DURHAM, N.C. – Indiana State men's basketball traveled to No. 4/4 Duke and fell 100-62, moving to 2-2 on the season while Duke improved to 4-0.
 
Indiana State opened up the game taking an 8-2 lead from back-to-back threes by Sterling Young and Camp Wagner. That lead quickly become 14-4 with 16:39 on the clock after those two went back-to-back again.
 
Duke then went on an 18-3 run to lead 22-17 at the under-12 media timeout with 11:45 on the clock. The Blue Devils shot a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and knocked down all six free throw attempts, while the Sycamores made only 1-of-5 from the field.
 
Indiana State over the next 4:44 battled as Duke led 30-24 with 7:25 on the clock, but another offensive outburst by Duke, a 17-4 run over 4:35, had the Blue Devils ahead 47-26 with 3:15 remaining; Duke shot 7-for-8 in the stretch. Xavier Hall scored at the rim and made a pair of free throws and Scott recorded a layup of his own to close out the half.
 
Indiana State went into the locker room down 51-32 at the break. Duke made 20-of-32 in the first 20 minutes (62.5%), including 16-of-20 from inside the arc, compared to the Trees shooting 38.7% from the field. The Sycamores shot 35.3% from deep as Duke made 33.3%.
 
The Blue Devils opened the half with the first five points, but Young made a layup and one free throw for the first Sycamore points. Through the first media timeout at 15:49, Duke led 64-41. The Blue Devil defense continued to press, forcing five-straight misses to score nine unanswered points, holding a 73-41 lead at the 13:28 mark.
 
The scoring run was stopped by a pair of Scott free throws and a Young triple at the 11:04 mark, but Indiana State didn't put one through the hoop until Derek Vorst made a layup at 7:57 as Duke led 84-49. Enel St. Bernard slammed one home at 6:36.
 
After free throws were exchanged, Indiana State closed out the final four-and-a-half minutes shooting 4-for-7 from the field before Duke took the 100-62 victory.
 
Indiana State was led by Sterling Young with 14 points on 5-for-11 shooting from the floor, including finishing 3-for-6 from three. Ian Scott followed with 13 points on a near perfect shooting night with 5-for-6 effort from the floor and 2-for-2 from the line. Scott also swiped four passes. Camp Wagner scored 11 points and led the team in rebounds with five rebounds. Xavier Hall led the game in assists with six.
 
Cameron Boozer led Duke with 35 points on 13-for-16 shooing with 12 rebounds, five assists, three steals, and three blocks.
 
Indiana State shot 36.1% from the floor (22-for-61), 30.0% from three (9-for-30), and 60.0% from the line (9-for-15). Duke finished 53.5% from the field (38-for-71), 35.7% from deep (10-for-28), and 66.7% from the line (14-for-21).
 
News & Notes

• The Sycamores have scored the most points in the league (306).
• Ian Scott is shooting .733 so far on the season (22-for-30), leading all those in the MVC that have played three-or-more games. He is second in the league in total rebounds with 33.
• Xavier Hall has 28 assists on the year, which leads the MVC.
• Camp Wagner made three triples in the game, needing one more to hit 100 three-pointers in his career. 

 
Quotes from Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer (Courtesy Duke Athletics)
"I want to give my best wishes to Coach [Matthew] Graves. I know he's not going through a great time, and I'm wishing him a speedy recovery. It's an honor for us to play against Indiana State. We knew going in they'd really test our defense - they play with great spacing, with great pace. They do a good job screening and trying to attack whatever defense you're playing, and we got punched in the face.

Up Next
Indiana State returns to Terre Haute for a two-game home stretch. On Wednesday, November 19 to host Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m. ET before hosting in-state rival Ball State for a rare Saturday night game inside Hulman Center on November 22 at 7 p.m. ET.

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