J.J. Redick scored 35 points, the most every by a Duke player at North Carolina, off of a 12-of-22 shooting performance, including 5-of-10 from behind the arc and 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Redick added four steals in 39 minutes of action.
Redick's 35 points is the most by a Duke player at North Carolina in the series history. Both Bob Verga (March 4, 1967) and associate coach Johnny Dawkins (Jan. 19, 1985) scored 34 at North Carolina. Additionally, it's the fifth-most points by a Duke player over North Carolina. Dick Groat went for 48 in his last career home game on Feb. 29, 1952, Duke and Carolina's final Southern Conference game before becoming charter members of the ACC.
In seven games against ranked teams in 2005-06, Redick is averaging 29.0 points and shooting 32-of-67 from behind the arc for a .478 percentage.
In eight road games this season, Redick is averaging 32.2 points per game while shooting 33-of-71 from behind the arc and 81-of-151 (.536) from the field.
In 11 games away from home this season, Redick is averaging 31.4 points per game while shooting 47-of-98 from behind the arc (.480) and 106-of-203 from the field (.522).
Redick recorded his 16th career 30 point game and 10th of the season. Redick's 16 career games is third all-time at Duke, two games behind Dick Groat and second place. Redick's 10 30-plus point games in 2005-06 ties Bob Verga in 1967 for most 30 point games in a season for the Blue Devils. Duke is 14-2 all-time when Redick scores 30 points and 9-1 this season. Redick has scored 30 in two straight games and in seven of the last 12 games for the Blue Devils.
Redick recorded his 60th 20 point game of his career and 18th of the season, including his 12th consecutive game. Redick ties Dawkins for second-most 20 point games in Duke history and is just three games away from tying Art Heyman's 63 such games for most in Duke history. Duke is 53-7 when Redick scores 20 in his career and 17-1 this season.
Redick recorded his 109th career game in double figures, including all 23 games this season and an ACC-leading 25 straight. Redick has scored in double figures in 60 of his last 62 games dating back to his freshman season. Redick's 108 games breaks a tie with Trajan Langdon and is sixth-most in Duke history. Mike Gminski and Grant Hill are tied for fourth with 111 career games scoring in double figures.
Redick's 5-of-10 performance from behind the arc marks his 27th career game with five or more three-pointers and seventh of the season. Duke is 25-2 when Redick hits five triples and 6-1 this season.
Redick now has 2,459 career points, just one point behind the Blue Devils' Christian Laettner and his career total of 2,460. Laettner stands at second in Duke history and fifth in ACC history.
Redick now has 408 career three-pointers, a mark that is already the Duke record as well as being second in ACC and third in NCAA history. He is now just one behind Keith Veney (Lamar & Marshall) with 409 and four behind Virginia's Curtis Staples NCAA mark of 413.
Redick hit all six of his free throw attempts to bump his career percentage up a point to .921 (593-of-644). He is on pace to set the Duke, ACC and NCAA mark. Redick's 593 career free throws is second-most in Duke history behind Christian Laettner's 713.
Redick's three-pointer to put Duke up seven with under a minute remaining was his 1,000th career three-point attempt.
Redick now has played in 4,239 career minutes for Duke, good for eighth place in Duke history.
Redick pushed his season points per game mark to 28.4 per game, on pace to set a Duke record (Bob Verga, 1967, 26.1).
Redick has now hit 90 three-pointers in 2005-06 and passed Trajan Langdon (86, 1997), Bobby Hurley (88, 1993) and Mike Dunleavy (88, 2002) and moved into eighth place on Duke's season chart. Redick owns the seventh spot on the list, hitting 95 his freshman season in 2003.
Redick is now 152-of-174 from the free throw line in 2005-06 (.869), on pace to be sixth-best for a season in Duke history.
Redick has now hit the exact same number of three pointers (90) as all of Duke's opponents combined this season against Duke.
Redick scored 13 points in the first half, marking the 22nd time in 23 games he's reached double-figures by halftime.
Shelden Williams scored 13 points, grabbed nine rebounds, had four blocks, four steals and three assists against North Carolina.
Williams hit double-figures for the 88th time in his career and 21st of the season. Duke is 21-0 this season when Williams reaches double-figures in scoring.
With 1,669 points, 1,102 rebounds, 374 blocks and 150 steals in his career, Williams joins Pervis Ellison (Lousiville) and David Robinson (Navy) as the only players in NCAA history with 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 350 blocks and 150 steals in a career.
Williams moved past Randy Denton (1,658) and into 18th place on Duke's career scoring chart. Immediately ahead is Bobby Hurley with 1,731. Williams currently has 1,669.
Williams became the third player in Duke history to record 1,100 rebounds and remained in third place in Duke history for career rebounds. He moved past North Carolina's George Lynch (1,097) and into 15th place on the ACC chart. Virginia's Travis Watson (1,115) is ahead on the ACC chart while Christian Laettner (1,149) is next on Duke's chart.
Williams now has 374 career blocks and already owns the Duke career record. He is fifth place in ACC history behind Georgia Tech's Alvin Jones (425).
Williams now has 89 blocks this season and passed Elton Brand (86, 1999) and Shane Battier (88, 2001) and into sixth place on Duke's season block chart. Immediately ahead is Mike Gminski (90, 1977).
Greg Paulus recorded seven assists for the second straight game. He has recorded seven or more assists in eight games this season. He is currently leading the ACC in assists and is attempting to become just the fourth freshman in league history to lead the ACC in assists as Jeff Jones (Virginia), Kenny Anderson (Georiga Tech) and Ed Cota (UNC) are the only other freshmen to do that.
Josh McRoberts scored a season/career high 17 points against North Carolina and added five rebounds. He was 6-of-8 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. McRoberts also hit his second three-pointer of the season. In the past four games, McRoberts is 18-of-22 from the line (.818) after hitting on just 18-of-35 (.514) from the line in the season's first 19 games.
Sean Dockery scored 14 points, matching his second-highest output of the season. He hit 4-of-6 three-pointers and added a pair of assists and a steal. Dockery has reached double-figures in scoring 11 games this season.
J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams are combining to score 46.6 points per game in 2005-06, on pace to become the highest-scoring duo in a season in Duke history. Art Heyman and Jeff Mullins hold the standard combining to score 46.3 points per game in 1963.
Duke improves to 96-124 against UNC in the series' 220th meeting. Duke has also won 16 of last 19 and six of last eight at Smith Center while Coach Mike Krzyzewski improves to 31-29 all-time against the Tar Heels.
Duke recorded its eighth straight win over a ranked team and is now just four short of the school record of 12 from March 4, 2001 to Feb. 14, 2002.
Coach K improved to 743-247 overall, 670-188 at Duke, 167-88 on the road, 113-72 in ACC road contests and 150-56 in February in his career, including a 31-29 mark vs. North Carolina. His 743 wins is 12th most in NCAA history, just three short of 11th and Phog Allen (746). Coach K's 670 wins at Duke ranks eighth for most wins at one school in NCAA history and he's five wins away from Louisville's Denny Crum (675)
Duke is now 22-1 for just the third time in school history. Duke's 1999 team started 37-1 before falling in the national championship game while the 2003 squad was 23-1 before losing the second game of the season.
Duke is 10-0 in the ACC for the fifth time in school history, including the third time under Coach K. The 1999 team (16-0) and 1963 team (14-0) both finished unblemished while the 1964 and 2004 teams both started 10-0 in league play.
Duke recorded 13 steals as a tem, marking the 14th game this season with 10-plus steals including the 13th in the last 17 games.
Duke held North Carolina to .403 from the field, marking the 638th game under Coach K Duke has held its opponent under 50 percent from the field. Duke is 569-69 in those games. Duke has held each of its last four opponents under 50 percent.
Duke is 201-32 this decade and has 18 more wins than any other program.
Duke has won 149 of its last 183 outside Cameron since 1997-98; including an 81-14 neutral mark and 68-19 road mark. Duke is 76-18 away from home against ACC teams since 1997-98.
Duke is 129-25 in ACC regular season play since 1997 and has won 53 of its last 69 ACC road contests.
Duke improves to 150-103 against ranked teams under Coach K, including a 63-24 mark since 1997-98 and a 39-14 mark against ranked ACC teams.
Duke is now 229-233 against ranked team's all time and improves to 850-213 as a ranked team. Duke is now 100-15 as the No. 2 team in the AP poll and 8-2 against the No. 23 team in that poll.
Duke improves to 1,786-789 overall in 101 seasons and 474-260 in ACC play all-time.
Duke has hit a three-pointer in 573 consecutive games, the fifth-longest streak in the NCAA. Duke also has 18 straight games with at least three triples.
Duke one of seven teams without a loss in conference play ? the other's are: West Virginia (Big East), George Washington (A-10), Memphis (CUSA), Penn (Ivy), Bucknell (Patriot) and Gonzaga (Big West). Duke has defeated Memphis, Bucknell and Penn this season.