
Jamir Watkins scored 15 factors, his eleventh straight sport in double figures for Florida State (13-12, 7-7), which has misplaced three straight and 5 of six.
Even with out Tyrese Proctor, the Blue Devils took a 19-16 lead on a McCain 3-pointer with 13:04 left within the first half and by no means seemed again. They received for the eighth time in 9 video games in Tallahassee.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
