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Notes: Duke 57, Virginia 46
3/12/2010 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Team Notes:
- Duke improved to 36-17 all-time in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament and are now 47-17 under head coach Mike Krzyzewski in the tournament. The Blue Devils are 30-3 in the ACC Tournament since 1999 and own a 31-15 record in tournament games held at the Greensboro, Coliseum.
- With the win, Duke moves past North Carolina for the most wins in tournament history with 85. The Blue Devils are 35-8 all-time as the No. 1 seed.
- The Blue Devils held its opponent to under 50 points for the fifth time this season and are now allowing just 61.3 points per game for the year. The 61.3 points per game is the second lowest in school history, shy of the 58.0 ppg. in 1949-50.
- Duke held Virginia scoreless for the first 4:44 of the game. The Cavaliers shot 0-for-5 during the span with three turnovers.
- Virginia scored just 19 points in the second half, marking the fourth time this year the Blue Devils have held an opponent to under 20 points in a half. It is the first time they have done it in the second half. The other three were Coastal Carolina (1st half, 19), Gonzaga (1st half, 17) and Clemson (1st half, 12).
- Duke's school-record three-point field goal defense continued its success holding the Cavaliers to 3-of-14 (.214) from deep. It is the 18th time this season they have held the opponent to under 30 percent from behind the three-point line.
- The Blue Devils shot under 40 percent for just the eighth time this season and are now 5-3 when shooting less than 40 percent from the field.
- Duke held a slight 39-37 rebounding advantage for the game, improving to 23-2 on the year when outrebounding its opposition.
Player Notes:
Miles Plumlee
- Sophomore Miles Plumlee recorded at least five rebounds for the 18th game this year after notching just two games with five or more as a freshman.
- Senior Jon Scheyer has started in 39 consecutive games and earned his 100th career start on Friday, becoming the 22nd player at Duke with at least 100 career starts. He joins teammate Kyle Singler on the list of players with 100 or more starts.
- Scheyer recorded his 107th career game with 10 or more points. The 107 double-figure scoring games ranks tied for eighth most at Duke with Gene Banks. He has scored in double figures in 31 of the 32 games on the year.
- Scheyer extended his streak to 25 consecutive games with a made three-point field goal and leads the team with 90 treys this season.
- The five rebounds give Scheyer eight games this season with five or more.
- Junior Kyle Singler extended his consecutive starts streak to 60 games, the longest current streak on the team. He now has 102 career starts.
- Moved past Thomas Hill, Daniel Ewing and Jeff Capel into 23rd on Duke's all-time scoring list with 1,612 career points.
- Singler posted his sixth double-double of the season and 19th of his career with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
- Singler reached double figures in scoring for the 29th time this season.
- The double-figure rebounding game was the seventh of the year for Singler and 20th of his career.
- Became just the ninth Blue Devil to hit the 700-rebound mark as a junior after recording seven rebounds in the game.
- He had five offensive rebounds, the fourth game this year he has had at least five offensive boards (Boston College, Wake Forest, Miami and Virginia).
- Became the 60th 1,000-point scorer in school history. He joins teammates Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler as a member of the elite club and now has 1,013 career points.
- Junior Nolan Smith tallied his 28th game this season with 10 or more points and has 51 career double-figure scoring games.
- Matched a career high with four steals, matching his previous high against Tulsa earlier this season. He recorded his fifth game this season with three or more steals and ninth career game.
- Smith matched a season high with six rebounds, marking the fourth time this season he has pulled down five or more rebounds.
- Senior Brian Zoubek earned his eighth consecutive start and is averaging 6.6 points and 10.8 rebounds as a starter.
- With seven rebounds, Zoubek has pulled down five or more in seven of his eight games as a starter and 23 overall games this season.
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