Duke Basketball, fresh off a 34-point victory against Maine, welcomes the Army Black Knights to Cameron Indoor.
Dukes basketball finishes their season-opening two-game homestand by hosting the Army Black Knights on Nov. 8th at 6 p.m. This is the 16th meeting between the programs, with Duke winning the last meeting in November 2021 by a 82-56 margin.
General Information
Teams: Duke (1-0) and Army (1-0)
Tip time: 6 p.m. EST
Watch: ACC Network
Listen: Blue Devil Sports Network
What to know about Army
The Black Knights are coming off 67-59 victory against University of Albany in its season opener. Josh Scovens led Army in scoring with 22 points on 6-of-13 shooting. This is their sixth opening season victory in the last ten seasons.
The sophomore forward out of Greensboro, N.C. was the leading scorer for the Black Knights last season, averaging 12 PPG, while adding 5.4 rebounds per game.
Jalen Rucker, a senior guard who did not play last season, added 12 points and six rebounds. Rucker, who missed last season due to fulfilling education and serving as a commissioned officer in the Army, had a career-high 16.6 PPG in the 2022-23 season that led the team.
Welcome back Jalen Rucker 👏 😤
His first points back in the black and gold. pic.twitter.com/phvYEI4MZb
— Army Men’s Basketball (@ArmyWP_MBB) November 5, 2024
The Black Knights are led by Kevin Kuwik. In his second year with the program, he has a 11-22 record in his first D1 coaching job. Army is 0-8 against the Blue Devils after their defeat in 2021.
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Stop me if you have heard this before, but Cooper Flagg was the top high school recruit coming into this season.
COOOOOOP 👀👀 (ACCN) pic.twitter.com/K9gkbl04Xu
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) November 5, 2024
The freshman forward out of Newport, M.E. was dropped 18 points and 7 rebounds in his official college debut in Duke’s 96-62 victory over the Black Bears of Maine. Flagg, however, did not make his first field goal until 6:25 left in the first half. Instead, he contributed in other ways, having several assists and an offensive rebound that led to his first basket.
“I’m proud of him for just impacting the game and playing every possession,” said third-year coach Jon Scheyer after the game. “He was giving it everything he had. I think that’s great that he can admit and say that he was emotional.”
The other top freshman on the court for the Blue Devils, Kon Knueppel led all scorers with 22 points on 8-for-13 shooting from the field. The guard out of Milwaukee, W.I. made his impact with scoring 13 points before Flagg got his first made basket from the field.
“The scoring was great, but I thought [Knueppel’s] defense was really good,” Scheyer said.
Caleb Foster and Tyrese Proctor, both returning from last year’s Elite Eight squad, added 11 and 10 points respectively. This added another dynamic offensively for Scheyer as they tune up for a top-25 matchup against Kentucky next week.