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Notes: Duke 93, Clemson 80
1/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
- With their 93-80 win over No. 24/23 Clemson on January 19, 2008, at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the No. 7/5 Duke Blue Devils improve to 15-1 overall and 3-0 in the ACC while the Tigers fall to 14-4 and 2-2, respectively. Duke has now won all nine home games this season.
- Duke now leads the all-time series 100-27, including a 54-4 mark at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke has won 22 straight in the series dating back to Jan. 7, 1997 (L 86-82 OT) and 11 straight at Cameron dating back to Jan. 4, 1995 (L 75-70). Duke is now 46-9 vs. Clemson under coach Mike Krzyzewski, including 25-2 at home.
- Duke now has 100 victories over Clemson in the series history. The Tigers become the fifth team that the Blue Devils have bested 100 or more times. Wake Forest is first with 155, followed by N.C. State (132), Virginia (107) and Maryland (101).
- Duke is now 186-54 in the month of January under Coach K, including a streak of 10 straight games and 84 of the last 91. Duke is now 11-3 all-time on Jan. 19 and has won six straight on this day dating back to 1983, an 88-84 loss against Wake Forest.
- Duke has stepped it up at the free throw line of late, hitting 69-of-92 (.750) in the last four games. Duke hit 9-of-10 at the end of its last game and was 9-of-10 in the first half today.
- Duke's opponents are just 11-of-39 (.282) from three-point distance in ACC play this season after Clemson hit on 4-of-12 (.333) against Duke. Duke is giving up just 3.7 made threes per game. On the season, Duke's opponents have shot 78-of-258 (.302) from distance on the season.
- Duke kept pace with its scoring average in home games with 93 points against Clemson. In nine games, Duke is averaging 92.7 points per game this season. Duke hit 31-of-58 (.534) from the field and is over .500 on the season at home, hitting 292-of-571 (.511). Duke is 97-of-233 (.416) from behind the arc at home, as well.
- Duke led 43-38 at the halftime against the Tigers keeping intact the run of leading at the half in every game this season. It marks just the fourth time this season Duke didn't hold a halftime lead of double-digits.
- Duke's bench outscored Clemson 27-19 as Duke achieved just under its average of 31.1 per game entering the contest. Nolan Smith (13) and Jon Scheyer (12) both reached double figures off the bench for Duke, giving the Blue Devils 22 double figure scoring games off the bench this season. Duke is already tied for 13th for most double figure scoring games off the bench in a season, matching the output of 1986-87. Duke's 1982-83, 1986-87 and 1992-93 squads all had 23 such games, with 47 such games from the 1997-98 squad the school record.
- Five Blue Devils reached double figures for Duke, tied for the second most of the season. A total of 10 players now have 66 such games this season. The 10 different players is tied for the fourth most in school history.
- Duke had 14 assists to just 11 turnovers, marking the ninth game this season the Blue Devils have had more assists than turnovers. Conversely, Duke forced 21 turnovers from Clemson while the Tigers had 17 assists, marking the 14th time in 16 games that Duke's opponent has had more turnovers than assists.
- Duke was 31-of-58 from the field (.534), the seventh time this season Duke has shot better than 50.0 percent from the field. Duke is now 7-0 this season when shooting 50.0 percent or better and 409-30 under Coach K when doing so.
- Clemson shot 33-of-62 (.532) from the field, a Duke opponent high for the season and the first time in 16 games that Duke's opponent has shot above 50.0 percent from the floor.
- Senior DeMarcus Nelson scored a career-high tying 24 points, shooting 10-of-13 (.769) from the floor, 2-of-4 from behind the arc, and 2-of-3 from the free throw line. He added three rebounds, three steals and an assist in 36 minutes.
- Nelson has now scored 20 or more points in four straight home games, becoming just the 14th player in school history to accomplish that feat. Ronnie Mayer set the standard scoring over 20 points in all 10 home games in 1954-55 while J.J. Redick was the last player to have a streak that long, doing it seven straight games from Jan. 2 ? Feb. 19, 2006.
- Nelson's 24 points sets his season high and ties his career high (vs. George Mason, Dec. 9, 2006).
- Nelson's 10 field goals is a career high, besting five different performances with eight field goals made.
- Nelson's 76.9 field goal percentage is the second-best shooting performance of Nelson's career with at least 10 field goal attempts. He shot 8-of-10 (.800) against George Mason on Dec. 9, 2006.
- Nelson now has four 20-point games this season and seven in his career.
- Nelson now has 13 games this season scoring in double figures and 56 such games in his career.
- Nelson has a season-high tying three steals, the 12th game of his career with three or more steals and third such game this season.
- Freshman Kyle Singler had 17 points, hitting 5-of-10 from the field, 3-of-7 from behind the arc and 4-of-4 from the line, and added four rebounds and two steals in 35 minutes. Singler's 17 points matches his third-highest total of the season. Singler's three made three-pointers and seven attempted both tie his season highs, although they happened against different opponents. He hit three triples against Marquette on Nov. 21 and attempted seven against Virginia on Jan. 13. He now has 11 games scoring in double figures this season.
- Sophomore Gerald Henderson scored 16 points, shooting 5-of-9 (.556) from the field and 6-of-10 from the line. He added five rebounds and a pair of assists, steals and blocks. It is the 122nd time in Duke history that a player has had multiple points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in a game, and it is the third time it has happened this season, including twice by Henderson. Henderson now has 13 games scoring in double figures this season and 20 such games in his career. Henderson's six free throws and 10 attempts are both new career highs, while his two blocks is just one off his career high and the fourth time he's registered multiple blocks in his career.
- Sophomore Jon Scheyer scored 12 points, including 5-of-5 from the free throw line, and added four rebounds and four assists off the bench for Duke. He now has 11 games scoring in double figures this season, tied with Bill McCaffrey (1989-90) for 11th most in Duke history. Five players are tied for sixth with 12 such games and the season record is 24 from David Henderson. It is also his 34th career game scoring in double figures. He has 22 career games where he has hit all of his free throws, including eight games where he was 5-of-5 or better in a game, including three such games this season.
- Freshman Nolan Smith scored 13 points off the bench, shooting 6-of-9 from the field and 1-of-2 from behind the arc. He added four assists to just two turnovers in 19 minutes. He matched his season high with four assists, a mark he has hit in all three ACC games this season. In three conference games, he has 12 assists to just 5 turnovers, good for a 2.5-to-1 ratio.
- Junior Greg Paulus scored nine points, including 5-of-5 from the line and two field goals during Duke's late-game surge. Paulus is now 26-of-31 (.839) from the line this season, including 16 straight dating back to the Cornell game on Jan. 6.
- Duke has now sold out 267 consecutive games at Cameron Indoor Stadium dating back to Nov. 16, 1990, against Boston College. Overall, Duke has now played in front of a sold out crowed in 219 of its last 257 games.
- With the win, Duke improves to ...
- 1,836-805 all-time, including 717-203 under Coach K
- 716-148 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including a 356-53 mark under Coach K. Duke has won 164 of its last 177 at home.
- 144-35 in ACC regular season play since 1997
- 248-47 this decade, more wins than any other team in the NCAA
- 239-240 all-time against ranked teams (AP poll), including 159-110 under Coach K and 72-31 since the 1997-98 season. Duke is 4-2 all-time against the No. 24 team in the AP Poll.
- 894-227 as a ranked team all-time, including 57-17 as the No. 7 team in the poll and 752-170 as a top 10 team
- Coach K is now 790-262 as a head coach and is in sixth place on the NCAA all-time wins chart, including third among active coaches. Eddie Sutton is fifth overall and second among active coaches with 798 wins while first overall is Coach K's college coach, Bob Knight, with 900 wins.
- Coach K now has 717 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 while Syracuse's Jim Boeheim is fourth overall and the top active coach with 763 wins as the Big Orange mentor.
- With 790 career wins in his first 33 seasons, Coach K is currently second on the NCAA's list of most victories in a coaches' first 33 season. He trails Dean Smith, who had 802 wins through 33 seasons.
- Coach K now has 790 wins in 1,052 career games and is looking to become the third fastest coach to 800 wins based on number of games. Adolph Rupp (972) and Dean Smith (1,029) are already out of reach and Bobby Knight is currently third, accomplishing the feat in (1,102 games).
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