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Notes: Duke 87, N.C. State 86
3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
No. 7 Duke defeated N.C. State, 87-86, on March 1, 2008, at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. Duke improves to 25-3 overall and 12-2 in the ACC while the Wolfpack fall to 15-14 overall and 4-11 in the ACC.
Series Notes
- Duke now leads the series with N.C. State 134-96 all-time and the Blue Devils have won 22 of the last 25 dating back to the 1997-98 season.
- Duke is now 6-2 all-time at RBC Center.
- Duke owns a 93-64 record against the Wolfpack in conference regular season play and 63-44 in ACC regular season play.
- Coach Mike Krzyzewski is now 43-19 against the Wolfpack, including 16-9 in Raleigh.
- Duke has more road wins, owning a 45-38 record at N.C. State, than against any other team.
- Duke's 93 wins in regular season conference play match the most against any opponent in Duke history, tied with Wake Forest.
- Duke's 134 wins over N.C. State is the second most of any opponent behind Wake Forest (155).
Milestones
- Coach K became the sixth Division I coach to reach 800 victories and is now 800-264 all-time. He ranks sixth all-time and is also second among active coaches behind San Francisco's Eddie Sutton, who has 801. First overall on the wins list is Coach K's mentor, Bobby Knight, with 902 wins.
- With his 800th win in his 1,064th career game, Coach K becomes the third-fastest coach to 800 wins based on number of games. Adolph Rupp accomplished the feat in 972 games and Dean Smith 1,029. Bobby Knight was third, accomplishing the feat in 1,102 games.
- Duke's 25-3 record through 28 games marks the 10th time in Duke history that the Blue Devils have been 25-3 or better. This is the fourth time Duke has been 25-3, third time under Coach K, while Duke has been 26-2 four times, three under Coach K and 27-1 twice, both under Coach K.
- Duke's 12-2 record through 14 ACC games marks the 13th time in Duke history that Duke has been 12-2 or better. Duke has now been 12-2 seven times, six under Coach K, 13-1 three times, twice under Coach K and 14-0 three times, twice under Coach K.
Season Highs
- Duke's 30 free throws is a season high while the 37 free throws attempted is the second most of the season.
- Duke's eight turnovers match the second-lowest total of the season and is the fifth time this season Duke has had less than 10 turnovers in a game.
- N.C. State's 25 free throws and 86.2 free throw percentage are both the second most/highest against Duke this season.
- The Wolfpack's two blocks and four steals are both the second lowest given up by Duke this season.
Streaks & Records
- Duke extends its overall win streak to three games and snaps a two-game road losing streak.
- Duke has played in front of a sold out crowd in 230 of its last 269 games.
- Duke has hit a three-pointer in 647 consecutive games, the fourth-longest streak in the NCAA behind UNLV, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
Duke In March
- Duke is now 212-116 all-time in March, including 124-50 under Coach K and 60-18 since 1997-98.
- Duke is now 18-9 all time on March 1 in its history, including 3-3 under Coach K and 2-2 against N.C. State on March 1.
Duke Offense
- Duke shot 30-of-37 from the line, good for 81.1 percent. That marks the fourth time this season Duke has shot above 80 percent from the line.
- Duke had 14 assist and just eight turnovers marking the 19th time this season, and 10th time in the ACC that Duke has had more assists than turnovers. It's also the third straight game.
- Duke's eight turnovers matches the second lowest total of the season and is the second straight game Duke has had less than 10 turnovers. It's the fifth time overall and third time in ACC play Duke has had less than 10 turnovers.
- Duke scored 87 points surpassing the 80 point plateau for the 18th time this season and Duke is 17-1 in those games.
- Duke has surpassed 80 points in 10 of the last 13 games and is now 457-45 under Coach K when scoring 80 or more.
- Duke had five players score in double figures for the 10th time this season and the third time in the last four games.
- Duke has had at least four in double figures in 20 of 28 games this season and four straight.
- With Jon Scheyer's 19 points, Duke now has 31 double figure scoring games off the bench this season, tied for fourth most in Duke history with the 1987-88 team. The 1997-98 team set the standard with 47 games while the 1998-99 team had 38 and 1990-91 37 games in double figures off the bench.
- Duke was 13-of-28 from behind the arc, matching the fourth highest total of the season for Duke. Duke has hit 10 or more threes in six of the last nine games and in 13 games overall this season. The 13 games ranks fifth most all-time. Duke had 14 such games in 1999-2000 and 2001-02. Duke has six games in ACC play with 10 or more threes, tied for fourth most in Duke history along with 1999-2000 and 2001-02. Duke had seven such games in 2005-06.
Duke Defense
- Duke forced N.C. State into 17 turnovers and gave up just 15 assist, marking the 25th time this season that Duke has held its opponents to fewer assists than turnovers.
- Duke was down 83-76 with 3:24 left in the game and ended the game on an 11-3 run over the stretch run. N.C. State got just one field goal attempt off and missed it and was just 3-of-6 from the line during that time after hitting 22-of-23 up to that point from the charity stripe.
Coach K
- With 800 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 a 727-205 record at Duke and is in sixth place on the NCAA chart for most wins at one school. Coach K is also second among active coaches behind Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (767). Fifth on the list is Western Kentucky's Ed Diddle with 759 wins.
- The senior scored 19 points, shooting 4-of-7 from the field, 3-of-4 from behind the arc, and 8-of-9 from the line.
- Nelson's eight free throws matches the second most of his career.
- Nelson now has 1,275 career points and passed Chris Duhon (2001-04 ? 1,268) to move into 36th on Duke's career chart.
- Nelson now has 24 games scoring in double figures this season, including 12 of the last 13, and 67 such games in his career.
- Nelson had just one rebound, marking the second time in 28 games he hasn't recorded at least four.
- Nelson has now hit multiple three-pointers 10 times this season.
- Nelson broke his string of 12 straight games with a steal.
- Nelson is now 14-of-30 (.467) from behind the arc in road games this season.
- The freshman scored 12 points, had six rebounds, two assist and a steal in 28 minutes.
- Singler has reached double figures in 10 straight games and 22 games overall this season.
- Singler now has 399 points this season and is just one point shy of becoming the 12th freshman in Duke history to score 400 points.
- Singler snapped his 15 game streak of hitting at least one three-pointer. He was 0-of-4 from behind the arc.
- Singler has dished out multiple assists in 13 games this season, including five of the last six.
- The junior scored 15 points, hitting 5-of-11 from the field and 5-of-9 form behind the arc, and added three rebounds and a pair of assists and steals with just two turnovers in 30 minutes of action.
- Paulus has now hit a three-pointer in 12 straight games, 27 of 28 games this season and 55 of 59 games dating back to his sophomore campaign.
- Paulus has 46 assist to just 19 turnovers (2.42:1 ratio) in ACC play this season.
- Paulus has 26 steals to just 19 turnovers in ACC play this season.
- Paulus has hit multiple three-pointers in 18 games this season.
- Paulus' five three pointers matches the second-highest output of his career and is his fifth career game with five or more three-pointers, including his third such game this season.
- Paulus has had three or more rebounds nine times this season.
- Paulus now has 933 career points and moved past Jay Buckley (1962-64 ? 926) and Doug Kistler (1959-61 ? 932) and into 63rd on Duke's career scoring chart. Immediately ahead is Roshown McLeod (941) in 62nd place.
- Paulus is now 15-of-36 (.417) against N.C. State from behind the arc in his career.
- Paulus is now 22-of-55 (.400) from behind the arc in road games this season.
- The sophomore scored 12 points, including 7-of-8 from the line, and added five rebounds and five assists in 30 minutes along with one block.
- Henderson reached double figures in points for the 20th time this season, including the third straight game. He has 27 such games in his career.
- Henderson has recorded five or more rebounds in two straight games and 18 overall this season.
- Henderson's seven free throws is a career high while his eight attempts matches the third-highest output of his career.
- The sophomore scored 19 points off the bench, hitting 4-of-8 from the field, 3-of-5 from distance, and 8-of-8 from the line. He added two rebounds, three assists and a steal with just one turnover in 34 minutes.
- Scheyer became the 20th player in Duke history to hit 100 career three-pointers. He now has 102 in his career. Immediately ahead tied for 17th with 108 career threes are Quin Snyder, 1986-89, Danny Ferry, 1986-89 and William Avery, 1998-99.
- Scheyer has 17 games in double figures this season, including three of the last four and six of the last eight. A total of 16 of his 17 double figure games have been off the bench this season, a figure that ranks as fourth most all-time at Duke. David Henderson had 24 such games in 1983-84, Corey Maggette had 19 in 1998-99 and Henderson had 18 in 1984-85.
- Scheyer has had multiple three-pointers in 12 games this season.
- Scheyer has now hit 49-of-55 (.891) from the line over the last 13 games.
- Scheyer has connected on 18-of-38 (.474) from behind the arc in road games this season.
With The Win, Duke Improves To...
- 1,846-807 all-time, including 727-205 under Coach K.
- 172-45 outside of Cameron since 1997-98, including 80-26 in true road games and 86-26 against ACC teams away from home.
- 566-95 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 255-25 since 1997-98 and 126-21 away from home since 1997-98 and 123-18 vs. unranked ACC teams since 1997-98.
- 258-49 this decade, more wins than any other team in the NCAA.
- 904-229 all-time as a ranked team all-time, including 59-17 as the No. 7 team and 762-172 as a Top 10 team.
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