Scott Rich

I talked about the inflection points that John Shire mentioned in this game.

There were two inflection points that Duke really did a great job on.

Duke's down 30-24 with 335 to go in the first half.

We end the first half up seven points, 37-30.

That three-minute stretch we go from we're down six, we go to up seven.

Isaiah is a big factor in that run.

He has eight points during that stretch.

But Nick Kamenia is on the court for a vast majority of that run.

Nick Kamenia subs into the game when Duke's down four.

He leaves the game at halftime with Duke up seven.

The other big run, the 12-1 run that broke things open with 10 minutes to go in the second half.

Isaiah and Nick were both on the floor during that stretch.

Nick Kamenia, who only played 24 minutes, who didn't start this game, was on the court for the two biggest runs in this game.

One that gave Duke the lead going into half, the other that gave Duke the insurmountable double-digit lead that we ended up carrying to the finish line.

That's extremely encouraging.

I think that's a major plus for Nick Kamenya continuing to get those minutes because he was solid defensively, good, not great.

We know that.

But he was the facilitator.

He was the connector.

Even if he wasn't knocking them in from threes, he was the guy who was getting a lot of those hockey assists, who was touching the paint and then kicking it out.