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Notes: Wake Forest 86, Duke 73
2/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
No. 2 Duke fell to Wake Forest, 86-73, on February 17, 2008, at Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Duke falls to 22-2 overall and 10-1 in the ACC while the Demon Deacons improve to 16-8 and 6-5, respectively.
Series Notes
- Sunday marks the 231st meeting between Duke and Wake Forest dating back to Duke's first-ever game in 1905-06. Duke and Wake Forest have faced each other more than any other series in ACC history.
- Duke now leads the series with Wake Forest, 155-76 and Duke is now 93-48 against Wake Forest in regular season conference play including 66-42 in regular season ACC play.
- Duke is now 42-37 at Wake Forest including 9-9 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
- Wake Forest snapped Duke's five game win streak in the series.
Milestones
- Duke's 22-2 record through 24 games marks the 10th time in school history Duke has been 22-2 or better. Duke's best record through 24 is 23-1 three times.
- Duke's 10-1 record through 11 ACC games marks the 12th time in school history Duke has been 10-1 or better through 11 ACC games. Duke's best start is 11-0, which they've been three times in school history.
- Nolan Smith scored 21 points becoming the seventh Blue Devil to score 20 or more points this season. That matches the 1973-74 season for the most players to score 20 or more points in a season in school history.
- Smith's 20 point game also gives the Blue Devils five 20 point games off the bench and three different players with a 20 point bench performance, both the most in Duke history. Both Taylor King and Jon Scheyer have two 20 point games this season. Duke had four 20 point bench performances in 1983-84, 1990-91 and 1998-99, and it is the second time three different players had 20 points off the bench as it also happened in 2002-03 when Dahntay Jones, J.J. Redick and Shavlik Randolph each had one 20 point game off the bench.
Streaks & Records
- Duke had five players foul out matching the most in school history and it was the first time in school history that all five starters fouled out. Duke has now had five players foul out five times, including twice at Wake Forest (the other was Feb. 13, 2003). It was the third time under Coach K that five players fouled out (at Maryland, Feb. 12, 2005). The other two times were against North Carolina on March 1, 1957, and against the Tar Heels on March 11, 1967, in the ACC Tournament.
- Wake Forest snapped Duke's 12 game win streak, it was the third longest in the NCAA.
- Duke suffered its first road loss of the year and is now 6-1 on the road.
- Duke has played in front of a sold out crowd in 227 of its last 265 games.
- Duke has hit a three-pointer in 643 consecutive games, the fourth longest streak in the NCAA behind UNVL, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
Duke In February
- Duke is now 490-259 all-time in February, including 163-61 under Coach K. Duke has won eight of the last 10 and is 67-21 since 1997-98.
- Duke is now 13-8 all time on Feb. 17 in its history, including 3-3 under Coach K and 1-1 against the Demon Deacons.
Team Highs & Lows
- Duke's 31 fouls and 22 turnovers were both season highs.
- Wake Forest's 27 free throws and 38 attempts are both Duke opponent season highs by seven, respectively.
- The senior scored 18 points, hitting 3-of-5 from long range, and added seven rebounds, three assists and three steals against Wake Forest.
- Nelson has 21 games this season scoring in double figures, including nine straight and 16 of the last 17. He has 64 double figure scoring games in his career.
- Nelson now has eight straight games with four or more rebounds.
- Nelson now has nine games this season with three or more steals and 18 such games in his career.
- Nelson now has three games this season with three or more three-pointers and 13 such games in his career.
- The freshman scored 17 points, grabbed six rebounds, dished out three assists and had a steal and block. He shot 6-of-10 from the field, 2-of-6 from behind the arc and 3-of-4 from the free throw line.
- Singler has connected on 17-of-34 (.500) from behind the arc in the last five games.
- Singler now has 40 three-pointers this season and passed classmate Taylor King for ninth place on the freshman season chart.
- The freshman scored a season high 21 points, hitting 8-of-12 from the field, 2-of-5 from long distance, and 3-of-4 from the line. He added three rebounds and a steal in just 18 minutes of action.
- Smith recorded his first career 20 point game and t was his fifth game in double figures.
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