Western Carolina 54, at Duke 95

DURHAM, N.C. (Interstat) — In a dominant display of efficiency and firepower, the Duke Blue Devils overwhelmed the Western Carolina Catamounts 95-54 in a non-conference men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 9,314 at a raucous Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils, improving to 2-0, never trailed and used a 20-2 first-half run to build an insurmountable lead, taking a 45-21 advantage into halftime. Duke’s offense operated with surgical precision, scoring 95 points on 77 possessions for an offensive rating of 123.9. By contrast, Western Carolina managed an offensive rating of just 69.9 on the same number of… Read more...