With their 83-61 win over Princeton in the 2007 EA Sports Maui Invitational, the No. 13/10 Duke Blue Devils improve to 3-0 on the season. Duke improves to 16-1 all-time vs. Princeton in a series that dates back to 1935-36.
Duke has won four straight in the series. Duke is also 46-9 all-time vs. Ivy League schools and have won 20 straight.
Duke is now 3-0 for the seventh straight season and the 22nd time in 28 seasons under coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Duke improves to a perfect 10-0 in the Maui Invitational after winning championships in each of its previous three meetings (1992-93 season, 1997-98 season, 2001-02 season).
Duke is now 45-9 all-time in major midseason tournaments (CBE Classic, Maui Invitational, Preseason NIT, Great Alaska Shootout, Coaches vs. Cancer Invitational, Rainbow Classic).
Duke is now 18-3 all-time on the Hawai'ian Islands.
Kyle Singler scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, including nine offensive rebounds. The nine offensive rebounds is tied for the seventh-most in Duke history and most ever by a Duke freshman. It marks the most offensive rebounds since Shelden Williams had nine at Florida State on March 1, 2006. Singler hit 9-of-14 from the field, 2-of-3 from behind the arc while also knocking down his only free throw. It was Singler's first 20 point game and his third in double figures in as many games.
With Singler's 21 points, Duke has now had a different 20-point scorer in each of the season's first three games, marking the seventh time in school history that three different players have scored 20 or more in the season's first three games. It first happened in 1955-56 when Ronnie Mayer, Bob Lakata and Joe Belmont accomplished the feat and most recently happened in 2002-03 with Shavlik Randolph, Chris Duhon and J.J. Redick did it.
Singler's 12 rebounds is the second most for a Duke player in the Maui Invitational, behind 14 from Shane Battier against Chaminade on Nov. 24, 1997. It is also tied for the eighth most by a Duke player in a major midseason tournament.
Gerald Henderson scored 12 points, scoring 6-of-8 from the field and added six rebounds for the Blue Devils. Henderson has scored in double figures in all three games this season and the 10th time in his career.
Jon Scheyer scored 10 points for Duke and has reached double figures in all three games this season and in 26 in his career.
With the win, Duke improves to ...
1,821-802 all-time, including 705-202 under Coach K
99-16 all-time in November, including 85-10 under Coach K and 36-2 since 1997-98
236-46 this decade, more wins than any other team in the NCAA
548-93 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 236-23 since 1997-98
123-7 vs. unranked, non-ACC teams since 1997-98
390-61 vs. non-conference teams under Coach K and 131-38 vs. non-conference teams on a neutral court
163-42 outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1997-98, including 90-18 on a neutral court
883-226 as a ranked team all-time, including 25-4 all-time as the No. 13 team in the AP poll
Coach K now has 778 wins as a head coach, ninth most in NCAA history and third-most among active coaches. He needs just one more win to tie Lou Henson for eighth place.
Coach K now has 705 wins at Duke, eighth all-time for most wins at one school and third among active coaches. Don Haskins from UTEP ranks seventh with 719 wins.