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Notes: Duke 47, Clemson 74
2/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Duke Men's Basketball
Duke vs. Clemson Post Game Notes
February 4, 2009 ? Littlejohn Coliseum ?
Duke Notes:
No. 4-ranked Duke lost to Clemson 74-47 on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Littlejohn Coliseum in
Duke vs. Clemson Series
? Duke and Clemson met for the 129th time on Wednesday with the Blue Devils now holding a 100-29 lead in the all-time series following the loss.
? The Blue Devils are now 22-17 when playing at Littlejohn Coliseum against the Tigers. The loss ended a nine-game winning streak on the road against Clemson. Coach K now owns an 18-8 record at Clemson.
? Coach K is 46-10 all-time against the Tigers. He has a 17-5 ledger in the month of February.
? Duke has been ranked in each of the last 25 games they have played against Clemson and 73 times overall in the series. They have been ranked in the top 10 in 62 games and have been in the top five a total of 37 times.
Duke In The ACC
? Duke now owns a 515-275 all-time record in ACC regular season games since the inception of the league in 1953-54.
? Duke has an 842-476 record against schools currently in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including a 277-246 record on the road.
? Coach K owns a 340-145 record against schools currently in the ACC.
Duke In February
? Duke falls to 1-1 in the month of February in 2008-09. Under Coach K, the Blue Devils have a 166-64 all-time record in the month of February.
? When playing on Feb. 4, Duke is now 21-11 all-time, including a 7-3 record under Coach K. The Blue Devils have played Clemson four times on this date with a 2-2 record.
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
? Senior Greg Paulus currently ranks 44th on the school's all-time list with 1,133 career points. Junior Jon Scheyer ranks 50th all-time with 1,076 career points.
? The Blue Devils have two other players chasing 1,000 career points this season. Junior Gerald Henderson currently has 982 points while sophomore Kyle Singler has 797 in his career.
Offensive Notes
? The Blue Devils scored a season-low 47 points in the game. It was the first time this season they scored under 60 points as the previous low was 66 points at
? Duke made a season-low 16 field goals and shot just 30.8 percent from the field in the game. The previous low was 18 field goals against Southern Illinois and
Defensive Notes
? The 74 points given up by the Blue Devils mark just the fourth time this season they have allowed 70 or more points in a game.
? Duke was outrebounded 41-30 in the contest, the largest amount they have been outrebounded by this season. The Blue Devils were outrebounding their opponents by a 839-687 margin entering the game.
Duke Player Notes:
? Junior Gerald Henderson scored 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting, 1-of-6 from the three-point line and 5-of-6 from the foul line. He has reached double figures in scoring in 14 consecutive games and 18 times overall this year.
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? Sophomore Kyle Singler ended the game with six points, seven rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal. He has 10 games on the year where he has tallied at least one point, rebound, assist, blocked shot and steal..
? Singler pulled down seven rebounds in the contest to give him five or more in 22 of the 23 games this season.
? Junior Lance Thomas finished with 10 points on a perfect 3-of-3 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. He leads the team with a .639 (46-of-72) field goal percentage and has five games where he was perfect from the floor.
? Thomas has now scored in double figures in four games this season and 11 times in his career.
? With five rebounds Thomas now has five or more boards in five games this season and 23 career outings.
? Thomas recorded a blocked shot for the fourth straight game
With The Loss, Duke Improves To...
? 1,866-813 all-time, including 749-211 under Coach K.
? 926-235 all-time as a ranked team, including 784-178 as a Top 10 team and 493-93 when ranked in the top five.
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