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UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Top-ranked Duke bounced back from its loss to Kansas by beating Penn State, but watched another player go down with an injury.Freshman Frank Jackson led five players in double figures with 17 points and Amile Jefferson added 16 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils to a 78-68 win Saturday in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament.Sophomore Chase Jeter rolled his left ankle in the first half and didnt return.Tony Carr had 20 points and Shep Garner added 15 to lead Penn State (2-2).Jeter went down under the Penn State basket while going for a rebound. The 6-foot-10 sophomore was on the floor for several minutes before being helped off the court. His injury came minutes after Grayson Allen left the game, favoring the right foot he hurt in Tuesdays loss to Kansas.Allen went back to the locker room, but returned to the floor a few minutes later. He finished with 12 points and needs just three more to become the 65th Duke player with 1,000 points for his career.Matt Jones and Luke Kennard added 15 points each for Duke, which will play No. 21 Rhode Island for the tournament championship on Sunday.Were banged up more than any team Ive ever coached, said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Before the game and then during the game. I mean, Amile has been hurt this week. He has 15 rebounds and 16 points.Despite the injuries, the Blue Devils went on an early 13-2 run that turned a tie game into a 21-10 lead. They led 36-24 at the half, despite some poor shooting from Allen and Kennard, who were a combined 4-15 from the floor. But Jackson picked up the slack, scoring 11 of his points before intermission.To be able to have the next man up, coach does a good job motivating us, Jones said. We didnt come to Duke to lose, be second fiddle or bow down to anybody. We know what were capable of and everyone on that sideline can help. That confidence that is instilled in us, takes us to where we need to go.A 3-point play by Allen stretched the lead to 64-51 midway through the second half.Penn State trailed 72-57 with just under 5 minutes to play, but went on a 9-2 run before the Blue Devils closed out the game.Dukes short bench outscored Penn States 19-5.BIG PICTUREDuke: Jeters injury further depletes a Blue Devils team that is still without three highly touted freshmen -- Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum and Marques Bolden -- as well as junior Sean Obi. They may have just seven players available for Sundays championship game. Krzyzewski pegged Jeters status for the game as doubtful.I know if he can play, he will play, Krzyzewski said. Were going to try and win. We would like to win.Penn State: The Nittany Lions are using the tournament as a measuring stick to see how the young team stacks up against top-level competition. This was the programs first game against a No. 1 ranked team since 2011, and theyre now 0-14 in those games.We took another step today, said coach Patrick Chambers. We got better. And thats our goal Just keep getting better. Its a process thats going to take some time, but were going to eventually get there.POLL IMPLICATIONSDuke was No. 1 in the preseason poll and the first voting of the regular season, but likely will fall a few spots after its loss to Kansas. How far may depend on how they do in this tournament.PERIMETER DEFENSEDuke held Penn State to six 3-point baskets on 21 attempts. Thats not a fluke. The Blue Devils held their first three opponents under 15 percent from the outside and were giving up fewer than three 3-pointers a game coming into the tournament. Duke was 9 for 24 from 3-point range.UP NEXTDuke will play No. 21 Rhode Island in the tournaments championship game Sunday afternoon. 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Its something that I have to do for the team if thats what it comes down to, so I have to be sharp on that (guard) as well.Its what backups do. But dont call Hart a backup. He doesnt like it. He sees himself as a starter, not matter what group he is playing with.Thats my mindset, Hart said. If I have a sixth-man mindset, that Im the sixth man, thats not me. I was a starter in high school. I was a starter at Florida State. I plan to start here. If it comes down to it and coach McAdoo says thats what you role needs to be for the team, Ill accept that role and excel at that role. But my main role is to be ultimately a starter.Hart appeared in nine games as a rookie last year. His big break came when Newhouse hurt his back in December and he got a start at right tackle against the Jets.During the offseason, Hart said he did what he had to do to be ready for the season.Hart had 35 plays at tackle against the Miami Dolphins in the season opener on Friday and had his ups and downs, like mosst of the line.dddddddddddd.Another lineman who is getting a bit of a look is former Boston College tackle Emmett Cleary. He was moved to second-team left guard this week after five-year veteran Adam Gettis was demoted following a bad game on Friday.Cleary also got snaps with the first team on Monday after Jerry left, but he downplayed it, saying the coaches just wanted to see him with that group.In this business you really cant look wide view, Cleary said. Its all about the day ahead of you so I just try to approach it one drill, one practice at a time and hope you stack up enough good ones where they keep you on.The 26-year-old Cleary has bounced around since leaving Boston College. He was signed as a free agent by the Indianapolis Colts in 2013 and cut at the end of training camp. He later spent a part of that season on Tampa Bays practice squad.He was waived the following June, claimed by Oakland and waived near the end of camp, eventually joining the Bengals practice square for a chunk of 2014.The Giants signed him last season, waived him at the end of camp and signed him to the practice. He was added to the 53-man roster in November and was active for one game, against the Redskins.I was the short-yardage guy and never got in, he said. We had two plays at the pylon that were both for touchdowns. I was up for both of them, but I have not been in yet.The 6-foot-7, 324-pounder hopes his chance comes this year. 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