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Duke Blue Devils (31-4) memetik kemenangan 68-49 (37-24) atas San Diego State Aztecs (27-9) di babak ronde ketiga wilayah Selatan NCAA Tournament 2015, Senin (23/3) dinihari di Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina. Kemenangan itu membawa Duke ke semifinal wilayah bertemu unggulan 5, Utah Utes.
Jahlil Okafor mencetak 26 angka untuk Duke, 18 poin di babak pertama. Justine Winslow, pemain freshman, mencetak 13 angka 12 rebound untuk Blue Devils. Kemenangan ini menempatkan Duke di babak Sweet 16.
Persentase tembakan Duke 55% di laga ini. Sebelumnya, melawan Robert Morris, persentase mencapai 63%.
Catatan Pertandingan:
*Duke entered the game with the nation's third-best offensive efficiency (1.21 points per possession) and San Diego State entered with the third-best defensive efficiency (0.87). The Blue Devils averaged 1.11 points per possession Sunday, the third most the Aztecs have allowed this season.
Duke's effective field goal percentage (60.0%) was the highest allowed by San Diego State this season. The Aztecs entered the game with the fifth-lowest effective field goal percentage allowed in the nation (42.8%).
Mike Krzyzewski has made the Sweet 16 for the 22nd time, by far the most by any coach in NCAA Tournament history.