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T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 DUKECHRONICLE.COM
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH YEAR, ISSUE 48
‘WE’RE NOT GOING HOME’ Blue Devils escape Central Florida in final seconds
The last 14 seconds
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Bounce-by-bounce
14.4 | UCF leads 76-73
By Mitchell Gladstone
Zion Williamson makes a layup and is fouled by UCF’s Tacko Fall, bringing the Blue Devils within one.
Sports Features Editor
COLUMBIA, S.C.—Zion Williamson, staring up at the game clock as it ticked down to 17 seconds, beckoned for a screen. But before it could come, the superstar freshman took two dribbles, barreling his way from the left wing to the charity stripe. Williamson then spun, sending his defender to the ground, before flying toward the rim and the outstretched arms of 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall. The ball floated. The ACC Player of the Year hung in the air. And, of course, the rock found its way through the nylon. Yet the job was not done. R.J. Barrett’s putback layup off Williamson’s missed free throw with 11.8 seconds remaining completed topseeded Duke’s improbable comeback as the Blue Devils surged from down four in the final two minutes to avoid a stunning upset and knock out No. 9 seed Central Florida with a 77-76 win. Williamson did it all for Duke Sunday at Colonial Life Arena, scoring 32 points and pulling down 11 rebounds for yet another doubledouble, but the Knights’ Aubrey Dawkins nearly gave UCF enough offense to send shockwaves throughout the college basketball world with 32 points of his own. Dawkins nearly had two more points, rimming out on a put-back tip in the final seconds that almost certainly would’ve given the Knights a win had it gone down. “These kids, my guys, hung in there. They hung in there because just the momentum of the tournament, what’s going on, you could be defeated right there, and instead, they hung in there,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “The will to win of Zion and R.J., you can’t measure it. It’s just there…. We’re a young group, but what they did right at the end of that game in willing us to win was just absolutely sensational.”
11.8 | UCF leads 76-75 Williamson misses the free throw, but R.J. Barrett’s rebound and putback gives Duke the lead at 77-76.
4.3 | Duke leads 77-76 UCF’s B.J. Taylor drives and misses a twopoint jumper.
2.9 | Duke leads 77-76 UCF’s Aubrey Dawkins tips the ball back up, but it rolls around the front edge of the rim and falls off, securing a Duke victory. Compiled by Nathan Luzum | Contributing Writer
MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RUN
Charles York | Special Projects Photography Editor Zion Williamson racked up 32 points in the win against the University of Central See M. BASKETBALL on Page 8 Florida to lift the Blue Devils to the Sweet 16.
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University audits years of admissions Aminé to play LDOC RECESS
By Bre Bradham Editor-in-Chief
Duke is auditing the last several years of its admissions in the wake of the national higher education admissions scandal. No Duke coaches or administrators have been named in the incident. President Vincent Price fielded a question from Lee Baker, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer professor of cultural anthropology, about how Duke was responding to the admissions scandal that has rocked higher education in recent weeks during the Academic Council meeting on Thursday. “I’ll tell you that we’re not addressing it by putting our hands over our ears and saying ‘la, la, la,” Price responded. The president said that although he has confidence in Duke’s admissions, he is not letting that get in the way of fully reviewing the issue. “Everything I’ve seen in my time at Duke gives me
confidence that we are not engaged in the kinds of things that other institutions have been engaged in, but I don’t let my trust replace the need to verify that,” Price said. The FBI charged dozens of people—including university officials, coaches and parents—in an alleged scheme to illegally buy admission into college. The allegations included that students were admitted under the guise of being on sports team that they were not on and subverting standardized testing procedures to get students higher scores. “So what we’re doing right now is the Office of General Counsel has been working with athletics,” Price said. “In admissions, we’re going back and we’re auditing previous years. I believe we have covered four years so far, but we have not uncovered any instances that looked to us like they would be especially troubling.”
This year’s concert headliner is rapper Aminé, the LDOC committee announced Thursday. Additional acts include DJ Gryffin and pop duo Loote, as well as Small Town Records openers Simon White, a senior, and Sara Held, a sophomore. LDOC Committee Chair Serena Rivera-Korver, a sophomore, wrote in an email that artists were selected by a committee of diverse Duke students. “We are so excited to feature an equally diverse group of artists,” she wrote. Aminé is best known for his debut 2016 single “Caroline,”
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By Christy Kuesel Recess Editor
Supreme Court to hear N.C. case
Slow start dooms Devils
Column: Can you find community at Duke?
Rucho v. Common Cause, a gerrymandering case from North Carolina, will be argued Tuesday. PAGE 3
Women’s lacrosse gives up 12 first-half goals en route to a disappointing defeat. PAGE 7
Columnist Bella Miller talks to students who are building community at Duke. PAGE 11
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