Another home game for Duke and another down to the wire game for this Duke team in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke lead by as much as 19 points (at the 14:46 mark) in the 2nd half but Wake Forest continued to chip away at the lead. The game came down to the final seconds as Mark Williams grabbed the rebound and dunked with under a second to go. See video below.
This was a win over a 20 win team and should hopefully build Duke's resume for the NCAA Tourney.
Fans may have noticed that Coach K wasn't at the team's bench to start the 2nd half. Jon Scheyer filled in for K coaching the team in the 2nd half. In the opening statement of the post game press conference Jon Scheyer stated the following...
" Obviously, I’m proud of our team to get that win. It was really unusual circumstances. First and foremost, we were concerned about Coach [Mike Krzyzewski] and his health. Coach is doing better. He got some rest, and he needs some rest, but I’m not going to comment anymore on that. I’m not sure what else, but he is doing better. He’s in a much better place, I think especially the fact that we got that win."
Jon Scheyer also stated the following in the post game press conference after learning that he would coach the 2nd half in place of Coach K....
" Our team, we’ve had some pretty unique situations this year already with guys being out and what happened earlier at Wake Forest. We went back at half time and clearly Coach wasn’t himself. He wasn’t right. We just told the team he needs to focus on taking care of him and we need to step up and come out in the second half and do what we need to do. It really became all about our game plan and what we had to do. Our guys were focused, that doesn’t mean there weren’t things that we could’ve done better, but they were locked in and just focused on getting that win for Coach and for our team. It was an important game for us. ”
" Obviously, I’m proud of our team to get that win. It was really unusual circumstances. First and foremost, we were concerned about Coach [Mike Krzyzewski] and his health. Coach is doing better. He got some rest, and he needs some rest, but I’m not going to comment anymore on that. I’m not sure what else, but he is doing better. He’s in a much better place, I think especially the fact that we got that win."
Jon Scheyer also stated the following in the post game press conference after learning that he would coach the 2nd half in place of Coach K....
" Our team, we’ve had some pretty unique situations this year already with guys being out and what happened earlier at Wake Forest. We went back at half time and clearly Coach wasn’t himself. He wasn’t right. We just told the team he needs to focus on taking care of him and we need to step up and come out in the second half and do what we need to do. It really became all about our game plan and what we had to do. Our guys were focused, that doesn’t mean there weren’t things that we could’ve done better, but they were locked in and just focused on getting that win for Coach and for our team. It was an important game for us. ”
Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes stated the following in the post game press conference..
" I want to congratulate Duke on one heck of a win. They have a really good team. They battled hard and I thought Mark Williams was a monster tonight. He was hard to deal to deal with and scored and he rebounded. They found a way to win. That’s the mark of a really good basketball team. I hope Coach K is feeling better. "
" I want to congratulate Duke on one heck of a win. They have a really good team. They battled hard and I thought Mark Williams was a monster tonight. He was hard to deal to deal with and scored and he rebounded. They found a way to win. That’s the mark of a really good basketball team. I hope Coach K is feeling better. "
Duke is now 22-4 with a 12-3 record in the ACC. Up next for Duke is a home game against FSU this Saturday 2/19/22 at 6:00 PM on ESPN. Coach K only has 2 home games left at Cameron Indoor Stadium. (FSU on 2/19/22 and UNC on 3/5/22. The last ride for Coach K has 5 regular season games left. Here's to hoping the team can build on this close win and finish the regular season strong as they get ready for the ACC and NCAA Tournaments.
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