Story byDec 16, 2025; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Dame Sarr celebrates during Duke’s game against SMU. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images | Photo by Lance King/Getty ImagesDonald Wine IISun, January 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM UTC·2 min readThe Duke Blue Devils were able to hold off the SMU Mustangs, winning 82-75 on Saturday afternoon to move to 15-1 on the season and 4-0 in the ACC. Donald and Scott Rich recap everything about a perplexing game on Episode 786. The Blue Devils did great in certain aspects defensively, and got some great performances from Cayden Boozer and Pat Ngongba even as they moved into a bench role for this game.