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DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke finally had all the players that made the Blue Devils the top-ranked team in the preseason -- except that, for most of the night, they didnt play like it.Luke Kennard scored 24 points and No. 5 Duke beat Tennessee State 65-55 on Monday in the college debut of touted freshman Harry Giles.Freshman forward Jayson Tatum added 14 points and Grayson Allen finished with 12 for the Blue Devils (11-1), who plodded through 30 mostly sluggish minutes before pulling away from a pesky Tigers team that threatened to spoil a big night for Giles.This game was a learning experience for us, Kennard said. We cant take anything for granted. Weve got to play each and every game like its the biggest game of the year. ... I just dont think we were really ready to play. ... Our energy wasnt there, our enthusiasm wasnt there, and we just didnt really have one guy thats bringing us all the energy, and we really needed that tonight.Tennessee State led 36-34 on Wayne Martins jumper with 15 minutes left. Duke countered with a 25-3 run highlighted by five 3-pointers -- including two by Kennard on consecutive possessions after he was left completely unguarded -- to take a 59-39 lead.Darreon Reddick and Tahjere McCall scored 14 points apiece for the Tigers (8-3).Amile Jefferson had a career-best 18 rebounds for Duke, which finally got Giles on the floor for the first time. One of the nations top recruits, he missed his senior season in high school with torn knee ligaments in his right knee and then missed the first 11 games at Duke after having his left knee scoped in October.First game, that was just shaking the rust off and getting the kinks out, Giles said. I think each day, each game, each practice, Ill get better.BIG PICTURETennessee State: This was the second time in nine days that the Tigers threw a scare into the host team at an historic Atlantic Coast Conference venue, after taking North Carolina State to overtime in the Wolfpacks first game at renovated Reynolds Coliseum. Tennessee States three losses have all come on the road against Power 5 programs, with the other defeat coming at Vanderbilt.Hopefully, we realized that if we play as a team, we currently feel like we can play with anybody in the country, but we need to try to get to the point where we can consistently beat high-level teams, coach Dana Ford said.Duke: The impact of Giles return went far beyond his meager line in the boxscore -- no points, no rebounds, and 0-for-1 shooting in 4 first-half minutes. For the first time, the Blue Devils had the full complement of star freshmen that made them No. 1 in the preseason polls.But Duke shot a season-worst 37 percent and finished just 19 of 32 from the free throw line while establishing a season-low scoring total by 10 points. The previous low was 75, both in the loss to Kansas and the win against Rhode Island.Were in October, not December, with our team, coach Mike Krzyzewski said.STAT SHEETKennard has scored 20 or more points in four of his last five games. ... Jefferson was averaging 17.8 points and 12.3 rebounds during his last four games. His rebounding numbers went up but his scoring numbers fell -- he finished with five points on 2-of-7 shooting and was just 1 for 8 from the foul line.HARRY CHRISTMASAll eyes were on Giles, who made his long-awaited Duke debut when he checked in during a timeout with 11:27 left in the first half with the crowd chanting his first name. Those chants died down, then picked back up when the Blue Devils broke the huddle. He clearly isnt in game shape yet, and his only shot -- a jumper from the right wing over KenDarrius Hamilton in his first 15 seconds on the floor -- was way too strong.UP NEXTTennessee State: The Tigers have eight days before their next game, a home date with Division III Covenant on Dec. 27.Duke: The Blue Devils play Elon on Wednesday night at the Greensboro Coliseum.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25.Vapormax Flyknit Ebay Ireland . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. 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The Pretoria-based Bulls said the contracts of the eight players, all Springboks, had expired and they would leave before the start of the domestic Currie Cup this weekend. Their departure was confirmed three days after the Bulls lost to Australian team ACT Brumbies in the Super Rugby semifinals, the first time the Bulls have dropped a post-season game in South Africa. "These players all became Springboks at the Vodacom Blue Bulls, which speaks volumes of how much impact they had in our structures and teams," Bulls chief executive Barend van Graan said. The Bulls tried to retain a number of the players, but said they couldnt compete with the salaries overseas, which continue to draw away South Africas top rugby talent. Steyn, who has played more than 100 Super Rugby games for the Bulls and is the Springboks second-highest point scorer in tests, will join Stade Francais in France. Six of the eight players leaving Pretoria are still viewed as part of Springbok coach Heyneke Meyers plans and join a growing list of Springboks overseas. National try-scoring record holder Bryan Habana joined French club Toulon from Cape Towns Stormers this month, whille fellow internationals JP Pietersen and Andries Bekker have signed for Japanese clubs.dddddddddddd The 2.08-meter (6-foot-10) Bekkers international career was likely ended by his move to Japanese team Kobelco Steelers. Pietersen rocketed into the top 10 sports earners in South Africa after signing a $1.1 million per season contract with Japanese club Panasonic Wild Knights, South African newspaper The Sunday Times reported recently. Pietersens Japan deal was more than five times more than what he makes a year in South Africa off his provincial and national contracts combined. Along with Steyn, hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle, lock Juandre Kruger, loose forwards Dewald Potgieter and Jacques Potgieter, scrumhalf Jano Vermaak, centre Wynand Olivier and fullback Zane Kirchner also officially left the Bulls. The Bulls announced later Tuesday they had signed scrumhalf Piet Van Zyl from the Cheetahs to replace Vermaak. Habana, Pietersen, Steyn, Ralepelle, Kruger, Jacques Potgieter, Vermaak and Kirchner are all current Springboks and the number of internationals now playing overseas and in different seasons will complicate Meyers plans for the national team, which starts its Rugby Championship campaign on Aug. 17 against Argentina. South Africa flanker Francois Louw and scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar already play in Europe. No. 2-ranked South Africa won the last of its three southern hemisphere rugby titles in 2009. ' ' '