Mike Krzyzewski earned a victory in his 1,000th game as the Duke head coach. He holds a career record of 781-219 (.781) while leading the Blue Devils and is now 854-278 all-time as a head coach.
Duke has now won six straight games against Maryland and eight of the last 10 contests in the series between the two schools. The Blue Devils are 50-14 against the Terps in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The 21-point win marked the 13th victory by at least 20 points this season for Duke, including 11 of the 14 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It was the fourth ACC victory by at least 20 points this year for the Blue Devils.
Four Duke players scored in double figures for the 14th time this season, as the Blue Devils have now had a 20-point scorer in 21 of the 25 games.
The Blue Devils held Maryland to 56 points, the 12th time this season they have limited their opponent to less than 60 points and sixth time in 11 conference games.
Duke continued its three-point field goal percentage defense, holding the Terps to .154 (2-of-13) shooting from behind the three-point line. Maryland became the eighth opponent this season to shoot under 20 percent from deep against the Blue Devils. On the season Duke has held teams to just .278 (99-of-356) from long range, including .243 (35-of-144) in conference play.
Overall Maryland shot just .377 (23-of-61) from the floor as the Blue Devils improve to 13-0 this season when holding their opponent to under 40 percent shooting.
The Blue Devils shot .818 (18-of-22) from the free throw line, marking the 12th time they have shot 80 percent or better and first time in the four games this month.
Duke held a 44-37 advantage on the glass, improving to 19-2 when outrebounding its opponent in 2009-10.
For the second straight game and fifth time this season the Blue Devils committed fewer than 10 turnovers, finishing the game with seven.
Senior Jon Scheyer has started in 32 consecutive games and in 93 career contests.
Scheyer recorded his 100th career game with 10 or more points. He tallied 22 points to give him an ACC-high 13 games this season with 20 or more points. He has scored at least 20 points in eight of Duke's 11 ACC contests. He has scored 10 or more points in 24 of the 25 games.
Scheyer extended his streak to 18 consecutive games with a made three-point field goal and leads the team with 70 treys this season.
The three three-point field goals give Scheyer 14 games with three or more treys this year.
Scheyer was 7-of-8 from the free throw line, the ninth time this season he has made at least seven free throws in a game.
Junior Kyle Singler extended his consecutive starts streak to 53 games and has now started in 97 career contests.
Singler reached double figures in scoring for the 22nd time this season and 81st time in his career.
The junior forward pulled down six rebounds to give him five or more boards in 22 of Duke's games this season.
With three blocked shots Singler matched a season high and now has five games with two or more blocks this year. He also blocked three shots at Boston College.
Senior Brian Zoubek earned his first start of the season and 22nd of his career.
Zoubek posted his second double-double of the season and fourth of his career with 16 points and a career-high 17 rebounds. It was the second game this season that a Duke player had at least 15 points and 15 rebounds as Kyle Singler tallied 21 points and 15 boards against Wake Forest.
The double-figure scoring game was the fifth of the season for Zoubek and 13th of his career. His 16 points were a season-high, two more than he had in the season opener against UNC Greensboro.
Zoubek set a career high with 17 rebounds, his fifth game this season with at least 10 rebounds and eighth career game. The 17 rebounds were the most by a Blue Devils since Josh McRoberts pulled down 17 rebounds against San Jose State on Dec. 31, 2006.
The last Duke player with 15 or more rebounds in under 25 minutes played was Chris Burgess who had 16 rebounds in 19 minutes against Fresno State on Nov. 27, 1998 in the Great Alaska Shootout. Elton Brand also had 16 rebounds in 25 minutes against Florida State that season.
Eight of his 17 rebounds came on the offensive end of the floor, matching his career best of eight offensive rebounds against Charlotte earlier this season.
The seven made field goals matched a career high for Zoubek, who also had seven made shots against Loyola (Md.) in 2008 and against UNC Greensboro in 2006.
Zoubek blocked two shots, marking the fourth time this season he has blocked two or more and 13th time in his career.