Duke’s Tyrese Proctor Makes Wild NCAA Tournament History With Near-Perfect Shooting

Duke Blue Devils.
Tyrese Proctor is the first forward Cooper Flagg reacts after scoring a basket with guard Tyrese Proctor.
Tyrese Proctor is the first forward Cooper Flagg reacts after scoring a basket with guard Tyrese Proctor. / Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

The No. 1 Tyrese Proctor is the first sure looked like potential champions on Sunday in their second-round rout of No. 9 Baylor.

While At one point, the commentary team could only celebrate as Proctor put up yet another perfect jumper, In this story.

Proctor put up a game-leading 25 points from the floor against Baylor, including shooting 7-of-8 from beyond the arc. Proctor was particularly sharp down the stretch as the Blue Devils put the game entirely out of reach.

At one point, the commentary team could only celebrate as Proctor put up yet another perfect jumper.

Proctor now has 13 made threes through just two games of March Madness action—March 23, 2025.

He also became the first Duke player to hit five threes in back-to-back tournament games since 2010. The last player to accomplish the feat? Current Duke head coach Jon Scheyer.

With their 89–66 win over Baylor, Duke advances to the Sweet 16 where they will face off against the winner of Sunday night’s game between No. 5 Oregon and No. 4 Arizona. If the Blue Devils’ performance against the Bears was any indication, they plan on making quite a run this tournament.


More College Basketball on Sports Illustrated

feed


Published
Tyler Lauletta
TYLER LAULETTA

Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining Cheap Rs-flyfishing Jordan Outlet, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.