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Andre Dawkins will reportedly not practice with team during redshirted 2012-13 season

Andre Dawkins

Duke’s Andre Dawkins reacts following after losing an NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game against Lehigh in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, March 16, 2012. Lehigh won 75-70. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Early this summer, Andre Dawkins was redshirted for the upcoming 2012-13 season as he continued to cope with the death of his sister.

Now, it had been decided that Dawkins will not practice with the team, though he will remain in school, the News & Observer is reporting.

“He is doing really well with that,” Andre Dawkins Sr. told the paper. “We’re supporting him in whatever way we can. We’re just taking it one day at a time.”

Dawkins’ sister, Lacey, was killed in a car accident in Dec. 2009 as she drove to see her brother play against St. John’s in Durham.

He averaged 8.4 points in just over 22 minutes per game last season for the Blue Devils, with his biggest game coming in November against Michigan State when he scored 26 points and added four steals.

He will have one year of eligibility remaining when he takes the court in 2013-14, a plan that his father insists will remain on track, despite recent setbacks.

Duke opens its season against Georgia State on Nov. 9 at Cameron Indoor.

Daniel Martin is a writer and editor at JohnnyJungle.com, covering St. John’s. You can find him on Twitter:@DanielJMartin_