Notes: Duke 69, George Mason 53

With its 69-53 win over George Mason, Duke improves to 9-1 on the season and improves its all-time record to 3-0 against George Mason, with all three games coming under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Duke holds a 39-3 advantage over current members of the Colonial Athletic Association, including 22-0 under Coach K and 27 straight dating back to 1953.
Duke owns the nation's longest home winning streak against non-conference opponents at 48 games. Utah State stands second on the current chart with 41 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 178 of its last 181 non-conference home games.
Duke has now started 8-0 at home 31 times, including 16 times under Coach K and in each of the last 10 seasons (1936, 1940, 1942, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007).
Duke held George Mason to 53 points, which is actually the most by a Duke opponent in eight home games this season. Duke has held five of its eight opponents under 50 points at home while Indiana (51), Georgetown (52) and George Mason (53) have eclipsed the half-century mark. Duke held George Mason to 22 first half points. Duke has held its opponents under 30 points in a half 13 times out of 20 halves this season. Duke is holding its opponents to an average of just 48.4 points per game at Cameron this season.
Duke committed a season low 11 turnovers against George Mason. The previous low was 13 vs. Columbia on Nov. 12, 2006. Duke's 1.91 assist-to-turnover ratio (21-to-11) is also a season high and considerably higher than the season average of .69 (111-to-160) heading into Saturday's contest.
Duke recorded season highs from behind the three point arc with nine makes in 20 attempts.
Duke recorded a season high 21 assists against George Mason on 25 field goals, meaning 84-percent of its field goals were assisted. Headed into Saturday's contest, Duke had recorded 111 assists on 202 field goals (55.0 percent).
Duke finished 25-for-50 (.500) from the field against George Mason, including 12-of-21 (.571) in the second half. Over the last three games, Duke has hit 32-of-55 (.582) from the field after halftime. It marked the sixth time this season Duke has shot 50 percent or better for a game, but the first time in the last four games.
Duke was out-rebounded by George Mason 33-28 on Saturday, marking just the second time in 10 games Duke has been out-rebounded. Duke also recorded a season-low six offensive rebounds and marked just the second time in 10 games Duke has not yielded 10 offensive rebounds. Duke still holds a +6.9 rebounding average over its opponents this season (35.8-to-28.9).
Junior DeMarcus Nelson scored a career high 24 points against George Mason, shooting 8-of-10 from the field, 3-of-4 from behind the three point arc and 5-of-5 from the line, and added four rebounds and four assists. Nelson now has two 20-point games this season and in his career. He has reached double-figures in scoring in nine of 10 games this season and in 24 career games. Duke is 21-3 in Nelson's career when he reaches double figures, and 8-1 this season.
Sophomore Josh McRoberts scored just seven points but had a career high eight assists and also added eight rebounds and a team-high two steals in 37 minutes of action.
Freshman Jon Scheyer recorded season highs with 18 points and six assists. He hit 6-of-12 from the field, 4-of-7 from three and 2-of-3 from the free throw line. Scheyer has reached double figures in six of Duke's 10 games, and Duke is 6-0 in those games.
Saturday marked the 247th consecutive sell out at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The last non-sellout at Cameron was Nov. 16, 1990, in a 100-76 win over Boston College.
With the win, Duke's record improves to ...

1,805-812 all-time, the fourth most wins in the NCAA
220-36 this decade, the best record in the country
697-142 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including 148 of the last 157 games there
53-17 as the No. 7 ranked team in the AP poll and 866-217 overall as a ranked team, 611-129 under Coach K
535-86 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 222-16 since 1997-98
109-2 at home vs. unranked teams since 1997-98
116-6 vs. unranked non-conference opponents since 1997-98
382-60 vs. non-conference opponents under Coach K, including 194-8 at home
146-23 under Coach K in December, including 4-0 this season

With the win, Coach K now has 762 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 689 victories, seventh most all-time (Don Haskins, UTEP, 719). Olson and the Wildcats play at San Diego State Saturday night at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Notes: Duke 69, George Mason 53

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