Quinn Cook scores Duke's final 8 points in upset of Louisville

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    Sometimes life is a fairy tale, even when it's a college basketball game.

    Quinn Cook directed No. 5 Duke on its run to the championship of the Battle 4 Atlantis. But holding the MVP trophy Saturday night isn't what made this so special for him. It's what this run of three games meant to his mother.

    "His dad and I eloped here 25 years ago," Janet Cook said. "This is like a fairy tale."

    It gets better.

    She was supposed to head back to work Saturday afternoon, but she stuck around for the championship game to surprise her son.

    "It was great," Cook said. "My mom was supposed to go back to work. But she stayed for the game. I just wanted to play well for my team."

    He did.

    The sophomore guard scored 11 of his 15 points in the final 7:46, including the Blue Devils' last eight of the game, and they beat No. 2 Louisville 76-71 for the title.'

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