
DECEMBER 8, 5:30PM
Cameron Indoor Stadium ESPN

Next up for the Duke Blue Devils is a very good Yale Bulldogs team on a 3 game winning streak. The Bulldogs will enter Cameron Indoor Stadium with a 4 and 2 record with their only losses coming at the hands of Vermont by 9 and a 7 point loss in double overtime to Penny Hardaway's Memphis team. Yale is no stranger to ACC level competition, securing a win against the Miami Hurricanes in the Hoophall Miami Invitational.
The Yale Bulldogs are 10th in the country in field goal percentage and they shoot 40% from beyond the arc which is good enough for 18th in the country. They are led in scoring by junior guard Miye Oni who nets 18 points a game to go along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists. The leading rebounder for the Bulldogs is Jordan Bruner who pulls down 6.3 boards and a team high 3l2 assists to go along with his 13 points. The Bulldogs are at the second team in a row that the Blue Devils will face that bring an older team into Cameron. Yale starts 3 juniors and 2 seniors.
Duke is coming off of a 30 point drubbing of the Hartford Hawks that saw the Devils play a young and lackluster game not really pulling away from Hartford until about the 12 minute mark of the second half. Coach K attributed his teams lack of energy to school projects and exams.
Duke is led by freshman R.J. Barrett who comes in at 23.6 points a game, 7.2 rebounds and 4 assists. The leading rebounder for the Blue Devils is freshman Zion Williams who pulls down 9 per game paired with a 20 points a game average.Freshman Tre Jones leads the team in assists with 6 per game.
The Blue Devils can ill afford to have a low energy game against the Bulldogs. This Yale team has played high level competition and with a team that relies on an older group they will be an efficient team on both ends of the floor. Duke will need to value possessions and defend at a high level. This game could very well be a close affair as Yale is a team that scores the basketball very well.
DUKE 3PT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
YALE 3PT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
DUKE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
YALE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
DUKE FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
YALE FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
Duke PPG
YALE PPG
Duke Probable Starters
- G Tre Jones 6'2 183lbs
- F R.J. Barrett 6'7 202lbs
- F Cam Reddish 6'8 218lbs
- F Zion Williamson 6'7 285lbs
- C Marques Bolden 6'11 250lbs
Yale Probable Starters
- G Trey Phills 6'2 185lbs
- G Alex Copeland 6'3 170lbs
- G Trey Phills 6'2 185 lbs
- F Blake Reynolds 6'7 220lbs
- F Jordan Bruner 6'9 194lbs