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Notes: Duke 79, Illinois 66
11/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
- With their 79-66 win over Illinois in the 2007 EA Sports Maui Invitational, the No. 13 Duke Blue Devils improve to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Maui Invitational. Duke advances to face No. 11 Marquette, who defeated Oklahoma State 91-61 earlier in the day. Duke and Marquette will face off for a midseason tournament championship for the second time in as many years as the Golden Eagles defeated Duke 73-62 in the final of last season's NIT Season Tipoff.
- Coach K now has 779 wins as a head coach and is now tied for eighth most in NCAA history with Lou Henson and he's also third among active coaches. Lute Olson is seventh and second, respectively, with 781 victories.
- Duke is now 5-2 all-time against the Illini and have won four straight with all four coming on a neutral court. Duke is now 58-23 all-time against teams from the Big Ten conference.
- Duke is now 4-0 for the fourth straight season and the 18th time in 28 seasons under coach Mike Krzyzewski.
- Duke is now a perfect 11-0 all-time in the Maui Invitational after having captured championships in each of its previous three trips (1992-93, 1997-98 and 2001-02).
- Duke is now 46-9 all-time in major midseason tournaments (CBE Classic, Maui Invitational, Preseason NIT, Great Alaska Shootout, Coaches vs. Cancer Invitational, Rainbow Classic).
- Duke is now 19-3 all-time on the Hawaiian Islands.
- Gerald Henderson scored a career high 23 points in his first career 20 point performance. He shot 8-of-15 from the field and 2-of-4 from behind the arc and added five rebounds and two blocks. Henderson has scored in double figures in all four games this year and in six of the last seven games dating back to last year. He has reached double figures in 11 career games. Henderson's 23 points is tied for the fourth most by a Duke player in the Maui Invitational.
- Henderson's 23 points also marks the fourth different Blue Devil to score 20 or more points in the first four games of the season. Only twice in school history have four different players scored 20 or more points in the first four games of the season. Taylor King scored 20 in the season opener against N.C. Central, Jon Scheyer scored 22 against New Mexico and Kyle Singler scored 21 against Princeton. In 1964, four different players did it with a different player in each game: Hack Tison (24 vs. Virginia Tech, 12/1), Steve Vadendak (23 vs. Michigan, 12/5), Bob Verga (24 vs. Navy, 12/10) and Jack Marin (22 vs. South Carolina, 12/12). In 2000, four players did it in the first three games and then a repeat happened in the fourth game: Shane Battier (29 vs. Princeton, 11/14), Carlos Boozer (22 vs. Villanova, 11/17), Nate James (26) and Jason Williams (20 vs. Texas, 11/22) and Boozer (26 vs. Temple, 11/24).
- DeMarcus Nelson scored 16 points shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line, and added six rebounds and a pair of assists. It marks the third time he's reached double figures this season and 46th of his career.
- Greg Paulus scored 10 points, including 2-of-4 from behind the arc and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. He added four assists and three rebounds in 31 minutes of action. It marks his first game in double-figures this season and 33rd such game of his career.
- Jon Scheyer scored seven points and pulled down a career-high tying seven rebounds.
- Hit connected on 26-of-46 from the field for a 56.5 shooting percentage. It was the fewest field goal attempts for Duke this season by 21, the next fewest 67 vs. New Mexico State, but it's the second-highest percentage in four games this season behind 57.4 (39-of-68) in the season opener against N.C. Central.
- Duke was outrebounded by 10 (41-31) against the Illini, marking the first time since March 11, 2006, that Duke has been outrebounded by double digits. Ironically, Duke won that game against Wake Forest, 78-66. In fact, Duke has won its last six games when being outrebounded by 10 or more dating back to a 75-73 loss to North Carolina on March 6, 2005.
- With the win, Duke improves to ...
- 1,822-802 all-time, including 706-202 under Coach K
- 100-16 all-time in November, including 86-10 under Coach K and 37-2 since 1997-98
- 237-46 this decade, more wins than any other team in the NCAA
- 549-93 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 237-23 since 1997-98
- 124-7 vs. unranked, non-ACC teams since 1997-98
- 391-61 vs. non-conference teams under Coach K and 132-38 vs. non-conference teams on a neutral court
- 164-42 outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1997-98, including 91-18 on a neutral court
- 884-226 as a ranked team all-time, including 26-4 all-time as the No. 13 team in the AP poll
- Coach K now has 706 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.
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