MOTM: Duke vs. Utah (Dec 19, 2015)

[JBDuke]

Who was Duke's Man of the Match in their 75-77 OT loss to Utah?

[JBDuke]

I'm gonna give my vote to Luke Kennard. No one had a particularly good day on offense until Luke stepped it up late. He was the leading scorer, largely due to the 12 FTs he made being aggressive to the basket and drawing fouls. He was also Duke's leading rebounder, with 8 of the team's total of 38. His defense was inconsistent, and I wish he'd found his shot a little earlier, but he gave Duke hope late.

[weezie]

Agree. Even though I though Matt was going to come on strong. Just never seemed to quite get it all together.

Get well soon Grayson!

[Clay Feet POF]

Hopefully This is Luke's Coming out party. I think we will be playing Small most of the year, and he will be very important.

[devildeac]

Can't make a case for anyone else but Luke today.

[Lar77]

Have to give it to Luke and I hope this is his breakthrough. On the other hand, despite our offensive woes, we were never out of the game. Few teams win shooting 30% (we did it against Gonzaga a few years back at the same setting). With Grayson sick, we really struggled, but we are learning to adapt.