With its 68-67 loss against Florida State, Duke falls to 18-5 on the season and is now 25-6 against the Seminoles, including 15-1 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is 24-6 against FSU, including in five of the last seven games.
Duke honored former Blue Devil J.J. Redick at halftime by raising his No. 4 jersey to the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Redick is the 13th Blue Devil to have his jersey retired. Redick was a two-time National Player of the Year and is the ACC's all-time leading scorer.
Three of Duke's four ACC losses this season have come by a combined five points. Duke fell to Virginia Tech (69-67) and Virginia (68-66) in overtime before Sunday's 68-67 loss.
Duke outrebounded Florida State, 33-31, marking the 20th time in 23 games this season, and eighth time in nine ACC games, that Duke has outrebounded its opponent. Duke owns a +6.6 rebounding margin over its opponents this season (36.1-to-29.5).
Duke falls to 137-58 following a loss under Coach K. Of Duke's 196 losses, Duke has stopped the slide at one game 100 times. This current streak of two games is just the 38th time a Coach K-led team has lost more than one in a row. Since 1984-85, Duke is 93-27 after a loss and this is just the 22nd streak of two or more straight losses and since 1996-97, Duke is 46-10 after a loss and only nine times has Duke lost more than one straight game.
Under Coach K, Duke is now 269-119 in regular season ACC play, including a 152-43 mark at home. He owns a 117-76 mark on the road, as well. The 269 wins are the second most in ACC history.
Sophomore Greg Paulus scored a career-high 23 points while shooting 8-of-13 from the field, including 4-of-6 from behind the arc, and 3-of-4 from the line. He also had four rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes of action. It marks his second 20-point game of the season and his career and 11th game in double figures this season and 22nd of his career.
Junior DeMarcus Nelson scored 14 points, had six rebounds and two assists in 37 minutes of action, marking his 20th game in double figures this season and 35th of his career.
Sophomore Josh McRoberts recorded 12 points, five rebounds and four blocks against the Seminoles in 34 minutes. He has 18 games scoring in double-figures this season and 33 in his career.
Freshman Jon Scheyer scored nine points and was 7-of-7 from the line, extending his consecutive free throws made streak to 36. He passed Christian Laettner's mark of 35 consecutive and is now in third place in Duke history, behind a pair of streaks (54 and 43) from Redick.
With the loss, Duke's record falls to ...
1,814-816 all-time, the fourth most wins in NCAA history
706-146 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including 347-51 under Coach K and 154 of last 165.
229-40 this decade, the best record in the NCAA
138-31 in ACC regular season play since 1996-97
60-16 as the No. 8 ranked team in the AP poll and 743-169 as a Top 10 team in the AP poll
875-221 overall as a ranked team including 620-133 under Coach K
542-90 vs. unranked teams under Coach K including a 230-20 since 1997-98 and 111-14 vs. ACC unranked since 1997-98
155-58 under Coach K in February, including 11 of the last 13 dating back to Feb. 2005, and 66-18 in February since 1996-97