Crawford in MI vs Duke

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I watched a game last year where when a young Michigan team took Duke to the limit in Michigan. If you remember, this was the only tough game Duke had until the lost to Florida in the tournament. The thing was, it was Crawford that was beating them up. He posted Jason williams up cause of his superior size, dumped the ball down, hit outside shots. I remember thinking to myself, this guy is everywhere. What that says to me,is they were having a hard time containing him. It wasn't till later in the game when Duke put Mr. Defense Shane Battier on him, and had him jump out on the perimeter to defend Crawford when he finally slowed down his torrid pace. Even so, he still kept it close in that game. Here is the box score for the game:
Box Score
DUKE (104)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Carrawell       31  2-14   2-4   2-8  3  3    7
Battier         39  8-13   6-6   1-6  0  3   22
Boozer          32  8-11  9-11  3-10  2  4   25
James           36  8-11   0-2   5-6  3  3   18
Williams        29  6-12   4-6   1-5  8  4   17
Horvath          7   1-2   2-2   1-1  0  0    4
Buckner          1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Sanders          1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Dunleavy Jr     24   4-9   3-3   3-7  1  2   11
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TOTALS         200 37-72 26-34 16-43 17 21  104
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Percentages: FG-.514, FT-.765. 3-Point Goals:
4-14, .286 (Carrawell 1-2, Battier 0-3, James
2-3, Williams 1-2, Horvath 0-1, Dunleavy Jr 0-3).
Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 7 (Boozer 3,
Battier 2, Horvath, Dunleavy Jr). Turnovers: 14
(Williams 4, Boozer 3, Dunleavy Jr 3, James 3,
Carrawell). Steals: 6 (Williams 3, Battier 2,
Boozer).

MICHIGAN (97)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Jones           31  4-10   2-3   1-2  4  5   11
Blanchard       30  6-10   3-3   4-9  4  3   17
Asselin         22   2-3   0-0   1-4  0  5    4
Crawford        38 11-24   3-3   0-2  6  1   27
Gaines          40  6-19  8-12   0-5  6  4   23
Groninger        8   0-4   0-0   0-0  0  2    0
Young           10   2-2   2-2   2-3  0  2    6
Anderson         5   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Vignier         16   4-5   1-2   4-6  0  3    9
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TOTALS         200 35-77 19-25 12-31 20 26   97
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Percentages: FG-.455, FT-.760. 3-Point Goals:
8-25, .320 (Jones 1-4, Blanchard 2-2, Crawford
2-9, Gaines 3-6, Groninger 0-4). Team rebounds:
5. Blocked shots: 3 (Crawford 2, Asselin).
Turnovers: 10 (Jones 2, Vignier 2, Anderson,
Blanchard, Crawford, Gaines, Groninger, Young).
Steals: 8 (Jones 4, Crawford, Gaines, Groninger,
Vignier).
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Duke               48   56  -  104
Michigan           42   55  -   97
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 13,562. Officials:
Rick Hartzell, Larry Rose, Steve Gordon.
                                                              



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