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Three Duke Basketball Champs Attend Blue Devil Win Declaration
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Three Duke Basketball Champs Attend Blue Devil Win Declaration

Phoenix Suns teammates Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones and Mason Plumlee were on hand to watch Jon Scheyer’s third-ranked Duke basketball team, ranked No. 12 in the AP Top 25 Poll, triumph over No. 17 Arizona, 70-55, in the McKale of the Wildcats. Memorial Center on Friday evening.

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The trio of former Duke basketball freshman national champions – Plumlee in 2010, Allen and Jones in 2015 – witnessed encouraging performances from three Blue Devil rookies in guard/forward Cooper Flagg, guard/forward Kon Knueppel and center Khaman Maluach.

Flagg finished with a game-high 24 points on 10-of-22 shooting from the field, and added six rebounds, three assists, one steal and two blocks during his team-high 38 minutes on the floor. Knueppel surged to 13 points and knocked down three of his six three-point attempts, with all of those splashes coming in the second half. And Maluach was a formidable presence on the low end, with eight points, three boards and one block in just 17 minutes of action.

Next up for Duke (4-1, 0-0 ACC) is a blue-blooded showdown against No. 1 Kansas (5-0, 0-0 Big 12) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones and Mason Plumlee will no longer be there. No, the Phoenix Suns will host the Los Angeles Lakers of Duke basketball legend JJ Redick that evening.

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