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Notes: North Carolina 79, Duke 73
2/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
- With its 79-73 loss to North Carolina, Duke falls to 18-6 on the season, including 5-5 in the ACC, and is now 96-126 all-time against the Tar Heels despite winning eight of the last 11 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Overall, Duke holds a 38-32 advantage in Cameron. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is 31-31 against UNC, including wins in 16 of the last 21 overall meetings.
- North Carolina out-rebounded Duke 39-33 marking just the second time in ACC play and fourth time this season Duke has been on the short end of the rebounding totals.
- Duke falls to 137-59 following a loss under Coach K. Of those 196 losses, Duke has stopped the slide at one game 100 times. This current streak of three games is just the 16th time a Coach K-led team has lost more than two in a row in 26 years at Duke. The last time at Duke team lost three in a row was seven years ago (the last game of 1998-99 and the first two of 1999-2000).
- Under Coach K, Duke is now 269-120 in regular season ACC play, including a 152-44 mark at home. He owns a 117-76 mark on the road, as well. The 269 wins are the second most in ACC history.
- Freshman Jon Scheyer scored a career-high 26 points, hitting 8-of-18 from the floor and 4-of-10 from behind the arc. He also recorded one block and one steal and played in 38 minutes before fouling out late in the game.
- Sophomore Greg Paulus scored 15 points and had four assists with no turnovers against the Tar Heels.
- Freshman Gerald Henderson recorded a career-high 14 points and added four rebounds and a pair of steals.
- Four of the top six scores combine for both teams were freshmen. Scheyer (26) and Henderson (14) for Duke and Brandan Wright (19) and Ty Lawson (15) for the Tar Heels. The other two top scorers weres sophomore with Paulus and Tyler Hansbrough.
- With the loss, Duke's record falls to ...
- 1,814-817 all-time, the fourth most wins in NCAA history
- 706-147 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including 347-52 under Coach K and 154 of last 166.
- 229-41 this decade, the best record in the NCAA
- 138-32 in ACC regular season play since 1996-97
- 10-8 as the No. 16 ranked team in the AP poll
- 875-222 overall as a ranked team including 620-134 under Coach K
- 9-18 vs. the No. 5 ranked team in the AP poll and 51-99 against Top 5 teams
- 234-237 vs. ranked teams all-time, including 155-107 under Coach K
- 68-28 vs. ranked teams since 1997-98, including 41-16 vs. ACC teams in that span
- 155-59 under Coach K in February, including 11 of the last 14 dating back to Feb. 2005, and 66-19 in February since 1996-97
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