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Notes: Duke 78, Boston College 70
2/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
- With its 78-70 win over Boston College, Duke improves to 19-7 on the season, including a 6-6 mark in the ACC and snaps a four-game losing streak. Duke improves to 8-1 all time against Boston College, including seven straight and 3-0 at Silvio O. Conte Forum. Duke is 7-1 against the Eagles under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Boston College drops to 18-7 overall and 9-3 in the ACC, with two of those three losses to the Blue Devils.
- Duke out-rebounded Boston College 31-22 on the night, holding the Eagles without a rebound for an eight minute stretch in the first half. Duke has now out-rebounded its opponents in 21 games this season and in nine of 12 ACC contests. Boston College's 22 rebounds is the third-lowest total for a Duke opponent this season.
- Thursday marked just the 139th game under Coach K that Duke has not been ranked (out of 897 overall games) and the first game since March 14, 1996. Of those 139 games, 117 of them came in Coach K's first six seasons, meaning in the last 21 seasons, Duke has played just 22 games as an unranked team with 21 of those games coming in 1995-96. Duke is now 76-63 under Coach K as an unranked team. Duke's win as an unranked team over a ranked team is the first time that's happened since Feb. 3, 1996, when Duke defeated No. 24 Clemson 83-53. Coach K is 10-29 vs. ranked teams as an unranked team, but has won six of the last 11 such games.
- Duke's .400 (4-of-10) free throw percentage is a season low as is the four free throws made and the 10 attempts. In the last two games, Duke is just 10-of-23 (.435) from the line.
- Duke's 33 field goals and 19 assists are both the second-highest output for Duke this season. Duke's .559 (33-of-59) field goal percentage is the fourth-highest mark of the season. Duke also had 10 steals, the sixth game the Blue Devils have reached double figures in steals.
- Boston College's 40 field goal attempts is the second-lowest for a Duke opponent this season but the Eagles .525 (21-of-40) field goal percentage is the second-highest for a Duke opponent this season. The Eagle's were 22-of-28 from the free throw line, the third most makes and second most attempts for a Duke opponent. Individually, Tyrese Rice scored 22 points and was 9-of-9 from the line while Sean Marshall scored 23 points. It was the first time this season two opponent players scored 20 points while Rice's free throw performance is a Duke individual opponent best.
- Duke improves to 138-60 following a loss under Coach K. Of those 197 losses, Duke has stopped the slide at one game 100 times. The streak of four straight matched the longest streak under Coach K and Duke is now 5-0 after losing four straight under Coach K.
- Since 1984-85, Duke is 94-29 after a loss and the four-game slide was just the second streak of four straight losses. Since 1996-97, Duke is 47-12 after a loss.
- Under Coach K, Duke is now 270-121 in regular season ACC play, including a 152-44 mark at home and a 118-77 mark on the road. The 270 wins are the second most in ACC history.
- Sophomore Josh McRoberts scored 18 points and had 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals in 39 minutes. He was 9-of-13 from the field for the second straight game, matching career highs for field goals made and field goal percentage (.692, with at least 10 attempts) for the second-straight game. In the last two games, McRoberts is averaging 19.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 18-of-26 (.692) from the field. For McRoberts, it was his eighth career double-double and sixth of the season. Duke is 7-1 in McRoberts career when he has a double-double. It also marks his 20th game this season in double-figures in scoring and 35th of his career. It's also his 12th career game with 10-plus rebounds and seventh of the season.
- Freshman Jon Scheyer scored 12 points, shooting 4-of-12 from the field, 3-of-7 from behind the arc and 1-of-2 from the line. He added three assists and a season-high tying three steals. Scheyer has reached double figures in three straight games and 17 overall this season. He has hit at least two three-pointers in each of the last three games, as well.
- Sophomore Greg Paulus scored 15 points and added a season-high tying seven assists, four rebounds and three steals. Paulus hit 6-of-9 from the field and 2-of-3 from behind the arc. Paulus has reached double-figures in scoring in five straight games, nine of the last 10 and 13 of the last 16 and 14 games overall this season. He now has 25 career games in double figures. Paulus has dished out at least three assists in 11 straight games and four or more in eight of the last nine games.
- Junior DeMarcus Nelson scored 15 points and added six rebounds, three assists and a steal in 33 minute of action. He was 6-of-11 from the field and 3-of-5 from behind the arc. Nelson has reached double figures in seven of the last eight games and 22 games overall this season and 37 times in his career.
- With the win, Duke's record improves to ...
- 1,815-818 all-time, the fourth most wins in NCAA history
- 230-42 this decade, the best record in the NCAA
- 139-33 in ACC regular season play since 1996-97
- 235-237 all-time against ranked teams, including 156-107 under Coach K
- 69-28 vs. ranked teams since 1997-98, including 42-16 vs. ranked ACC teams in that span
- 3-1 against the No. 21 ranked team in the AP poll
- 160-39 outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1997-98, including 72-23 in road games in that span
- 80-22 in ACC road games since 1997-98
- 156-60 under Coach K in February, including 67-20 in February since 1996-97
- Coach K improves to 772-257 all-time in 32 years, the ninth most wins in NCAA history and third among active coaches. Eighth overall and second among active coaches is Arizona's Lute Olson with 777 wins. Lou Henson sits in seventh place with 779 wins while Bob Knight is the active leader with 884.
- Coach K's 772 wins in his first 32 seasons is the second most wins for any coach in NCAA history in their first 32 seasons. Dean Smith currently holds the record with 774 wins while Olson had 740 in his first 32 seasons.
- Coach K is now 699-198 at Duke, just one win away from 700 in 897 career games. His 699 wins is the eighth most in NCAA history for wins at one school. UTEP's Don Haskins is eighth with 719. The fewest number of games needed for a coach to win 700 at one school in NCAA History was Kentucky's Adolph Rupp, who did it in 836 games. Currently second on that list is Smith, who accomplished the feat in 904 games.
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