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03/21 18:49 CDT Boozer, No. 1 overall seed Duke get rolling after halftime to
beat TCU 81-58 and reach Sweet 16
Boozer, No. 1 overall seed Duke get rolling after halftime to beat TCU 81-58
and reach Sweet 16
By AARON BEARD
AP Basketball Writer
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) --- Cameron Boozer shook off a quiet first half to finish
with 19 points and No. 1 overall seed Duke shot 61.5% after halftime Saturday
to pull away from TCU for a 81-58 win in a physical second-round game at the
NCAA Tournament.
The freshman voted a unanimous first-team Associated Press All-American earlier
this week had just two points and missed his only shot in the first half. But
he scored three times during the 11-0 second-half burst --- twice on high-low
feeds from fellow big Patrick Ngongba II in his return to the lineup --- as
Duke (34-2) finally shook free of the ninth-seeded Horned Frogs (23-12).
That 11-0 run was the capper on a 26-6 surge that spanned nearly nine minutes,
with TCU missing 15 of 17 shots after Jayden Pierre's layup tied it at 44-all
with 13:56 left.
The Blue Devils opened the tournament with an uncharacteristically shaky
performance that had them flirting with only the third 16-versus-1 upset
against Siena. This time, they trailed only briefly in the second half on the
way to the Sweet 16 for the third straight season under Jon Scheyer, earning a
trip to the nation's capital to face the St. John's-Kansas winner Friday.
Micah Robinson scored 18 points for TCU.
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