The U celebrate first Final Four appearance after beating Duke
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Miami #12 Tavon Cash says his farewells to Duke #3 Grayson Allen after sending the Blue Devils packing
Starting Lineups:
Duke | Miami
Frank Jackson -PG- Tavon Cash
Grayson Allen -SG- Davon Reed
Jayson Tatum -SF- Rashad Muhammad
Harry Giles -PF- Dewan Huell
Marques Bolden -C- Kamari Murphy
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The Blue Devils kept chucking up bad shots to try to keep up with Miami's offense in the second half. If Jayson Tatum got the ball at the three point line, he would shoot it right away even if there was a defender right in his face. Grayson Allen had to put down his role as Ted Cruz for twenty minutes to become the white version of Kobe on an off shooting night. The Senator of Texas finished the game with 21 points, but it was all for naught. Other than one of the candidates of the 2016 US Election, nobody else on Duke played well offesively aside from Luke Kennard off the bench with 17 points and a 10 points-11 assists night from Frank Jackson. Much of the lack of firepower on offense was due to the Hurricanes success in getting the majority of the Blue Devils into foul trouble. Starting forward Harry Giles played a measly 12 minutes tonight because he kept getting into foul trouble as soon as he stepped on the court.
After winning in their first ever Elite Eight appearance, the Miami Hurricanes will go to their first Final Four to play either Arizona State or Rhode Island.
Duke | 35 | 32 || 67
Miami | 39 | 41 || 80
Duke Blue Devils
Grayson Allen: 21 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 9/23 FG, 2/2 3PT, 1/2 FT
Luke Kennard: 17 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 6/11 FG, 1/2 3PT, 4/4 FT
Frank Jackson: 10 pts, 2 reb, 11 ast, 4 stl, 5/13 FG, 0/4 3PT, 0/1 FT
Jayson Tatum: 9 pts, 2 stl, 4/12 FG, 1/4 3PT
Amile Jefferson: 8 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast, 2 blk, 3/7 FG, 2/3 FT
Miami Hurricanes
Dewan Huell: 25 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk, 8/27 FG, 9/11 FT
Tavon Cash: 18 pts, 5 reb, 11 ast, 7/15 FG, 3/4 3PT, 1/3 FT
Kamari Murphy: 12 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk, 5/12 FG, 2/5 FT
Rodney Miller: 10 pts, 3 reb, 4/5 FG, 2/4 FT
Davon Reed: 8 pts, 16 reb, 2 stl, 3/8 FG, 2/2 FT
Hibbert Player of the Game: Harry Giles: 12 min, 0 pts, 3 fouls
Next Game: Final Four
