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Notes: Duke 86, Virginia 70
3/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
No. 6 Duke defeated Virginia, 86-70, on March 5, 2008, at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va. Duke improves to 26-3 overall and 13-2 in the ACC while the Cavaliers fall to 14-14 and 4-11, respectively.
Series Notes
- Duke now leads the series with Virginia, 109-48 all-time in the series that dates back to Nov. 6, 1910, and Duke has won 11 of the last 12 in the series including both match-ups this season. Duke is also 24-3 against the Cavaliers dating back to the 1995-96 season.
- Duke is now 1-1 at John Paul Jones Arena and 34-30 all-time in Charlottesville, Va.
- Duke's 109 victories over Virginia marks the third-most wins of any opponent in Duke history.
- Duke is now 84-33 against Virginia in conference regular season play including 75-31 in ACC regular season play.
- Coach Mike Krzyzewski is now 45-16 against the Cavaliers.
Milestones
- Duke's 26-3 record through 29 games marks the eighth time Duke history that the Blue Devils have been 26-3 or better. This is the third time Duke has been 26-3 and second time under Coach K. Duke has been 27-2four times, all under Coach K and 28-1 once, also under Coach K.
- Duke's 13-2 record through 15 ACC games marks the sixth time Duke has been 13-2 or better. Duke has now been 13-2 twice, 14-1 three times and 15-0 once, all under Coach K.
- This marks the 11th time in school history that Duke has recorded 13 or more ACC wins in a season. Duke had 16 wins in 1998-99, 15 in both 1997-98 and 1999-2000, 14 in 1962-63, 1991-92 and 2005-06 and 13 in 1963-64, 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2003-04.
Streaks & Records
- Duke extends its overall win streak to four games and has won two straight road contests.
- Duke has played in front of a sold out crowd in 231 of its last 270 games.
- Duke has hit a three-pointer in 648 consecutive games, the fourth-longest streak in the NCAA behind UNLV, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
Duke In March
? Duke is now 213-116 all-time in March, including 125-50 under Coach K and 61-18 since 1997-98.
? Duke is now 12-11 all time on March 5 in its history, including 3-4 under Coach K and 2-0 against Virginia on March 5.
? This marked just the fifth regular season game on March 5 in Duke history and Duke is 2-3 in those contests.
Duke Offense
- Duke's 8-of-14 from the free throw line matches the season low for makes and second lowest for attempts this season. Duke was 8-of-12 from the line against the Cavaliers in the season's first match-up.
- A total of five Blue Devils scored in double figures with Gerald Henderson scoring 19 followed by Kyle Singler with 18, DeMarcus Nelson with 16, Greg Paulus with 14 and Jon Scheyer with 10. That marks the 11th game this season Duke has had five or more score in double figures and Duke is 10-1 in those games. Duke has had five or more score in double figures in four of the last five games.
- Duke had 17 assists to just 11 turnovers, marking the 20th time this season and 11th time in ACC play that Duke has had more assists than turnovers. It's also the fourth straight game that feat has been accomplished.
- Duke's 86 points marks the 19th time this season the Blue Devils have surpassed the 80 point plateau and Duke is 18-1 in those games. Duke has scored 80 or more in 11 of the last 14 and is now 458-45 under Coach K when doing so.
- With Scheyer's 10 points, Duke now has 32 double figure scoring games off the bench this season and this team now owns the fourth most amount of double figure bench scoring games in Duke history. The 1998-99 team set the standard with 47 such games followed by the 1998-99 team with38 and the 1990-91 team with 37 such games.
- Duke was 12-of-27 from behind the arc, giving Duke 10 or more threes in seven of the last 10 games and in 14 games overall this season. That total ranks tied for third most all-time in Duke history along with the 1999-2000 and 2001-02 seasons. Duke has hit 10 or more in seven ACC games this season, tied for second most in Duke history along with 2005-06.
Duke Defense
- Duke forced Virginia into 14 turnovers and gave up just 13 assist, marking the 26th time this season that Duke has held its opponents to fewer assists than turnovers.
Coach K
- Coach K is now 801-264 all-time as a head coach and ranks sixth on the NCAA's win chart. He is also second among active coaches behind fifth-place Eddie Sutton, who has 803 victories. First overall on the wins list is Coach K's mentor, Bobby Knight, with 902 wins.
- With 801 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 728-205 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 16 points, shooting 6-of-10 from the field and 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. He added four rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes.
- Nelson now has 1,291 career points and passed Jack Marin (1964-66 ? 1,279) and moved into 35th on Duke's career scoring chart. Robert Brickey is 34th on the list with 1,299 points from 1987-90.
- Nelson now has 25 games scoring in double figures this season including 13 of the last 14, and 68 such games in his career.
- Nelson now has four or more rebounds in 27 of the 29 games this season.
- Nelson has now hit multiple three-pointers 11 times this season.
- Nelson is now 16-of-33 (.485) from behind the arc in road games this season.
- The freshman scored 18 points and added eight rebounds in 32 minutes of action.
- Singler has reached double figures in a team-high 11 straight games and in 23 games overall this season.
- Singler now has 417 points this season and became the 12th player in Duke history to score 400 or more points as a freshman. He passed Grant Hill (1989-90) and Jon Scheyer (2006-07) who had 402 and Corey Maggette (1998-99) who had 414 points and he is in ninth place on the chart. Carlos Boozer ranks eighth with 443 points in 1999-2000.
- Singler's eight field goals gives him 147 and he now ranks 10th on the freshman chart. He passed Kenny Dennard (1977-78 ? 140) and is now immediately behind J.J. Redick (2002-03 ? 149) on the list.
- Singler now has a three pointer in 16 of the last 17 games.
- The junior scored 14 points, hitting 5-of-10 from the field and 4-of-7 from behind the arc. He added three assists, two rebounds, one steal and just one turnover in a team-high 33 minutes played.
- Paulus has now hit a three-pointer in 13 straight games, 28 of 29 games this season and 56 of his last 60 games.
- Paulus now has 49 assists to just 20 turnovers (2.45:1 ratio) in ACC play this season.
- Paulus now has 27 steals to just 20 turnovers (1.35:1 ratio) in ACC play this season.
- Paulus has hit multiple three-pointers in 19 games this season.
- Paulus now has 947 career points and moved past Roshown McLeod (1996-98 ? 941) and John Smith (1986-89 ? 945) and into 61st place on Duke's career scoring chart. Immediately ahead is Brian Davis (1989-92 ? 952).
- Paulus is now 26-of-62 (.420) from behind the arc in road games this season.
- The sophomore scored 19 points, hitting 8-of-13 from the field, 1-of-2 from behind the arc and 2-of-2 from the line. He added seven rebounds, four assists and a steal with just two turnovers in 28 minutes.
- Henderson has reached double figures in scoring for the 21st time this season, including the fourth straight game and 28th such game of his career.
- Henderson has now connected on 27-of-34 (.794) from the line over the last eight games.
- The sophomore scored 10 points off the bench, hitting 3-of-6 from the field, 1-of-3 from beyond the arc and 3-of-3 from the line. He added four assists and a pair of rebounds along with a steal in 29 minutes of action.
- Scheyer has 18 games in double figures this season, including four of the last five and seven of the last nine games. A total of 17 of his 18 games in double figures have come off the bench this season, a figure that ranks fourth 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 now hit 52-of-58 (.897) from the free throw line in the last 14 games.
- Scheyer has connected on 19-of-41 (.463) from behind the arc in road games this season.
Win, Duke Improves To...
- 1,847-807 all-time, including 728-205 under Coach K.
- 173-45 outside of Cameron since 1997-98, including 81-26 in true road games and 87-26 against ACC teams away from home.
- 567-95 vs. unranked teams under Coach K, including 256-25 since 1997-98 and 127-21 away from home since 1997-98 and 124-18 vs. unranked ACC teams since 1997-98.
- 259-49 this decade, more wins than any other team in the NCAA.
- 905-229 all-time as a ranked team all-time, including 89-23 as the No. 6 team and 763-172 as a Top 10 team.
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