Model Predictions
| Model | Western Carolina Catamounts | Duke Blue Devils | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 7.0% | 93.0% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 5.5% | 94.5% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 0.1% | 99.9% | +35.9 | ✓ (5.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 28.0% | 72.0% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 28.6% | 71.4% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Duke Blue Devils +41 (95-54). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Western Carolina Catamounts
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cord Stansberry * | 29 | 3-14 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | +5.2 |
| Marcus Kell * | 26 | 5-12 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | +4.9 |
| Julien Soumaoro * | 25 | 5-12 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +1.1 |
| Abdulai Fanta Kabba * | 19 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | +0.5 |
| CJ Hyland * | 17 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +0.5 |
| Samuel Dada | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +5.4 |
| Tahlan Pettway | 16 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | +4.9 |
| Justin Johnson | 13 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +4.2 |
| Fischer Brown | 10 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | +0.9 |
| Tidjiane Dioumassi | 9 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | +1.2 |
| Chase McKey | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +1.2 |
| Tayeshaun Smith | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +0.4 |
| Max Williams | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Drew Hollifield | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | +0.0 |
Duke Blue Devils
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam. Boozer * | 23 | 8-15 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 24 | -5.4 |
| Patrick Ngongba * | 22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -0.7 |
| Isaiah Evans * | 22 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 5-5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1.2 |
| Caleb Foster * | 18 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | -0.6 |
| Dame Sarr * | 18 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.0 |
| Cay. Boozer | 27 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 5-7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | - |
| Darren Harris | 22 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -5.1 |
| Nikolas Khamenia | 20 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5.2 |
| Maliq Brown | 17 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -4.7 |
| Ifeanyi Ufochukwu | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Cameron Sheffield | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Jack Scott | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -0.1 |
* = starter