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01-14-2018, 05:43 AM
DURHAM, N.C. -- A virus kept Mike Krzyzewski from coaching No. 7 Duke. Guard Gary Trent Jr. spent most of a timeout with his head over a bucket.
Even without Coach K, the Blue Devils came away from another Wake Forest game feeling pretty good.
Marvin Bagley III had 30 points and 11 rebounds, and Duke beat the Demon Deacons 89-71 on Saturday in a game the Hall of Fame coach missed.
With longtime assistant Jeff Capel in charge, the short-handed Blue Devils (15-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their second straight and moved their conference record over .500 for the first time this season.
"Great win for our guys in the midst of this adversity," Capel said.
But the story of this one was the virus that kept Krzyzewski out. School officials announced Krzyzewski's absence about 40 minutes before tipoff.
Capel said Krzyzewski woke up Saturday feeling ill and decided "he didn't want to get our guys sick, didn't want to put anyone else in jeopardy, but he's better."
Trent, who spent some quality time with that bucket on the bench, was a game-time decision by the coaches and said he was dealing with light-headedness and nausea.
"Just got to fight through it," he said.
The Blue Devils were still plenty healthy enough to win their seventh straight in the cross-state series.
Trent added 19 points and six 3-pointers, Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and 11 rebounds, Grayson Allen had a career-best 12 rebounds and reserve Alex O'Connell scored 13 points.
Bryant Crawford scored 21 points and Keyshawn Woods had 15 to lead Wake Forest (8-9, 1-4), which hasn't won at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 21 years.
BIG PICTURE
Wake Forest: Things aren't getting any easier for the Demon Deacons, who have lost five of six. Five of their next seven opponents appear in the national rankings, and it was asking a lot to expect the Demon Deacons to claim their first victory at Cameron since the Tim Duncan era in 1997. Crawford kept them in it early, scoring 14 points in the first half, but serious foul trouble by the bigs and the lack of an answer for Bagley -- not exactly an uncommon problem around the ACC -- ultimately did them in.
"Obviously, Duke came out and played the game that they would like to play to a certain extent, just judging by the score," coach Danny Manning said. "There were a lot of things we need to get better at."
Duke: Playing without Coach K isn't exactly a new phenomenon for the Blue Devils -- this is the third straight season in which the 70-year-old has missed at least one game due to health reasons. Now Duke faces a quick turnaround with a game Monday night at No. 18 Miami. Duke hasn't won there since 2014.
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Even without Coach K, the Blue Devils came away from another Wake Forest game feeling pretty good.
Marvin Bagley III had 30 points and 11 rebounds, and Duke beat the Demon Deacons 89-71 on Saturday in a game the Hall of Fame coach missed.
With longtime assistant Jeff Capel in charge, the short-handed Blue Devils (15-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their second straight and moved their conference record over .500 for the first time this season.
"Great win for our guys in the midst of this adversity," Capel said.
But the story of this one was the virus that kept Krzyzewski out. School officials announced Krzyzewski's absence about 40 minutes before tipoff.
Capel said Krzyzewski woke up Saturday feeling ill and decided "he didn't want to get our guys sick, didn't want to put anyone else in jeopardy, but he's better."
Trent, who spent some quality time with that bucket on the bench, was a game-time decision by the coaches and said he was dealing with light-headedness and nausea.
"Just got to fight through it," he said.
The Blue Devils were still plenty healthy enough to win their seventh straight in the cross-state series.
Trent added 19 points and six 3-pointers, Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and 11 rebounds, Grayson Allen had a career-best 12 rebounds and reserve Alex O'Connell scored 13 points.
Bryant Crawford scored 21 points and Keyshawn Woods had 15 to lead Wake Forest (8-9, 1-4), which hasn't won at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 21 years.
BIG PICTURE
Wake Forest: Things aren't getting any easier for the Demon Deacons, who have lost five of six. Five of their next seven opponents appear in the national rankings, and it was asking a lot to expect the Demon Deacons to claim their first victory at Cameron since the Tim Duncan era in 1997. Crawford kept them in it early, scoring 14 points in the first half, but serious foul trouble by the bigs and the lack of an answer for Bagley -- not exactly an uncommon problem around the ACC -- ultimately did them in.
"Obviously, Duke came out and played the game that they would like to play to a certain extent, just judging by the score," coach Danny Manning said. "There were a lot of things we need to get better at."
Duke: Playing without Coach K isn't exactly a new phenomenon for the Blue Devils -- this is the third straight season in which the 70-year-old has missed at least one game due to health reasons. Now Duke faces a quick turnaround with a game Monday night at No. 18 Miami. Duke hasn't won there since 2014.
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