The No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks had been in a position to deal with enterprise on Tuesday even with out their finest participant down the stretch.
Hunter Dickinson was ejected late within the second half in opposition to No. 11 Duke after he was assessed a flagrant two foul for showing to kick Maliq Brown.
Dickinson needed to depart the court docket space after the officers confirmed the foul by way of replay.
He completed his evening prematurely with simply 11 factors, six rebounds and three assists. Dickinson was averaging 17.8 points coming into the competition.
Kansas survived a second half surge by Duke and escaped its match on the Terry’s Chocolate Vegas Showdown, 75-72.
The Blue Devils turned the ball over on consecutive possessions inside the last minute of regulation, committing 16 total turnovers Tuesday.
Duke really outshot Kansas, changing 51.1% of its pictures from the sphere in comparison with 49.1% for the Jayhawks.
Nevertheless it was on the free throw line the place Kansas received this battle, hitting 11 of 12 pictures from the charity stripe.
Duke falls to 4-2 on the season and can face Seattle (2-3) within the comfort sport on Nov. 29.
Kansas stays undefeated (6-0) and can face Furman (6-0) on Nov. 30.