Tuesday, October 26,2010-Thomasville Times -9
Duke dominates in exhibition game
BY JOE DALY
Special to the Herald Sun
DURHAM — If Kyle
Singler and Nolan Smith
are known quantities at
this point of their Duke
careers, Kyrie Irving,
Seth Curry and, to a less
er degree, Andre Dawkins
stUl are forming initial
impressions.
So while Singler (31
points, nine rebounds
and six 3-pointers) and
Smith (15 points, nine
assists and just two turn
overs) were their usual
selves in Duke’s 141-68
exhibition victory over
St. Augustine’s on Satur
day night at Cameron In
door Stadium, it was the
likes of Curry and Irving
and Dawkins that were
of greater Interest.
Irving dazzled in his
first organized action,
scoring 17 points while
dishing out seven assists.
It wouldn’t have taken
a whole lot for Irving’s
vlslqfi to give St. Aug’s
trouble, but it did, any
way The freshman point
guard from New Jersey
repeatedly found team
mates with savvy passes,
both in transition and
in the half-court. He and
Smith helped Duke hand
out 38 assists on its 46
field goals.
Irving also made his
shots, knocking down
the opening 3-pointer as
part of a 30-1 Duke nm
to open the game. And
his defense didn’t give St.
Aug’s any chance to run
its offense.
“I felt really comfort
able out there,” Irving
said. “We’ve been prac
ticing really hard lately,
and our practices are a
lot harder than games.”
In an intra-squad
scrimmage Thursday, Ir
ving had 11 assists and
just one turnover.
Numbers like that give
Duke coach Mike Krzyze-
wski confidence that his
team won’t see a drop in
point guard play as the
Blue Devils try to replace
Jon Scheyer.
“I think he’s just ma
ture — mentally physi
cally,” Krzyzewski said.
“He’s a special player.”
Curry has been around
Durham longer, sitting
out the 2009-10 season
after transferring fi’om
Liberty. With the last
npme Curry — his older
brother, Stephen, starred
at Davidson before a
strong rookie season for
Golden State, and his
father, Dell, had a long
NBA career knocking
down 3-pointers — Seth
will be expected to shoot
the bail and shoot the
ball well.
From that standpoint,
his first Du^e shot didn’t
disappoint — Curry
drained a long-range shot
from a couple steps be
yond the 3-point line. He
finished with 15 points
and two 3-pointers.
“I just open up the
floor for everybody else
by making shots,” Curry
said. “Wherever I cdtch
it, I feel that’s in my
range and I can make a
shot from there.”-
While Dawkins isn’t
technically a new face,
he will be counted on in
ways he never was last
year.
The sophomore scored
20 points, making four
3-pointers on a night the
Blue Devils made 19 3-
pointers.
“I think I’m a lot more
comfortable out there,”
Dawkins said, compar
ing his first game of
2010-11 to a year ago. “I
know exactly what I’m
supposed to do out there.
and I think it shows on
the court.”
Otherwise, it was
something of a perfunc
tory affair, which is to be
expected when the reign
ing NCAA champion
plays a Division II team
that lost five starters and
has a new coach.
The best thing for
Duke may be that it stiU
impressed, even with the
gap in talent.
“We have a chance to be
very, very good,” Krzyze
wski said.
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a 78-yard opening drive
with a 19-yard field goal.
The Tar Heels then had
a chance to add to their
lead after an interception
by DafNorris Searcy gave
them the ball on the Hur
ricanes’ 20, but Anthony
Elzy fumbled the ball in
the end zone to keep the
score at 3-0.
“When we had a chance
to buUd some momentum
and kind of go up on them
we shot ourselves in the
foot,” UNC quarterback
T. J. Yates said.
Miami took advantage
of the tiunover to drive
down the field and tie the
score on a 38-yard field
goal by Matt Bosher.
The tie didn’t last long,
however.
On' the first play of
the ensuing possession,
Johnny White zigged and
zagged his way 76 yards
down the field for the
longest run of his career
to put UNC ahead 10-3.
His previous high was a
54-yard run against East
Carolina earlier this sea
son.
But UNC’s offense
would all but disappear
after White’s long run.
The Hurricanes reeled
off 30 unanswered points
and shut out the Tar
Heels in the second half.
Yates, who entered the
game with just one inter
ception, was picked off
twice m the second half,
and UNC was held to just
109 yards of offense in
the final two quarters.
“It’s tough to play a
team like that because
when they get momen
tum and when they start
doing well and playing
wen defensively and of
fensively they have a lot
of motivation to keep
playing well,” Yates
said.
“We can’t get in holes
against a team like that.
We can’t beat ourselves
against a team like that
because they’re the type
of team that will take
advantage of your mis
takes.”
Miami also took ad
vantage of UNC’s inex
perience in the second
ary, which took a couple
more hits because of in
juries Saturday.
UNC knew it would
be without cornerback
Charles Brown (ineligi
ble), cornerback Kendric
Burney — who stlU is be
ing withheld because of
the investigations — and
LeCount Fantroy (shoul
der) before the game, but
then it lost safety Searcy
and cornerback Mywan
Jackson to injuries in
the first half.
It meant freshmen
Tre Boston and Terry
Shankle saw more min
utes against the Hur
ricanes, and each was
covering the receivers
who caught Harris’ two
touchdown passes in the
second half.
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