On Saturday night, potent Duke basketball defensive sparkplug Maliq Brown tallied two points, two rebounds, one assist, and two steals in 20 minutes of action for the Duke Blue Devils (20-3, 12-1 ACC) in a 77-71 road loss to Clemson. The defeat marked the end of Duke’s 16-game winning streak.
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Brown has missed a handful of games due to injuries. Across his 18 appearances, the Virginia native and former two-year Syracuse forward is averaging 2.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.7 steals, and 0.5 blocks in 18.2 minutes per contest off the bench under third-year head coach Jon Scheyer.
His average of 3.7 steals per 40 minutes is almost double that of any other 2024-25 Blue Devil.
The reigning ACC All-Defensive Team selection is shooting 60.6 percent from the field but only 12.5 percent from three (1-for-8) and 37.5 percent at the charity stripe (6-for-16).
Maliq Brown and the Blue Devils look to begin a new winning streak when they square off against the visiting Cal Golden Bears (12-12, 5-8 ACC) in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday (ACC Network).
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