Proctor, Flagg help No. 11 Duke regroup from Kansas loss by beating Seattle

DURHAM, N.C. — Tyrese Proctor scored 13 points and No. 11 Duke held Seattle to 21.3 per cent shooting in Friday night's 70-48 win.

Freshman Cooper Flagg added nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Blue Devils (5-2), who led by a dozen at halftime then held the Redhawks scoreless for the first eight minutes after the break blow it open.

Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe had nine points and 12 rebounds to for the Redhawks (2-5), who made 10-of-47 shots.

Takeaways

Seattle: This was the Redhawks' first meeting with Duke and they were chasing their first win against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe since beating Virginia in December 2010.

Duke: The Blue Devils were coming off Tuesday's loss to No. 1 Kansas in the Vegas Showdown and had a slow offensive start before turning this into a cruising romp.

Key moment

Duke scored the first 13 points after halftime, starting with a pair or transition scores from Caleb Foster and including Flagg finding a trailing Proctor for a catch-and-fire three-pointer in transition. Freshman Isaiah Evans' driving dunk at the 12:33 mark capped the run and made it 50-25.

Key stat

Seattle missed 23-of-25 shots from midway through the first half until midway through the second. The Redhawks didn't score in the second half until Brayden Maldonado's two free throws at the 11:58 mark. They also missed their first 13 second-half shots before Viktor Rajkovic's three-pointer with 9:18 left, though by that point Duke led by 29.

Up next

Seattle hosts Portland State on Wednesday. Duke also plays that night with another marquee test by hosting No. 4 Auburn — which could have a claim to No. 1 in Monday's next AP Top 25 poll after winning the Maui Invitational — in the ACC/SEC Challenge.