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Notes: Duke 57, Holy Cross 45
12/6/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
- With its 57-45 over Holy Cross, Duke improves to 8-1 on the season and improves its all-time record to 2-0 against Holy Cross, both coming under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K improves to 2-4 against Holy Cross after compiling a 0-4 record while at Army. Duke holds a 49-17 advantage over current members of the Patriot League, including 13-0 under Coach K and 27 straight dating back to 1957.
- Duke held Holy Cross to 45 points, marking the fifth time in nine games (and fifth time in seven games at Cameron Indoor Stadium) that Duke has held its opponent under 50 points. The five games mark the most under Coach K, tying the total for the 1982, '98 and 2005 teams. In seven home games, Duke is holding its opponents to 47.7 points per game.
- Duke held Holy Cross to just 17 second-half points, marking the fifth time this season Duke has held its opponents under 20 points in a half. By holding Holy Cross to 28 first half points, Duke has now held its opponents under 30 points in a half 12 times in 18 halves of play.
- Duke now owns the nation's longest home winning streak against non-conference opponents at 47 as Oklahoma saw its 49-game run come to a close with a 67-51 loss to Villanova on Wednesday night in Norman. Utah State stands second on the current chart with 37 straight home wins versus non-conference competition. The Blue Devils last lost in Cameron Indoor Stadium to a non-league team on February 26, 2000 against St. John's (83-82). The longest such streak in school history was a 95-game effort that ended with a loss to Illinois on December 2, 1995. Duke has also won 177 of its last 180 non-conference home games.
- Duke's 22 first half points marks the lowest total in the opening half since March 3, 1996, when Duke scored 21 points at home against North Carolina. It also marked the lowest in any half since scoring 21 points in the second half against Delaware State in the NCAA Tournament on March 18, 2005.
- Duke shot 8-of-25 (.320) from the floor in the first half, continuing its poor first-half shooting. In its last three games, Duke has shot 26-of-79 (.316) in the first half. Duke again rebounded in the second half against Holy Cross, shooting 11-of-18 (.611). In their last two games, the Blue Devils have shot 20-of-34 (.588) after halftime.
- Duke recorded a season-high 15 offensive rebounds vs. Holy Cross and has now reached double-figures in offensive rebounds in eight of nine games this season, with its season low being nine against Air Force.
- Duke out rebounded Holy Cross 34-24 on the evening and has now out rebounded its opponents in eight of nine games this season. On the season, Duke is +8.3 per game in rebounding (36.7 to 28.4).
- Junior DeMarcus Nelson scored 13 points including hitting a pair from three-point range. Nelson has reached double-figures in eight of nine games this season and in 23 career games.
- Sophomore Josh McRoberts scored 13 points shooting 5-of-7 from the field and added six rebounds and a pair of blocks in 31 minutes. McRoberts has reached double figures in five games this season and 20 times in his career. Duke has a 19-1 record when McRoberts scores in double-figures in his career.
- Freshman Jon Scheyer recorded a season-high six rebounds while adding five points for the Blue Devils.
- Freshman Gerald Henderson recorded his first two three-pointers of his career against Holy Cross. The first one came in the midst of a 13-0 second half run while the second one came right after that run and pushed Duke's lead back to double-figures. He finished with eight points and four rebounds.
- Freshman Lance Thomas recorded a season high eight rebounds, including five on the offensive end, for Duke against Holy Cross.
- Wednesday marked the 246th consecutive sell out at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- With the win, Duke's record improves to ...
- 1,804-812 all-time, the fourth most wins in the NCAA
- 219-36 this decade, the best record in the country
- 696-142 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including 147 of the last 156 games there
- 52-17 as the No. 7 ranked team in the AP poll and 865-217 overall as a ranked team, 610-129 under Coach K
- 534-86 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 221-16 since 1997-98
- 108-2 at home vs. unranked teams since 1997-98
- 115-6 vs. unranked non-conference opponents since 1997-98
- 381-60 vs. non-conference opponents under Coach K, including 193-8 at home
- 145-23 under Coach K in December, including 3-0 this season
- With the win, Coach K now has 761 career victories and remains in10th place in NCAA history. He is third among active coaches. Ninth on the list is Arizona's Lute Olson with 766 wins while eighth place is Henry Iba with 767. At Duke, Coach K has 688 victories, seventh most all-time (Don Haskins, UTEP, 719).
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