American collegiate basketball player Mark Mitchell Jr. plays for the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Duke Blue Devils. Mitchell was born and raised in Kansas City, where he first went to Bishop Miege High School.
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As a sophomore, he finished with averages of 21.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.8 blocks per game. After averaging 18 points and six rebounds per game to help Bishop Miege win the Kansas Class 4A state championship, Mitchell was named the DiRenna Award winner as the best player in the Kansas City region.
Mitchell was a starter at forward when he started his freshman year at Duke. During his first season, he started 35 games, averaged 9.1 points and 4.5 rebounds, and shot 46.9% from the field.
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Why isn’t Mark Mitchell (basketball) playing?
Mitchell, a 6-9 sophomore forward, has a sprained knee. He was not in uniform last Saturday when the Blue Devils topped Georgia Tech, 84-79, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Roach suffered a different type of knee injury during the game, causing him to miss all but 58 seconds of the game’s final 8:21
Why is Mitchell out for Duke?
Duke basketball’s Mark Mitchell missed the Blue Devils’ game against Georgia Tech on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Thirty minutes before the 11th-ranked Blue Devils (12-3, 3-1 ACC) tipped off against the Yellow Jackets (8-7, 1-3), Duke announced Mitchell would be out with a sprained knee.
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