St. John's Red Storm at Duke Blue Devils

Williamson's 29 leads No. 2 Duke to 91-61 rout of St. John's

In other words, just a typical game for Duke's must-see freshman phenom.

Williamson scored 29 points in the second-ranked Blue Devils' 91-61 rout of St. John's on Saturday while creating the latest set of highlights for the most visible player on arguably the nation's most visible team.

"Nobody has brought in the exposure that he brought in," Krzyzewski said, pointing to Williamson's 2.3 million followers on Instagram. "When does that happen? It may never happen, and it's happening for him. And we are such high profile. Everything is looked at closely, and his excellent play is looked at by everybody.

"And the thing about that kid is, he doesn't want all that attention, and he handles it so well," he added. "We have a good group, so I'm not sure many groups would handle it the same way."

Tre Jones flirted with a triple-double with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists while playing lockdown defense on Shamorie Ponds. And RJ Barrett added 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils (19-2), who shot 56 percent while winning their fifth straight.

LJ Figueroa had 14 points and Marvin Clark II added 12 for the Red Storm (16-6), who fell behind by 20 points before they hit a shot in the second half while losing their third in four games.

Ponds, the hero of last year's upset win over Duke and a 20.9-point scorer, had all 11 of his in the second half.

"I knew that he was a key to their team," Jones said. "So for myself, I knew that I had to come out stronger than him and set the tone early for our entire team."

Ponds faced relentless pressure all day from Jones, and a couple of his five turnovers led directly to breakaway dunks by Williamson.

"We had live-ball turnovers that, to me, just turned the game, turned the whole atmosphere of the game," coach Chris Mullin said.

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Duke backup Jordan Goldwire hit a 3-pointer in the final minute of garbage time, but it was anything but meaningless to him. He had been 0 for 15 for the season from long range, and no player in Division I missed more 3s without making one.

UP NEXT

Duke: Plays host to Boston College on Tuesday night.

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