Isaiah Evans had eight of his 17 factors in a late first-half surge, Cameron Boozer saved 17 of his game-high 21 factors for the second half and No. 6 Duke pulled away from Cal for an 71-56 Atlantic Coast Convention victory Wednesday night time in Berkeley, Calif.
Boozer additionally snatched a game-high 13 rebounds to finish his eighth double-double for Duke (16-1, 5-0), which was making its first-ever go to to Berkeley.
Lee Dort had 14 factors and a team-high 9 rebounds for Cal (13-5, 1-4), which misplaced its third straight.
Enjoying earlier than its largest dwelling crowd of the season, Cal led by six on 4 events within the first half, the ultimate time at 30-24 after a John Camden 3-pointer on the 3:35 mark.
However Evans dominated the remainder of the half, drilling a pair of 3-pointers to sandwich a spinning dunk in a 13-0 flurry that opened a 37-30 halftime benefit.
The Golden Bears drew even one remaining time at 41-all on two free throws by Justin Pippen with 15:03 remaining, however led by Boozer, the Blue Devils overpowered the hosts the remainder of the best way.
Cal was hanging round at 48-45 on the 11:47 mark, however Boozer contributed 4 layups, two dunks and a free throw to a 20-6 push that opened a 17-point lead.
Boozer completed 9 of 16 for the Blue Devils, who outshot Cal 45.2% to 36.5% and outrebounded the hosts 44-30.
With Evans going 4 of 13 from deep, Duke made solely seven of its 32 3-point makes an attempt. However that was two greater than the Golden Bears managed in 23 makes an attempt.
Evans discovered time for 3 blocks, whereas Patrick Ngongba aided the Duke trigger with eight factors and 6 rebounds.
Camden had 11 factors and Pippen 10 factors and 5 steals for Cal, which fought foul hassle by many of the second half. Camden fouled out of the sport.
Cal’s Pippen and Dai Dai Ames matched Duke’s Boozer, Caleb Foster and Maliq Brown for game-high help honors with three every.
–Area Stage Media
