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DURHAM, N. Junior Seau Jersey .C. -- With three big men out with injuries, top-ranked Duke is leaning on its guards for a little bit of everything.Grayson Allen had 25 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Frank Jackson added 21 points and the Blue Devils beat Grand Canyon 96-61 on Saturday.We have to rebound -- the whole perimeter has to rebound, said Allen, who finished one rebound shy of his career best. We know the big guys that we do have in the game, theyre going to be battling, boxing out the other bigs, so the perimeter, we need to crash in and rebound and clean up all the loose stuff.Amile Jefferson scored 15 points, Luke Kennard finished with 14 and Matt Jones had 11 points for the short-handed Blue Devils (2-0).Once again playing without three injured freshman post players, they kept things largely in their guards hands and shot 53 percent to win their second game in less than 24 hours.I like my team a lot. We just have to keep getting better, and then once all these injuries are taken care of in some time, we can become a different team, coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Right now, we have to be this team and not think about who we could be. Our complete focus has got to be how to win with this team.Now, with those two tuneup games out of the way, the focus squarely falls on one of the marquee matchups of the early season: a date with No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.Shaq Carr had 18 points to lead pesky Grand Canyon (0-1), which gave Duke more of a test than Marist did in a 94-49 rout a night earlier but came up empty in its second opener against a top-ranked team in three years.BIG PICTUREGrand Canyon: The Antelopes -- who lost to No. 1 Kentucky by 40 points in 2014 -- will have to be content with making things tough on Duke for a good chunk of the first half and leading for about 7 1/2 minutes of the first half behind Carr, who repeatedly found his way through the Blue Devils defense and to the rim.I didnt know what to expect, coach Dan Majerle said about a team missing three starters. I was happy with how we started off. ... I thought maybe the first 12, 13 minutes, we played pretty good and were going to learn about our team as we go along.Duke: The Blue Devils shortened their bench significantly, playing only seven players in the pre-garbage time portion of the game -- and the seventh, freshman Javin DeLaurier, logged only 6 minutes in all. Theyre trying to keep things working without injured freshman big men Harry Giles (knee), Marques Bolden (lower leg) and Jayson Tatum (foot). Krzyzewski says he doesnt anticipate having them against the Jayhawks and we may not have them all week.Whatever amount of time, whatever it is, lets just get well, Krzyzewski added. And while you guys are getting well and supporting the team, lets become a team with these nine guys. We made that a priority this past week. Were trying to figure out the system we need for this group of guys.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Blue Devils trailed for the first time this season but once again showed no reason why they should be ranked any lower than No. 1.THE COLANGELO CONNECTIONBoth coaches have strong ties to Jerry Colangelo. He was the Phoenix Suns owner when they drafted Majerle in 1988 and lured Thunder Dan to the Grand Canyon program in 2013.And with Colangelo as its chairman and Dukes Mike Krzyzewski as the coach, the U.S. national team won the last three Olympic gold medals.STAT WATCHThe Blue Devils were 21 of 31 from the free-throw line while Grand Canyon was 6 of 12. The Antelopes didnt attempt their first foul shot until just 1:44 remained in the first half -- by which point Duke had already attempted 17 and built a 39-28 lead.UP NEXTGrand Canyon: The Antelopes head to Penn State on Nov. 15 for their second game in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off.Duke: The Blue Devils get their first big test Nov. 15 when they face Kansas in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Rickey Jackson Jersey . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. 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At stake were a $50,000 grand prize and a ticket to the IEM League of Legends championship in Katowice, Poland, in March. In the end, the experienced Samsung dispatched Kongdoo Monster 3-1 in dominating fashion behind Lee Crown Min-ho and Kang Ambition Chan-yongs efforts.Things started on a negative note for Samsung Galaxy in the first game as Son Punch Min-hyuks Elise counter-ganked Ambitions Reksai in the middle lane at the 8:55 mark, yielding a 2-0 advantage for Kongdoo Monster. Samsung bode their time through roaming forays from Crown (on Orianna) and took a commanding lead, but nearly squandered it at the 25-minute mark as KDM ambushed three of their players.However, the team capitalized on KDMs overextension following a Baron Nashor takedown shortly after, controlled the map, claimed Barons head at 33:30 and swiftly destroyed the enemy nexus after 35 minutes, 58 seconds of play.Samsung wasted no time to assert dominance in the second game of the series, as Ambition selected KhaZix in the jungle and preyed upon KDMs players across the map. The Ambition show started at the seven-minute mark as he (on KhaZix) invaded and slew Reksai at KDMs red buff.The jungler secured the victory through ganks in the mid lane (12:10), a 2-for-0 trade in the bottom lane that also yielded a turret (16:25) and a foray up top that also resulted in a tower takedown (18:27). KDM prolonged the game until SSGs Baron Nashor takedown at the 27-minute mark, and as Ambitions KhaZix hit critical mass, ending the game at the 29-minute mark with a 5/3/12 Kill/Death/Assist score (for a 70.88 percent kill participation ratio). The score was 2-0 for Samsung.Noting the events of the previous game, Kongdoo Monster secured KhaZix for themselves and unleashed Zyra, a previously banned champion, onto the rift. KDMs chances at avoiding a sweep seemed dire early on, as Samsungs Lee CuVee Seong-jins Kennen secured two solo kills in the top lane, but the team secured advantages at the 14-minute mark wwith plays across the map resulting in a 4-for-2 trade. Joe Montana Jersey. Samsung traded blows with KDM until they let Kongdoo Monster slay Baron Nashor uncontested (26:14) then committed a critical mistake at the 30-minute mark, sending Crowns Orianna on a split-pushing spree in the top lane -- a matter that left them vulnerable in the bottom lane and resulted in a 5-for-1 for their opponents. KDM slowly ground down Samsungs structures, destroying the bottom lane and mid lane inhibitors, then claiming SSGs nexus at the 41:22 mark. KDM had put one on the board to counter Samsungs two wins.The commentators had started discussing the potential of a reverse-sweep for Kongdoo Monster before the fourth games pick/ban phase had started, but Lee Sins availability (and subsequent first pick by Samsungs Ambition) ended such talks abruptly. All hell broke loose for KDM starting at the 11th minute when they conceded three kills to one in the bottom lane, and it only worsened from there.Samsung hurriedly secured a 5,000 gold lead at the 13:40 mark, as they annihilated KDMs bottom lane, then asserted presence in their opponents blue-buff side. The team secured the game for good on the 23-minute mark, when their pressure in the mid lane and the top lane helped them secure four kills and the Baron, using its buff to siege KDMs base and end the game 3-1 in 26 minutes.Performance HighlightsSamsung vs. Kongdoo Monster featured a duel of two junglers: Reksai and KhaZix. KhaZixs mobility, dueling power and high damage output helped the junglers who summoned him reach an overall 6.6 KDA ratio against Reksai (to her 1.0 KDAR).Samsungs tunnel vision on Kongdoo Monsters bottom lane in game three was such that they performed five ganks in 15 minutes in the vicinity. SSGs bottom lane held a 3/4/17 collective KDA, to KDMs 1/9/4.In the semifinals match on Saturday, Kongdoo Monster had Kim GuGer Do-yeop capitalize on Immortals tunnel vision. However, they were unable to replicate the feat against the swifter Samsung Galaxy in three of the four games played. GuGer ended with a 0/15/19 KDA over four games. ' ' '
