Duke Blue Devils (4-2, 0-0 ACC) at Seattle Redhawks (2-4, 0-0 WAC)
Friday, Nov. 29 • 7 pm ET
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) • Durham, NC
TV: ACC Network
Radio: Blue Devil Sports Network from LEARFIELD
The Duke Blue Devils returns from Vegas to host the Seattle Redhawks on Friday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. on the ACC Network. Friday will be the first meeting between Duke and Seattle.
Broadcast Information
TV/Video Stream ACC Network
Play-by-Play Kevin Brown
Analyst Chris Spatola
Producer Will Black
Director Justin Stoll
Radio
Blue Devil Sports Net.
Play-by-Play David Shumate
Analyst John Roth
Engineer John Rose
In Durham 96.5 FM & 620 AM
SiriusXM 391
This Series
Overall
First meeting
Seattle Redhawks
Head coach Chris Victor has led Seattle to three consecutive 20-win seasons. The Redhawks started the season with a 3-game skid before winning 2-straight. In their last outing, Seattle was tripped up by Forman 56-61. Seattle ranks 34th in the nation with 26.0 free-throw attempts per game. Seattle forward Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe (6-8, 214) ranks seventh in the country with four double-doubles, is 12th nationally with 55 free-throw attempts, and 12th with an average of 10.5 rebounds per contest, while also scoring a team-best 14.5 points per game. Maleek Arington tops Seattle with 5.0 assists per game. Last season, the Redhawks won four straight games over five days to capture the Ro College Basketball Invitational title and conclude the season with a 23-14 overall record.
Duke Blue Devils
It’s been an up-and-down first month of the season for the Blue Devils, losing two games by a combined 8 points. The good news is that Duke hasn’t played bad basketball and are a couple of late game plays from probably being the number 1 team in the country. Duke’s 2 losses came versus Kentucky in the Champions Classic and against Kansas in the Vegas shootout. In between them was a top-25 win against Arizona on the road.
Duke boasts the nation’s second-best adjusted defensive efficiency, according to KenPom. The Blue Devils rank 12th in the country in 3-pointers per game (11.3), 20th in scoring margin (+22.2), 21st in scoring defense (60.3) and 25th in field goal percentage defense (.370). Cooper Flagg tops Duke in points (102), rebounds (50), assists (22) and blocks (10). Tyrese Proctor has made two 3-pointers or more in all six regular-season games and both exhibition contests to lead Duke with 20 triples. Proctor made a career-best five triples versus Kansas and is now shooting 50% from distance this season (20-of-40). Duke is the tallest team in the country, according to KenPom, with an average height of 79.6 inches, better than 6-7 per Blue Devil.
Stats Comparison
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 6 | 40.0 | 29.7 | 62.7 | .473 | 18.3 | 32.7 | .561 | 11.3 | 30.0 | .378 | 11.8 | 16.2 | .732 | 11.8 | 29.0 | 40.8 | 17.3 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 82.5 |
| Seattle | 6 | 40.0 | 23.7 | 56.3 | .420 | 15.7 | 33.3 | .470 | 8.0 | 23.0 | .348 | 18.2 | 26.0 | .699 | 11.7 | 23.0 | 34.7 | 12.5 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 12.8 | 18.3 | 73.5 |
Duke Projected Starters
PG Caleb Foster 6’5, 202lbs – Sophomore
SG Tyrese Proctor 6’6, 183lbs – Junior
SF Kon Knueppel 6’7, 217lbs – Freshman
PF Cooper Flagg 6’9, 205lbs – Freshman
C Khaman Maluach 7’2, 250lbs – Freshman
Seattle Projected Starters
G Brayden Maldonado 6’0, 171lbs – Junior
G Maleek Arington 6’3, 207lbs – Junior
G John Christofilis 6’3, 204lbs – RSJunior
F Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe 6’8, 214lbs – GS
F Malek Gomma 6’8, 245lbs – Sophomore
Final Thoughts
Duke, you can assume, has a significant advantage in both size and athleticism in this matchup, and that should be enough. I’ve seen the Redhawks struggle against teams with size, and I don’t expect that to change. The one area that I’d love to see Duke work on offensively is getting work in the paint for their bigs. Khaman Maluach has been solid, but I would love to see more actions run for the big man, who is averaging 8.3 points a game on under 5 shot attempts. Duke is also not getting to the free throw line with regularity – some of that is the emphasis on the 3-point shot, but I’d love to see some aggressiveness aimed at getting more touches for the bigs as well as some plays for the guards to attack.
Where I expect Seattle to test Duke is in Duke’s ability to defend without fouling. The Redhawks are adept at getting to the free throw line, but they aren’t shooting free throws at a particularly good percentage – under 70%. Duke struggled defensively against Kansas, and with Auburn looming, this is a good chance to shore up those issues.
