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Notes: Duke 96, UNCG 62
11/13/2009 9:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Team Notes:
- Head coach Mike Krzyzewski improved to 28-2 in season openers at Duke. The Blue Devils have won 10 consecutive season openers. Duke's last season-opening loss was an 80-79 decision against Stanford in the 1999 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden.
- The Blue Devils have won 28 straight home openers and are 29-1 in home openers under Mike Krzyzewski. Duke's last loss in a home opener was a 76-75 double-overtime defeat to Vanderbilt on Nov. 28, 1982.
- Duke extended its NCAA-leading home win streak against non-conference opponents to 69 games. It is the second longest streak in school history (95 from Feb. 2, 1983 to Nov. 29, 1995).
- In the first half, Duke made 60-percent of its field goals (18-30). The last time the Blue Devils shot at least 60-percent from the floor in a half was in the second half (.636, 14-of-22) against Boston College in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament on March 13, 2009.
- For the game, the Blue Devils shot .597 (37-of-62) from the field. It is the highest field goal percentage since Dec. 17, 2007 when they shot .603 (38-of-63) against Albany. The 37 made field goals are also the most since that game.
- The Blue Devils held a 44-26 advantage in total rebounds with 15 offensive rebounds resulting in a 16-6 edge in second chance points.
- In the first half, Duke made 60-percent of its field goals (18-30). The last time the Blue Devils shot at least 60-percent from the floor in a half was in the second half (.636, 14-of-22) against Boston College in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament on March 13, 2009.
- Duke received 30 points from its bench, including one of its five double digit scorers (Brian Zoubek – 14).
- The last time Duke had five players score in double figures was against Binghamton in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
Player Notes:
Olek Czyz
- Sophomore Olek Czyz earned his first collegiate start against UNC Greensboro. He played in 13 games as a freshman last season.
- With six points, Czyz set a new career high. His top total as a freshman was four points against Presbyterian.
- Czyz pulled down a career-high six rebounds. His top total last season was four rebounds against Montana.
- His three assists and two steals were also career highs.
- In his first college game, freshman Andre Dawkins tallied eight points, three assists, two assists and one blocked shot.
- Freshman Ryan Kelly made his collegiate debut with eight points, three rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot.
- Sophomore Miles Plumlee posted his first career double digit performance with 10 points. His previous best was six against UNC Asheville and Montana a year ago.
- Plumlee grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. His previous best was five boards against Maryland and Georgia Southern last season.
- Plumlee matched a career high with three blocked shots in the game, giving him four career games with two or more blocked shots. He also had three blocks against Duquesne and Maryland last year.
- Senior Jon Scheyer scored 18 points to give him 77 career games with 10 or more points.
- Scheyer dished out four assists with zero turnovers. He had 29 assists and 14 turnovers in the final 12 games last season when he switched to point guard.
- Junior Kyle Singler extended his consecutive starts streak to 28 games and has now started in 71 career contests.
- Singler reached double figures in scoring for the 60th time in his career, finishing the game with 20 points. It was his 16th career game with 20 or more points.
- Filling the stat sheet, Singler also had five rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots and one steal. He had at least one point, rebound, assist, blocked shot and steal in 21 of the 37 games last season.
- Senior Lance Thomas tallied 12 points to give him 14 career games with 10 or more points.
- Thomas brought down seven rebounds and now has at least five rebounds in 32 career contests.
- Senior Brian Zoubek reached double figures in scoring for the ninth time in his career with 14 points on Friday. He made six of his seven field goal attempts, one shy of a career best.
- With seven rebounds, Zoubek has tallied five or more rebounds in 29 career outings.
- Zoubek recorded his sixth career game with two or more steals.
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