Notes: Duke 62, Wake Forest 40

With its 62-40 win to Wake Forest, Duke improves to 15-3 on the season and is now 155-75 against Wake Forest, including 53-16 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke has won 20 of the last 23 over the Demon Deacons and each of the last five games. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is 36-21 against Wake Forest, including an 18-8 mark at Cameron.
Duke has a 10 game win streak against Wake Forest at home and all have been impressive victories. In those 10 games, Duke has averaged 87.9 points and held the Demon Deacons to 66.7 points per game, a 21.2 margin of victory. All 10 wins have been in double figures and eight of the 10 have been by 18 or more points.
Duke held Wake Forest to just 40 points...

It marks the lowest output for an opponent since Duke defeated Seton Hall 93-40 on Nov. 16, 2005.
It marks the 11th game under Coach K that Duke has held an opponent to 40 or fewer points.
It marks tied for the third fewest points by a Duke opponent in an ACC game.
It marks the fewest points by a Duke opponent in an ACC game since Maryland beat Duke 40-36 on Jan. 9, 1982.
It marks the lowest scoring output for Wake Forest in the series since Feb. 25, 1947 (Duke won 57-37 in Winston-Salem).

With holding Wake Forest to 40 points, Duke has now held six opponents under 50 points this season, tied for the most under Coach K along with the 1997-98 season. All six games have been at Cameron Indoor Stadium and in 13 home games to date, Duke has held its opponents to just 51.2 points per game.
Duke held Wake Forest to just 19 points in the second half, the fifth time this season Duke has held its opponents to less than 20 points in the second half and the sixth time for any half. With the Demon Deacon's 21 first-half points, Duke has now held its opponents to under 30 points in a half 20 times (out of 36 halves of play).
Duke held Wake Forest to 16-of-48 (33.3 percent) from the field Thursday, marking the ninth time in 13 home game that Duke has held its opponent to under 40 percent from the field.
Duke outrebounded Wake Forest 37-32, marking the 15th time in 18 games this season, and third time in four ACC games, that Duke has outrebounded its opponent. On the season, Duke average a 6.5 per game rebounding advantage (36.2 to 29.7).
Under Coach K, Duke is now 265-117 in regular season ACC play, including a 149-42 mark at home. He also owns a 116-75 record in away ACC games. The 265 wins is the second most in ACC history.
Sophomore Greg Paulus scored 17 points including 5-of-10 from behind the arc and added four assists, three rebounds and one steal to just one turnover. Paulus' five three-pointers is a career-high and also a Duke season high. It marks the most by a Duke player since J.J. Redick was 5-of-10 against Southern in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament on March 16, 2006. It marks Paulus' seventh game in double figures this season and 18th of his career. Duke is 17-1 in Paulus' career when he scores in double-figures. Paulus has scored in double figures in six of Duke's last eight games.
Sophomore Josh McRoberts scored 11 points, grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, dished out a game-high six assists and had a game-high three blocks, as well. He has scored in double figures in 13 games this season and 28 in his career.
Saturday marked the 252nd consecutive sellout 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 ...

1,811-814 all-time, the fourth most wins in NCAA history
226-38 this decade, the best record in the NCAA
135-29 in ACC regular season play since 1996-97
704-145 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including 152 of the last 162 games there
14-2 as the No. 14 ranked team in the AP poll
872-219 overall as a ranked team including 617-131 under Coach K
540-88 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 227-18 since 1997-98
113-3 at home vs. unranked teams since 1997-98
181-54 under Coach K in January and 83-9 in January since 1996-97

Coach K is now 768-253 all-time, a win total that ranks ninth in NCAA history and is third among active coaches. Eighth overall and second among active coaches is Arizona's Lute Olson with 773 (Arizona plays later Thursday at Southern Cal).
Coach K's 768 career wins also ranks second for most wins in a coach's first 32 seasons. North Carolina's Dean Smith currently owns the top mark with 774 wins in his first 32 seasons. Third on the list is Olson with 740.
Coach K also owns a 695-194 record at Duke, eighth most in NCAA history for wins at one school and second among active coaches. Coach K is now just five wins away from 700 in his 889 career games. The record for the fewest amount of games to win 700 games at one school is held by Kentucky's Adolph Rupp, who did it in 836 games. Second on that list is Smith, who accomplished the feat in 904 games.