Notes: Duke 80, St. John?s 71

Team Notes:

Duke extended its home winning streak over non-conference opponents to 73 straight games. It is the longest streak in the country with the last loss coming against St. John's on Feb. 26, 2000.
The Blue Devils have won 46 consecutive home games in the month of December dating back to a 62-61 loss to Michigan on Dec. 8, 1996.
Duke shot better from the field and the three-point line than the Badgers but Wisconsin committed only five turnovers in the game. The Blue Devils have shot over 40 percent from the floor in six of the seven games.
The Blue Devils held a 41-31 rebounding advantage in the game and are now 7-0 this season when outrebounding the opponent.
With only eight turnovers, Duke has now committed fewer than 10 turnovers in three games this season. They also had eight against Radford and nine against Charlotte.

Player Notes:

Miles Plumlee

Sophomore Miles Plumlee blocked a shot for the seventh time in eight games this season. He leads the team with 12 blocks for the year.

Senior Jon Scheyer has scored in double figures in all eight games this year and in 84 career games.
Scheyer was a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line and has made 14 consecutive free throw attempts. He is shooting .905 (38-of-42) from the foul line this season.
With six assists and zero turnovers, Scheyer now has 42 assists compared to just five turnovers in the eight games this year. He has five games with zero turnovers.
Scheyer now has five or more assists in six of the eight games on the season.
The two blocked shots for Scheyer were a career high. His previous best was one block in 22 games.

Junior Kyle Singler extended his consecutive starts streak to 35 games and has now started in 78 career contests.
Singler scored a team-high 17 points to give him seven double figure scoring games this season and 66 in his career. His 17 points moved him past Greg Paulus into 41st on Duke's all-time scoring list. Singler now has 1,197 career points.
The eight rebounds for Singler give him four games this season with eight or more boards.
Singler has posted three assists in three games this year and in 22 career games.
The four steals by Singler were a season high and marked the ninth time in his career he has posted three or more steals.

Junior Nolan Smith has reached double figures in scoring in all six games he has played in this season and in 29 career games.
Smith dished out three assists with zero turnovers and has 22 career games with at least three assists.

Senior Lance Thomas reached double figures in scoring for the third time this season and 16th career game with 11 points.
Thomas pulled down eight rebounds to give him three games this season with seven or more.

Senior Brian Zoubek scored 11 points to give him 10 career games with 10 or more points and two games this season.
Zoubek had seven rebounds, including three offensive to give him five games off the bench this season with seven or more boards. He leads the ACC with 33 offensive rebounds this season.

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