Elon Phoenix at Duke Blue Devils

Bagley, Allen lead No. 1 Duke past Elon, 97-68

Bagley had 25 points and 10 rebounds in his college debut, and Duke opened another season of high expectations by routing Elon 97-68 on Friday night, moving Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski one victory from yet another career milestone.

Allen added 22 points and made six of the Blue Devils' 12 3-pointers while Gary Trent Jr. added 17 points and four more 3s.

"We've been working in the summer, practicing and going in the weight room, we were doing all this stuff for this night right here," Bagley said. "To come out and show the world what we can do with this great team we have. We just have fun, man, we share the ball well, we come out in attack mode."

"When they have (6-10 forward Wendell) Carter and Bagley both in the game, for us, it's incredibly difficult to guard because we're guarding one guy and they throw it inside to the other," Elon coach Matt Matheny said. "And that leaves the opposite big with a free lane for an offensive rebound."

Coach K had no trouble earning his 999th career victory at Duke. The winningest coach in men's Division I history has 1,072 victories in a 43-season career that also includes five years at Army.

Dmitri Thompson scored 13 points to lead the Phoenix.

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HIGHLIGHT REEL

There were a few to choose from. Duval's alley-oop pass to Bagley midway through the first half sent the Cameron Crazies into delirium. But the topper might have been Bagley's two-handed, down-the-lane jam with the shot clock winding down and about 10 seconds left before halftime. That made it 45-25 and put Duke up by 20 to stay.

UP NEXT

Elon: Plays host to William Peace on Saturday night.

Duke: Plays host to Utah Valley on Saturday night before facing its biggest test of the young season next Tuesday night against No. 2 Michigan State in the Champions Classic in Chicago.

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