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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Duke 68, Wisconsin 63
When: 9:18 PM ET, Monday, April 6, 2015
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials: # Joe DeRosa, # Pat Driscoll, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 71149

Duke 68, Wisconsin 63: Freshman guards Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen combined for 39 points - 29 in the second half - as the Blue Devils edged the Badgers in Indianapolis to win their fifth NCAA Tournament championship under coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Jahlil Okafor recorded 10 points, including two big late buckets, and Justise Winslow - the fourth member of Duke's star-studded freshman class - added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Blue Devils (35-4), who finished the season with 18 wins in their final 19 games. Jones scored a game-high 23 points and Allen added 16 off the bench for Duke, which overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half.

Frank Kaminsky registered 21 points and 12 rebounds to pace Wisconsin (36-4), which upset previously undefeated Kentucky in the national semifinals but was unable to hold on down the stretch Monday in failing to win its first championship since 1941. Nigel Hayes (13 points), Sam Dekker (12) and Bronson Koenig (10) also scored in double figures for the Badgers.

Kaminsky and Dekker scored on back-to-back layups to put Wisconsin ahead 58-56 with 4:24 left, but Jones answered with a contested 3-pointer and Okafor scored on a layup with Kaminsky wrapped around him. Another Okafor layup and another 3-pointer by Jones increased the lead to 66-58 with 1:23 left, although the Badgers got within 66-63 in the final minute before Jones knocked down two foul shots with 34.9 seconds remaining.

After the first half featured 13 lead changes and three ties, including a 31-31 deadlock at the break, Koenig opened the second half with a 3-pointer and later added two more jumpers and a layup to help the Badgers go ahead 48-39 with 13:23 to play. With Okafor and Winslow both on the bench with three fouls, Allen made a 3-pointer, a three-point play and two free throws in just over a minute to help the Blue Devils get within a point on Jones' three-point play with 10:42 left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Wisconsin shot 38.7 percent in the first half but grabbed eight offensive rebounds to remain close. The national championship game had not been tied at the half since Kansas and Oklahoma were deadlocked at 50 in 1988. ... Okafor picked up his third foul with 16:50 remaining and Winslow got his third with 13:26 left. Okafor's fourth foul came with 9:18 left and he spent nearly six minutes on the bench before returning. ... Starting guards Quinn Cook and Matt Jones combined for six points for Duke, which got all of its second-half points from freshmen.
Top Game Performances
 
Wisconsin   Duke
Frank Kaminsky 21 Scoring Tyus Jones 23
Bronson Koenig 4 Assists Quinn Cook 2
Frank Kaminsky 12 Rebounds Justise Winslow 9
Frank Kaminsky 5 Free Throws Made Tyus Jones 7
Sam Dekker 1 Steals Grayson Allen 1
Frank Kaminsky 1 Blocks Amile Jefferson 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Wisconsin 63 41.0 7-21 6-10 13 33 1 3 5
Duke 68 47.1 4-11 16-20 7 33 6 4 5