Furman Paladins vs Duke Blue Devils Box Score on Nov 20, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 20, 2017

DURHAM, N.C. -- Marvin Bagley III led top-ranked Duke in scoring again with 24 points in a 92-63 victory over Furman on Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Trevon Duval's 18 points and Wendell Carter Jr.'s 14 points also bolstered Duke (5-0), which heads to the West Coast for three games later in the week.

Alex O'Connell, a Duke freshman guard who only played in the second half, racked up 10 points.

Bagley, a freshman forward, has topped the Blue Devils in scoring in three games this season. He made 9 of 15 shots from the field Monday, and Duval was 9 of 12.

Duke shot 60.9 percent from the field, dominating the lane.

The Blue Devils have won four times at home this season, each time by at least 17 points.

John Davis scored 15 points, Matt Rafferty had 11 points and Devin Sibley added 10 points for Furman (2-2), which has lost back-to-back games in a three-day period.

The Paladins averaged 12.1 baskets from 3-point range entering the game but were 9 of 29 from long range on Monday.

Duke took off across the last nine minutes of the first half for a 49-31 lead at the break. That's the most points in an opening half for the Blue Devils this season, aided by 59.3 percent shooting from the field.

Furman's 13-8 lead was gone in a flash, but the Paladins recovered to be within 19-18 more than midway through the first half.

Then came Duke's 17-4 run, with Furman's only field goal during the stretch coming on Bagley's inadvertent tip-in.

NOTES: The start was delayed 15 minutes because a fire alarm went off more than an hour before scheduled tip-off, causing the evacuation of the building. ... Duke leads the series 8-1, winning the past four meetings. ... Both teams are preseason favorites in their conferences based on media polls, Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Furman in the Southern Conference. ... This game was an on-campus matchup as part of the PK80. ... Duke heads to Portland, Ore., for three more games in the PK80, beginning with Thursday's matchup with Portland State. ... Furman is back in action Friday and Saturday against New Hampshire and Northeastern, respectively, in Nashville, Tenn., in PK80 off-site matchups.