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Notes: Duke 104, Radford 67
11/21/2009 6:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Duke 104, Radford 67
Team Notes:
- Duke extended its NCAA-leading home win streak against non-conference opponents to 72 games. It is the second longest streak in school history (95 from Feb. 2, 1983 to Nov. 29, 1995).
- Duke scored 104 points, marking the 104th time under coach K that the Blue Devils have topped the 100-point mark. The Blue Devils are 102-2 in those contests.
- Duke scored over 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 2000-01 when they won 102-60 over Davidson (Dec. 5, 2000) and 104-61 over Michigan (Dec. 9, 2000). Duke has gone over 100 points in consecutive games 17 times under Coach K.
- The 59 points in the first half were the most in a half for the Blue Devils since they scored 59 in the second half at Miami on Feb. 20, 2008. Duke shot .500 (20-40) in the first 20 minutes of play, including a .591 (13-22) mark from beyond the three-point arc.
- Duke was 18-of-32 (.563) from behind the three-point line, matching the school record for three-point field goals in a game. Duke also made 18 threes in a game on Dec. 30, 2000 against N.C. A&T and March 15, 2001 against Monmouth.
- Duke made 13 three-pointers in the first half, shooting .591 (13-22) from beyond the arc during that span. The 13 treys matched Radford's total field goals during that span. The 13 first half three-pointers also matched the school record for threes in a half. Duke also made 13 threes in a the first half on Dec. 30, 2000 against N.C. A&T and March 15, 2001 against Monmouth.
- For the fourth straight game, Duke outrebounded its opponent, holding a 45-38 edge on Saturday.
- Duke had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.125:1 for the game, dishing out 25 assists compared to just eight turnovers. The 25 assists is a season high, surpassing the 21 that Duke racked up on Tuesday against Charlotte. Duke had 15 assists (on 25 field goals) and just four turnovers in the first half.
- Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith and Jon Scheyer each finished with seven assists in the game, marking the second time in school history three players have had seven or more assists in a game. The only other time it happened was Jan. 20, 1994 at N.C. State (Chris Collins 8, Jeff Capel 7, Grant Hill 7).
- The Blue Devils finished with 20+ assists in consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 6, 2009 and Dec. 17, 2009 against Michigan and UNC Asheville.
- Saturday's game marked the 13th time in school history that Duke has scored over 100 points, while turning the ball over fewer than 10 times. The last time the Blue Devils accomplished that feat was Feb. 14, 2002 against N.C. State (108 points, nine turnovers).
- Duke finished with less than 10 turnovers for the second straight game.
- Duke is now 50-14 when ranked ninth in the AP poll. The Blue Devils have won nine straight games when ranked No. 9 in the country.
- The Blue Devils are 100-10 in the month of November under Coach K. Duke has won 20 straight games in the month, dating back to a Nov. 21, 2006 loss to Marquette.
Player Notes:
- Junior Nolan Smith went over 20 points for the second consecutive game while totaling a career-high seven assists and four three-pointers.
- Smith is averaging 22.0 points per game in two games since returning from a suspension for playing in a non-sanctioned summer league game.
- Smith now has 25 career games with 10 or more points, including three 20-point efforts.
- Smith is shooting 55.6 percent (15-of-27) from the field, including 60.0 percent (6-of-10) from three-point distance.
- Freshman Andre Dawkins poured in a career-high 20 points on 7-of-9 (.778) shooting from the field.
- Dawkins hit four straight three-pointers in the first half and finished the game 6-for-8 (.750) from beyond the arc. The six three-point field goals match a Duke freshmen record shared by Trajan Langdon, J.J. Redick, Kyle Singler and Taylor King.
- Dawkins did not have a turnover in 22 minutes of action. He has just one turnover in 83 minutes this season.
- Dawkins recorded a season-best three steals.
- Freshman Ryan Kelly had nine points, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals in the game.
- He has now blocked a shot in all four games this season and is tied for the team lead with six blocked shots.
- Sophomore Miles Plumlee recorded his second straight double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The 11 rebounds is tied for his season high.
- Plumlee has a team-high nine dunks in four games this year.
- Senior Jon Scheyer scored 18 points, for his 80th career double figure scoring game
- Scheyer went 4-of-7 from three-point range and is now shooting 47.8 percent (11-of-23) from three-point range on the year. It was the 34th game of his career with three or more three-pointers
- Scheyer also had seven assists with zero turnovers in 28 minutes of action. Scheyer has not turned the ball over in four games this year, while dishing out a team-high 21 assists.
- Junior Kyle Singler extended his consecutive starts streak to 31 games and has now started in 74 career contests.
- With 13 points, Singler reached double figures in scoring for the 19th straight game and 63rd time in his career.
- Singler also had seven rebounds, a career-high seven assists, one block and one steal. He is just the 10th Duke player to post three career games with at least seven points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a game.
- Singler knocked down three three-pointers for his 18th career game with three or more three-point field goals.
- Senior Brian Zoubek grabbed nine rebounds, including five on the offensive end of the court. Zoubek now has a team-high 19 offensive rebounds on the year
- Zoubek is averaging 8.5 rebounds in 15.5 minutes per game. He is averaging 21.9 rebounds per 40 minutes played on the season.
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