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Notes: Duke 84, Michigan State 79
12/2/2010 12:25:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Team Notes:
- Duke is now 11-1 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, including a 4-0 record in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Wednesday marked the third meeting between Duke and Michigan State in the challenge with Duke holding a 3-0 advantage.
- Duke extended its NCAA-leading streak of non-conference home wins to 81 with the victory over Michigan State. The Blue Devils have won 23 straight games in Cameron Indoor Stadium overall and 52 of its last 54 home contests.
- The Blue Devils have not lost a December home game since Dec. 8, 1996, which was the last time Duke faced a top-10 non-conference opponent in Cameron Indoor Stadium. No. 7 Michigan defeated the Blue Devils, 62-61, in that game. Under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is now 22-21 against top-10 teams in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Dating back to last season, the Blue Devils have now won 17 straight games.
- Duke has started 7-0 for the 24th time in school history and third time in the last four seasons.
- With 84 points, the Blue Devils have scored 80 or more in six of the seven games on the year.
- Four players scored in double figures for the Blue Devils, who now have had at least four players scored 10 points in all seven games this year.
- The .529 (9-of-17) three-point percentage for Michigan State is the highest allowed since Miami shot .533 (8-of-15) in Cameron last season. The nine treys were the most since Rhode Island made 10 two years ago against the Blue Devils.
- After trailing for the first time in the game at 17-15, Duke's Kyrie Irving converted back-to-back three-point plays to give Duke a 21-17 lead. The Blue Devils have only trailed for three total minutes in the first seven games and have never trailed by more than two points.
- Duke forced 20 turnovers and held a 28-14 advantage in points off those turnovers.
- With 11 steals the Blue Devils have recorded 10 or more in five of the seven games on the season. Duke has forced 20 or more turnovers in four contests this season.
Player Notes:
Kyrie Irving
- Freshman Kyrie Irving scored a team-high 31 points for his first 30-point and 20-point game of his career. The 31 points are tied for the second most by a freshman in school history. It is just the fourth time a freshman has scored 30 or more points in a game at Duke. The only other players to score 30 or more are J.J. Redick against Virginia (1/15/03), Johnny Dawkins at Maryland (1/15/83) and J.J Redick against N.C. State (3/16/03). Irving is the second player to score 30 points in a game this season, joining Kyle Singler (30 vs. Oregon). Irving had 18 points in the first half to lead all scorers.
- The 13 made free throws are a freshman record at Duke while the 16 attempts is tied for the most by a freshman in school history. The previous record was 11 makes by Jon Scheyer against Miami in 2007 and Redick against Virginia in 2003. Elton Brand is the only other freshman to attempt 16 free throws in a game (vs. Chaminade in 1997).
- The six rebounds give Irving five or more in three games and are also a season high.
- Irving also finished with a season-high two blocked shots to give him five on the year.
- He has had two or more steals in four straight games and five overall contests.
- Sophomore Mason Plumlee posted his third career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
- It was his fourth double-figure scoring game of the season and seventh of his career.
- He notched his fourth game this season with 10 or more rebounds. He led all players with 10 boards.
- The five steals for Plumlee were a career high. His previous best was four against Pennsylvania last season. It is the second time this season a Duke player has recorded five steals as Seth Curry had five against Kansas State in the CBE Classic championship game.
- Senior Kyle Singler drew his 75th consecutive start and has now started in 117 of his 118 career games.
- Singler earned his 100th career win, becoming the 30th Blue Devil with at least 100 wins as a player.
- He recorded his 101st career double-figure scoring contest with 15 points.
- With his two three-point field goals, Singler moves past Daniel Ewing into eighth on Duke's career three-point field goals list with 218 in his career.
- The seven rebounds makes Singler the 16th player in school history with 800 career rebounds. He now has 801 in his career.
- Senior Nolan Smith leads the ACC with 18 straight double-figure scoring games. He has scored 10 or more points in all seven games this season and in 31 of the last 32 games for the Blue Devils.
- With five assists Smith now has five or more in five games this season. He had just eight career games with five or more assists coming into the year.
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