Quinn Cook scored 11 of his 15 points in the final 7 minutes, 46 seconds, including No. 5 Duke’s last eight of the game, and the Blue Devils beat No. 2 Louisville, 76-71, on Saturday in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Neither team led by more than four points over the final 10 minutes until Cook’s second free throw with 6.7 seconds left made it 76-71.
The sophomore point guard had six assists and just four turnovers against Louisville’s pressure defense. He was 4-for-8 from the field and 6-for-6 from the line.
Mason Plumlee had 16 points for Duke (6-0).
Franklin High graduate Peyton Siva had 19 points for the Cardinals (5-1).
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