In Spite Of Duke Committing 17 Turnovers Duke Advanced To Sweet 16 With 81-58 Win Over TCU Saturday Because Maliq Brown, Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans, Dame Sarr Scored In Double Figures
In the month of March College Basketball is about surviving, advancing! In the Quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Duke who was the top seed in the ACC Tournament won by a point 80-79 over Florida State who was an 8 seed to advance to Championship Saturday in Charlotte on Thursday March 12, 2026.
To play who?
Virginia on Saturday March 14, 2026!
Following the Duke, Florida State game that promoted Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer who was 7-16 on field goals 2-5 on 3 pointers , 7-9 on free throws to go along with 10 rebounds, 4 assists , 23 points shared his thoughts by saying “It shows we can win ugly,”Obviously we don’t want to win ugly, but we can if we have to. They can junk it up and make it look ugly, but we can win ugly.”
According to Chip Alexander ‘s News & Observer Article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314976486.html#storylink=cpy
On Saturday March 21, 2026 Duke had to win the same way! Ugly! This time, as the top overall seed in second round of NCAA Tournament in East Region in order to advance to Sweet 16 in Washington DC when they were facing 9 seed TCU because as a team Duke committed 17 turnovers. Maliq Brown who is a forward who is a senior who is a transfer from Syracuse committed 2 turnovers. Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward committed 5 turnovers Dame Sarr who is a freshman who is a guard committed 1 turnover. Isaiah Evans who is a sophomore who is a guard committed 1 turnover. Cayden Boozer who is twin brother of Cameron Boozer who is a guard committed 2 turnovers. Patrick Ngongba II who is a sophomore who is a center who was returning from foot injury committed 4 turnovers Nikolas Khamenia who is a freshman who is a guard committed 1 turnover.
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In spite of Duke committing 17 turnovers Duke advanced to sweet 16 with 81-58 win over TCU because Maliq Brown, Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans, Dame Sarr scored in double figures.
Maliq Brown was 4-5 on field goals , 4-5 on free throws to go along 9 rebounds, 1 assists , 12 points. Cameron Boozer was 7-10 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers 5-5 on free throws to go along with 11 rebounds 4 assists, 19 points. Dame Sarr was 4-8 on field goals , 4-7 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 14 points. Isaiah Evans was 6-14 on field goals , 2-8 on 3 pointers , 3-4 on free throws to go along 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 17 points.
As a team Duke shot 27-49 on field goals for 55 % were 7-21 on 3 pointers for 33 % were 20-23 from free throw line.
According to ESPN App
Following Duke committing 17 turnovers advancing to sweet 16 with 81-58 win over TCU Saturday because Maliq Brown, Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans, Dame Sarr scoring in double figures Cameron Boozer who is a freshman who is a forward who is twin brother of Duke freshman guard Cayden Boozer who was was 7-10 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers, 5-5 on free throws to go along with 11 rebounds, 4 assists 19 points shared his thoughts by saying “It’s a great feeling,”of advancing. “We came in with 68 teams, now there’s just 16 left. This is what we worked for so hard all year long and we want to keep it going and keep playing Duke basketball.”We needed that refocus,”We came out a little soft, we gave them confidence, and we just said now’s the time, let’s get a run going.”
It was the defense, man,That’s what we’ve hung our hat on all year long. That’s what we talked about at halftime, putting the focus on defense and getting stops. We controlled the glass and protected the rim.”
Following Duke committing 17 turnovers advancing to sweet 16 with 81-58 win over TCU Saturday because Maliq Brown, Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans, Dame Sarr scoring in double figures Isaiah Evans shared his thoughts by saying It’s kind of like a chess match, trying to figure out a team and what works and doesn’t work,”
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article315063922.html
Duke who is the top overall seed in this years NCAA Tournament now awaits to see who they play in the Sweet 16 as they are going to playing the winner of 5 seed St. Johns, 4 seed Kansas who face each other Sunday evening in San Diego California at 5:15 pm Eastern Time 2:15pm Pacific Daylight Time.