College Basketball
Duke finishes game on 23-10 run to beat UNC 82-69
Duke defeated UNC 82-69 on Saturday night at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >> ANOTHER BATTLE, THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS ARE TO WIN OVER THIS YEAR'S BATTLE OF THE BLUES COMING AWAY WITH THEIR SECOND VICTORY OVER UNC WINNING 82 TO 69. WE'RE BRINGING YOU TEAM COVERAGE FROM PHAM REACTION TO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ACTION ON THE COURT. LET'S START WITH THAT MAN RIGHT THERE. WRAL'S CHRIS LEE AT THE DEAN SMITH CENTER. CHRIS, WHAT A GAME. JULIE, IT AND THIS THING WENT BACK AND FORTH. IT WAS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE OR SOME BIG SWINGS TAKEN IN BOTH PASSED. BUT ULTIMATELY DUKE TOOK THE BIGGEST SWING WHEN IT MATTERED THE MOST. AND THE 2ND HALF. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'VE COMPLETED THE SEASON SWEEP. AND THAT'S ALSO WHY THEIR ACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS FINISHING THIS SEASON AT 19 1 IN ACC PLAY. >> DUKE WAS UP BY AS MUCH AS 15 POINTS IN THE 1ST HALF. THEN THE DROUGHT CAME RJ DAVIS LOOKING UNCONSCIOUS, LEADING A FIRST HAVE CHARGED LASTED INTO THE 2ND HALF ON HIS SENIOR NIGHT. HE SCORED 15 OF HIS 20 POINTS IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES. BUT IN THE 2ND HALF, HE STARTED CRAMPING CAME BACK. COOPER FLAGG SET WITH 3,000, THE 1ST HALF SCORED 10 OF HIS 15 IN THE 2ND HALF. >> DUKE ENDED UP FINISHING THE GAME ON A 23 TO 11 WERE RUN, WHICH ENDED UP STEALING THE GAME. THE BLUE DEVILS SAID THEY JUST NEEDED TO FIND A RHYTHM. >> YEAH. I THINK IT'S GETTING GETTING A RHYTHM GETTING INTO THE GAME. I MEAN, I THINK I'M IN MY BEST TO PLAY WITH ENERGY WITH A HIGH MOTOR AND JUST HAVING IT PLAYS THE HIGH FOR MY WE HAVE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING A PLACE ON THE ENERGY IS CONTAGIOUS. AND I WAS TRYING TO BRING THEM. SOME DEFENSES ARE GOING UP IN THE 1ST HALF. PART OF THAT'S COOPER'S OUT OUT THERE. SO WE JUST WANT TO WEATHER THE STORM IN THE 2ND HALF THAT TOUCHED OFF OF IT RIGHT AWAY. BUT WE JUST KEPT FIGHTING AND THE HOOP COMPARED TO SOME WAY HOME. >> FOR THE BLUE DEVILS, THEY HAD SOME BIG-TIME MOMENTS PEOPLE ON THE BENCH YET MALIK BROWN, WHO RETURN FROM INJURY, HITTING 3 POINTERS, HIT 2 OF THEM IN THIS GAME'S ONLY HIT TOO. THIS ENTIRE SEASON. SO THOSE CAME UP CLUTCH AND ALSO KILL FOSTER, WHO'S BEEN KIND OF IN A DOGHOUSE AS OF LATE COMES IN IN THE 2ND HALF, GIVES A BIG BUCKET. IT ALSO HELPS KEEP DUKE INTO THIS GAME AND GIVING THEM THAT BIG TIME. RUN BACK FOR ON THE CAROLINA SIDE ISN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO HELP RJ DAVIS WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMING UP IN SPORTS. JULIA, WHAT A GAME. AND NOW DUKE HAS ACC TOURNAMENT ON TOP. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. THANKS, CHRIS. STILL THIS. LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT FRANKLIN STREET RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN TELL THAT WAS AN ATAR HE'LL WIN TONIGHT BECAUSE NORMALLY FRANKLIN STREET WOULD BE PACKED. >> WITH TAR HEELS IF THEY WON, LET'S GO TO WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER. HE JOINS US LIVE THERE NOW. AND, SEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED FANS TONIGHT. >> YEAH, THAT'S FOR SURE DOING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUTSIDE OF TOP OF THE HILL BUT REALLY COULDN'T FEEL LOWER FOR A LOT OF THESE FANS. YOU CAN SEE THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW LARGELY LICKING THEIR WOUNDS, TRYING TO HEAD BACK AFTER A SECOND LOSS TO DUKE IN THE SAME SEASON. SO FRANKLIN STREET SOON WILL BE ALONE. TONIGHT. >> I STILL WANT NOT TO GET EXCITED ON A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY ON FRANKLIN STREET, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DUKE, UNC, ALL THE GAMES ARE THE BIGGEST ONES. THEY'RE DEFINITELY THE MOST FUN. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS LINE ABOUT THE CRAZINESS. BRANDON MULLINS ENTERED THE TAR HEELS STAND WITH HIS CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND JIMMY, A UNC GRAD ITS TOP. >> I LOVE THE GUY, BUT HE HAS. HE'S MAKING A VERY WRONG DECISION. EVERYTIME HE CHEERS FOR THAT. >> IT MAY BE THE WRONG DECISION, BUT FOR THE BETTER TEAM THIS SEASON. BUT EVEN WITH 2 HEAVILY FAVORED, BRENDAN KNOWS WHEN THE BLUE DEVILS COME DOWN FROM DURHAM, THIS GAME IS DIFFERENT. I MEAN, YOU AS HE'S GOING TO BRING THEIR BEST GAME TONIGHT CAN TELL. HE'S NEVER KNOW. BUT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE PULL IT OUT AND GET THAT WIN. >> AND DOUBLES TO WITH CAROLINA BRINGING THE HEAT. BUT THIS BATTLE OF THE BLUES ENDED WITH DUKE ON TOP. ABSOLUTELY. IT MAKES IT AND I MEAN, NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE, DO DISAPPOINTING. BUT UNC PUT UP A HUGE FIGHT. WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM. AS THIS HOUR GOES, THAT'S THE CYCLE. I MEAN, WE'RE GIVEN NEXT YEAR. MAYBE. >> IF YOU'RE FANS SAY THAT THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR. I MEAN, THEY JUST HAD A WOMAN WALKED BY AND SAID SHE'S SAD EVEN OF HOUR OR SO AFTER THE GAME. BUT JOE, AND IT'S REALLY ALL THESE FANS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO NOW AFTER LOSING TO DO FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR. YEAH. AND NOW THEY HAVE THE ACC TOURNAMENT TO WORRY ABOUT, THOUGH, RIGHT? HERE WE GO.