Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus #7 UConn on March 29, 2026 , Loss , 72, to, 73
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Final
Men's Basketball
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Notes: Duke 83, Miami 59
3/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 3, 2005
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- Daniel Ewing and Reggie Love celebrated Senior Night by playing in their final home game for Duke ... Ewing has played in 131 career games with 110 wins while Love has seen action in 51 career contests ... The senior captains were honored before the game and then addressed the crowd following the tilt
- Ewing (14 points & 10 assists) recorded the first double-double of his career while establishing a career-high for assists ... Ewing closes his home career with a 56-2 ledger in Cameron Indoor Stadium
- With two three-point buckets, Ewing (201) became the eighth player in Duke history to make 200+ three-pointers in a career
- J.J. Redick (29 points) scored in double figures for the 25th time this season and the 80th time in his career ... He reached the 20-point plateau for the 19th time this season and the 40th time in his career
- Redick made six three-point field goals to push his ACC-leading total to 99 ... That season total ranks as the sixth-best in Duke history ... Redick also owns the fifth (102 in 2004) and seventh (95 in 2003) slots on the chart ... Since failing to make a three-point basket at N.C. State on Jan. 13, Redick has made 63 treys in his last 14 games (4.5 per game) ... His 296 career three-pointers rank third at Duke and eighth in ACC history ... Redick has now made five or more three-pointers in 10 games this season and in 19 career contests
- Redick moves up one position to rank 17th on Duke's all-time scoring list with 1,676 points, passing Randy Denton (1,658) ... Bobby Hurley sits in 16th place with 1,731 points
- Lee Melchionni (12 points) reached double figures for the third time in his last four games ... He connected on four three-point field goals in eight attempts and is now 14-of-26 from behind the arc over his last four contests
- Shelden Williams (14 points & 12 rebounds) picked up his 16th double-double of the year and the 34th of his career ... His career total leads all active ACC players
- Williams' 14 points on the night pushes him into 39th place on Duke's all-time scoring list with 1,142 career points, passing Alaa Abdelnaby (1,137), Bob Fleischer (1,139) and Chris Redding (1,141) ... Carroll Youngkin stands in 38th place with 1,156 points
- Williams recorded four blocked shots to increase his ACC-leading total to 96 ... That total ranks third on Duke's single-season chart and brings Williams 15 rejections shy of matching his own school single-season standard of 111 set in 2004 ... Williams now has 259 career blocks (2nd all-time at Duke behind Mike Gminski's 345) to move into 10th place on the ACC's all-time chart, passing Maryland's Terence Morris (256) ... Clemson's Sharone Wright sits in ninth place with 288 career blocked shots
- DeMarcus Nelson (10 points) reached double figures in the scoring column for the sixth time this season
- Shavlik Randolph pulled down nine rebounds to match his second-highest single-game total this season ... He had 12 against Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 20 and nine versus Georgia Tech on Feb. 5 ... Randolph also blocked two shots -- the most in a game since a five-rejection outing against Georgia Tech on Feb. 5
- Five Duke players scored in double figures, marking the fourth time this season that five or more Blue Devils did so
- Duke entered the Miami game averaging 8.8 three-point field goals per game, and made 14-of-33 shots from behind the line versus the Hurricanes
- Duke has now allowed an average of 54.0 points over its last three games
- Duke improves to 6-1 all-time against Miami including a 6-0 slate under Coach Krzyzewski
- Duke closes the season with a 14-1 home ledger and improves to 111-6 at home over the past eight seasons
- Duke improves to 119-24 in ACC regular season games since 1997
- Duke has now won 188 of its last 202 games against unranked opponents (93-9 vs. ACC foes)
- Duke improves to 84-21 as the number six ranked team in the nation (AP poll)
- Duke is now 675-142 in Cameron Indoor Stadium including a 321-48 record under Krzyzewski at home
- Duke has now won 111 of its last 117 games in Cameron Indoor Stadium
- Duke has now won 1,759 all-time games
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