Duke Routs Iona In 1st Round Of NCAA Tournament

Duke center Marques Bolden in action against Iona forward Tyrell Williams during the first round of the NCAA tournament on March 15, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena.
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PITTSBURGH (WFAN) -- Iona has become a regular at the NCAA Tournament lately, but they're still waiting for their Cinderella story.

Marvin Bagley III and the second-seeded Duke Blue Devils ousted the 15th-seeded Gaels in the first round of the Big Dance on Thursday, 89-67, the fifth time in seven years they've gone one-and-done.

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Roland Griffin led Iona (20-14) with 21 points off the bench. TK Edogi had 11 points and nine rebounds. Schadrac Casimir and Zach Lewis added 10 points apiece.

Bagley had 22 points and seven rebounds for Duke (27-7). Trevon Duval finished with 19 points and eight assists. And Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. chipped in with 16 points each.

The Blue Devils led by as many as 28 points. It was a fairly tight game for the first nine minutes before ninth-ranked Duke began to show their dominance.

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The Blue Devils advance to play seventh-seeded Rhode Island, which beat Oklahoma earlier in the day. 

Iona has not won an NCAA tournament game since 1980, when their head coach was Jim Valvano.