Notes: Duke 76, Georgetown 67

Duke Notes

No. 3-ranked Duke defeated No. 13 Georgetown 76-67 on Saturday, January 17, 2009, inside Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. to improve to 16-1 on the season.

A Winning Tradition
? Duke has now won 1,863 games all-time, the fourth-highest victory total in NCAA history.
? The Blue Devils have won 277 games this decade, the most wins in a decade by the program. The win total is the fifth-most in any decade by a team in NCAA history.
? Duke has now won its first 10 home games in a season a total of 18 times, including 13 times under Coach K.
? The Blue Devils have started the season 16-1 for the 12th time in school history. The Blue Devils have begun the year 16-1 for the second straight season and sixth time this decade. Coach K has led Duke to a 16-1 start a total of eight times.

Duke vs. Georgetown Series
? Duke and Georgetown met for the 13th time on Saturday with the Blue Devils now leading the overall series 7-6.
? The Blue Devils are now 3-0 when playing at Cameron Indoor Stadium against the Hoyas. Duke also won 93-86 on Jan. 8, 2003 and 61-52 on Dec. 2, 2006.
? Coach K now owns a 5-2 career record against Georgetown with a 3-1 record in January.
? Duke has been ranked in all seven meetings with Georgetown under Coach K. They have been ranked in the top 10 in six of those seven contests with a 4-2 record. The Blue Devils are 3-1 in game where both teams are ranked.

Duke At Home
? The Blue Devils now have an all-time record of 732-149 (.831) when playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium, including a 372-54 (.873) mark under Coach K.
? Duke has won 180 of their last 194 games in Cameron.
? The Blue Devils have a streak of 64 straight seasons with a winning record at home heading into this year and are 10-0 thus far at Cameron in 2008-09. The last time Duke had a losing record at home was in the 1943-44 campaign when they went 7-8.
? Duke has now recorded 10 or more wins at home in each of the last 14 seasons, posting a 191-18 (.914) record during that span, including four undefeated seasons.
? The Blue Devils have sold out 284 consecutive games at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Non-Conference Home Winning Streak
? With a win over Georgetown, Duke stretched its NCAA-leading non-conference home winning streak to 68 consecutive games. The Blue Devils' last home loss to a non-conference team was an 83-82 decision against St. John's on Feb. 26, 2000.
? The 68 straight non-conference home wins is the second longest streak in school history. The Blue Devils won 95 straight from Feb. 2, 1983 through Nov. 29, 1995.
? Duke has won 198 of its last 201 non-conference games at home.

Duke In January
? Duke improved to 5-0 in the month of January in 2008-09. Under Coach K, the Blue Devils have a 197-54 all-time record in the month of January.
? The Blue Devils have won 18 straight games in the month of January dating back to a 74-63 loss at Georgia Tech on Jan. 10, 2007. Duke is 91-7 in its last 98 January games since 1998.
? When playing on Jan. 17, Duke is now 15-6 all-time, including a 5-4 record under Coach K. The Blue Devils have won the last four games on this date.

Krzyzewski Climbs Victory Ladder
? Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski earned his 819th victory as a head coach on Wednesday. He ranks fifth all-time in NCAA Division I history for career victories and is first among active coaches.
? Krzyzewski is now 11 victories shy of Jim Phelan for fourth all-time.
? Coach K now has 745 wins as the head coach at Duke, ranking him sixth in NCAA Division I history for victories at one school and second among active coaches (Jim Boeheim, Syracuse ? 785). Krzyzewski is 13 wins shy of Western Kentucky's Ed Diddle for fifth all-time.
? Krzyzewski's 819 victories are the second most by a head coach through 34 years of coaching. Only Dean Smith of North Carolina won more games with 830 victories.

1,000 Career Points
? Duke has 57 players in its school history who have scored at least 1,000 points in their career, including current players Greg Paulus and Jon Scheyer. The 57 players with 1,000 career points give the Blue Devils the third most 1,000-point scorers of any school in Division I behind North Carolina (62) and Louisville (59).
? Senior Greg Paulus currently ranks 46th on the school's all-time list with 1,101 career points. Junior Jon Scheyer is 52nd all-time with 1,034 career points.
? The Blue Devils have two other players chasing 1,000 career points this season. Junior Gerald Henderson currently has 890 points while sophomore Kyle Singler has 736 in his career.

Offensive Notes
? The Blue Devils have now scored 70 or more points in 15 of the 17 games this season. Duke is 657-130 under Coach K when scoring at least 70 points in a game.
? Four players scored in double figures, marking the 10th game this year where four players scored 10 or more points.
? Duke made 28 field goals to give them 11 games this year with 25 or more made field goals in a game. The Blue Devils shot .483 (28-of-58) from the field, the highest field goal percentage in five games this month.
? For the third time in the last four games, Duke made eight three-point field goals. The Blue Devils have made eight or more treys in eight games this year.
? The Blue Devils shot .923 (12-of-13) from the free throw line, the second time this season they have shot over 90 percent from the foul line. They shot .950 (19-of-20) against Virginia Tech.
? Duke outrebounded Georgetown by a 32-29 count. Duke has outrebounded its opponents in 13 games this season and is 470-53 all-time under Coach K when outrebounding the opponent.

Defensive Notes
? The Blue Devils gave up 67 points to Georgetown and have now held eight straight opponents under 70 points. During the last eight games, Duke is allowing just 57.9 points per game. Duke has limited 14 of its 17 opponents this season to under 70 points.
? With only five made three point field goals allowed, the Blue Devils have held 10 opponents this season to five or less made treys.
? The Duke defense recorded eight steals, the ninth time this year they have posted at least eight steals in a game.
? With 14 caused turnovers, the Blue Devils turned those into a 14-9 advantage in points off turnovers. Duke has a 384-210 advantage this season in points off turnovers.

Duke Player Notes:

Gerald Henderson
? Junior Gerald Henderson finished the game with 23 points, four rebounds, three assists, two blocked shots and two steals.
? Henderson has recorded two 20-point games in his last three outings and now has seven career games with 20 or more points. He as reached double figures in scoring in 13 games this year and 45 career games. He has scored in double figures in nine straight games, averaging 17.3 points per game over that span.
? Henderson scored 17 of his 23 points in the first half on 7-of-8 shooting and 3-of-4 from three-point range.
? Henderson made a career-high 10 field goals and finished the game 10-of-15 from the field. His previous career high was nine made shots on two occasions, the last at Florida State on Jan. 10.
? Henderson made three treys in the game to give him seven straight games with a made three-point field goal. He has three games this season with three makes from long range.
? The four rebounds for Henderson mark the 13th time this season and 57th time in his career he has pulled down three or more rebounds.
? Henderson now has six games with three or more assists on the year and 16 career contests.
? With two blocked shots Henderson has now blocked a shot in 11 games this season. He has five games with two or more blocks and has done it 13 times in his career.
? Henderson now has a steal in 15 of the 17 games this year. He has two or more steals in five games this season.

Greg Paulus
? Senior Greg Paulus reached double figures in scoring for the third time this season with 10 points against Georgetown. He made 3-of-8 from the field, 2-of-5 from behind the three-point line and 2-of-3 from the foul line.
? Paulus had two assists in the game and now has an assist in 115 of his 119 career games.
? Paulus did not have a turnover for the eighth game this year. He has a 1.7:1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the year.

Jon Scheyer
? Junior Jon Scheyer tallied 11 points, four rebounds, five assists and three steals against Georgetown.
? Scheyer has scored 10 or more points in 13 games on the year and 59 career games.
? After going a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line, Scheyer now has seven games this season where he has made all of his free throw attempts. He is now shooting 315-of-366 (.861) to rank third in school history.
? Scheyer tallied four rebounds to give him 14 games this season with three or more boards and 64 career contests.
? With five assists Scheyer has recorded at least three assists in nine games this season and 35 career games. He has four games with five or more assists. He has led the Blue Devils in assists in each of the last four games and seven games on the year.

Kyle Singler
? Sophomore Kyle Singler tallied 15 points and 16 rebounds for his second straight game with a double-double. He now has five double-doubles this year and nine in his career.
? The 15 points give Singler 10 or more points in 16 of the 17 games on the season. He has 41 career double figure scoring games.
? For the second straight game, Singler recorded a career high in rebounds. He pulled down 16 boards against Georgetown and is averaging 15.0 rebounds in his last two games. The last time a Duke player had 15 or more rebounds was Dec. 31, 2006 when Josh McRoberts recorded 17 rebounds against San Jose State. Singler has now pulled down at least five rebounds in all 17 games this season.
? Singler matched a season high with six offensive rebounds. He also had six offensive rebounds against No. 9 Purdue on Dec. 2 and at Georgia Tech on Wednesday. He is now averaging 3.1 offensive rebounds per game.

Nolan Smith
? Sophomore Nolan Smith was 2-for-2 from the free throw line and has now made his last 10 attempts and 20 of his last 21 tries. He leads the team this season with a .930 (40-of-43) free throw percentage.

With The Win, Duke Improves To...
? 1,863-811 all-time, including 746-209 under Coach K.
? 923-233 all-time as a ranked team, including 781-176 as a Top 10 team and 491-92 when ranked in the top five.
? 277-52 this decade, more wins than any other team in the NCAA. The 277 wins are the most in a decade by a Duke team, passing the squads from 1990-99 which totaled 271 victories.