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Notes: Duke 60, Georgia Tech 56
2/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2005
Recap | Box Score
- With 21 points, J.J. Redick scored in double figures for the 23rd time this season and 78th game of his career and he has scored 20 or more points 18 times this year and 39 times in his career. He has scored 20 or more points in 10 of his last 12 games (the other two he scored 18 and 19, respectively). His 18 20-point games ranks seventh most in the Coach K era for a season, just behind Jason Williams' 19 games in 2000-01.
- Redick hit 3-of-9 from behind the arc, giving him an ACC leading 92 on the season. Redick sits at seventh place on the Duke single season chart with 92 and he already owns the fifth and sixth places on the chart. His 289 career three pointers ranks third at Duke and eighth in ACC history. He has hit at least three treys in 12 straight games.
- Redick entered the game averaging an ACC best 23.0 points per game and after a 21 point performance, he is currently averaging 22.9 points per game, good for ninth on Duke's all-time season chart. He pushed his season total to 550 points and his career total to 1,634. His career total is 20th on Duke's career chart, just behind Cherokee Parks (1,643).
- Redick played in his eighth complete game in 2004-05, tied with Chip Engelland for the fourth most by a player in a season under Coach K. In 24 games this season, he has only missed 70 minutes of action, incluing just 23 minutes of bench time in 14 ACC games this season. He has two straight complete games and four in the last five games and six in the last nine.
- Redick matched his season high with four steals against Georgia Tech, and his six rebounds was just one off his season and career high.
- Shelden Williams recorded four blocks, giving him an ACC leading 91 on the season. In his last nine games, has 37 blocks, or 4.1 per game. He has 254 career blocks, moving him into a tie with Shane Battier for second place on Duke's career chart and 12th on the ACC career chart. His 91 blocks in 2004-05 move him past Mike Gminski's 90 in 1976-77 and into fourth place on the single season chart. Immediately ahead are two more Gminski seasons (1977-78; 92 and 1979-80, 97) and Williams sophomore campaign total of 111 blocks.
- Williams scored 12 points, giving him 1,120 in his career and moving him past Willie Hodge (1,115) and Nate James (1,116) and into 42nd place on Duke's career chart. Immediately ahead is Alaa Abdelnaby (1,137). It marked his 23rd game scoring in double figures in 2004-05 and 60th game of his career.
- Williams 12 points and 10 rebounds give him an ACC leading 33 career double-doubles, including 15 in 2004-05, including 12 in has last 18 games.
- Daniel Ewing scored 14 points, giving him 1,464 in his career, good enough to move past Chris Carrawell and Vince Taylor, who both scored 1,455, and into 25th place on Duke's career scoring chart. Immediately ahead is Carlos Boozer who scored 1,506. It marked the 80th game in his career he's scored in double-figures, including 21 such games in 2004-05.
- Ewing was 3-of-7 from three against Georgia Tech, giving him 198 for his career, eighth all-time at Duke.
- Lee Melchionni had nine points and hit 3-of-7 three pointers, including two in the final minutes of the game.
- After allowing Georgia Tech to shoot 15-of-26 (.577) in the first half, Duke held Tech to 9-of-31 (.290) from the field in the second half, giving them a .421 shooting percentage for the game. Duke has now held its opponents under .500 from the field in 23 of 24 games this season.
- Wednesday marked the 76th meeting between Georgia Tech and Duke, with Duke now owning a 55-21 record over the Yellow Jackets. Duke has won three straight, 18 of the last 19 and 28 of the last 33 against the Yellow Jackets. Coach Mike Krzyzewski is now 40-16 against Georgia Tech and Duke is 18-11 all-time at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
- Duke broke a three game losing streak and improves to 4-3 on the road in the ACC this season. Duke is 131-30 on road since 1997-98 and has won 44 of its last 58 ACC road games and 48 of its past 63.
- Duke is 118-24 in ACC contests since 1997-98 and has also won 108 of its last 126 on the road in the ACC.
- Duke is 50-17 as the No. 7 ranked team in the AP poll.
- Duke improves to 92-9 against ACC unranked teams in its last 101 such games and, 186-14 overall vs. unranked teams in its last 200 such games.
- Duke improves to 20-4 overall, marking the 40th time in 100 seasons Duke has hit the 20-win plateau, including the 22nd time under Krzyzewski in 25 seasons.
- Krzyzewski now has 714 overall wins as a head coach, including 641 at Duke and 249 in the ACC.
- Duke has now won 1,757 games in history.
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