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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 73
FOLDING THE CARDS
YT finalists
Duke beats first ranked opponent of season in 1,000th game at Cameron
urged to avoid stances on issues Gautam Hathi The Chronicle Richard Riddell, vice president and University secretary, urged this year’s Young Trustee candidates to avoid running on a platform, but the candidates have taken a variety of approaches to their campaigns. After the Young Trustee finalists were selected, Riddell met with them to give them guidelines on the role of Young Trustee and on how the candidates’ campaigns might relate to their role if elected. One of the guidelines given by Riddell was that candidates should avoid running on a platform of specific campaign promises, and should instead discuss how their experiences would make them the best fit for the role of Young Trustee. Each of the three candidates— seniors Jamal Edwards, Wills Rooney and Max Schreiber—has taken a different approach to following Riddell’s guideline, however. Edwards has released relatively few details publicly about what he wants to do on the Board of Trustees if elected, while Rooney has described general ideas that fit with his vision of the University’s future. Schreiber has been the most specific, outlining defined positions on issues the University faces. “There really is no room for a platform,” said junior Annie Adair, chair of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee. “That was really important for [Riddell] and that’s what I tried to convey to the candidates.” See YT FINALISTS on Page 5
Special to The Chronicle Richard Riddell, vice president and university secretary, told candidates to avoid relying on platforms in this year’s election.
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Jack White | The Chronicle Marshall Plumlee had 10 points and eight rebounds in an emotional win for the Blue Devils, who will face three more ranked opponents in a row.
Jack Dolgin The Chronicle How does a team celebrate the 1,000th game in one of college basketball’s most iconic venues? With a riveting, all-around effort to pick up its first win against a ranked opponent this season. Duke defeated No. 13 Louisville 7265 Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, powered by a combined 37 points from Grayson Allen and Brandon Ingram. After Allen scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half, Ingram helped close out the game from the free-throw line, handling the ball beyond the 3-point line and slashing to the basket to draw contact. “It was kind of spread it, isolate and let him be instinctively there,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Instead of waiting for him to get the ball, we gave him the ball…. And he really did a good job.” The Blue Devils (18-6, 7-4 in the ACC) led by 15 early in the second half, but the Cardinals (19-5, 8-3) erupted to
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make 12 of their first 16 shots coming out of the locker room, quickly narrowing the gap to just one a few minutes later behind a 13-0 run. Louisville took a 58-57 lead on an oldfashioned 3-point play by point guard Quentin Snider, but Duke snatched it back on a lay-up by Matt Jones, who wedged around his defender to the left and finished off the glass. As the game approached its dramatic conclusion, a young Blue Devil team that has struggled in late-game situations this year did not look back. Instead they penetrated, with Ingram serving as the de facto floor general, resulting in eight straight free throws. After a defensive stop leading by six with less than a minute to go, Duke passed the ball around the perimeter as Louisville elected not to foul. With about 10 seconds left on the shot clock, the ball swung to freshman point guard Derryck Thornton on the right wing. As the Blue Devils had done so effectively throughout the closing minutes, he drove to the elbow—but momentarily lost the ball. Thornton looked down, found the
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ball beneath his legs and gave a pumpfake to send Louisville swingman Damion Lee flying past him. With the shot clock winding down, he then navigated around an incoming Anas Mahmoud and flipped up a shot that banked in off the glass as the buzzer sounded. “I live for stuff like that,” Thornton said. “I was very confident when I took the shot and it went in.… I love positions like that.” Trey Lewis responded by downing a 3-pointer, and Louisville got the ball back down five with 22 seconds left. But Lee missed his fifth 3-pointer of the game, and Duke sealed the game with two free throws. “This one was a great win for these kids, not a good one, a great win,” Krzyzewski said. “Somehow, our group just showed incredible toughness while they were tired [in the second half].” The game lived up to its billing as a clash between Duke’s explosive offense and Louisville’s stingy defense. The Blue Devils’ 72 points was about the midpoint See M. BASKETBALL on Page 8
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