Notes: Duke 76, Virginia 60

Team Notes:

Duke extended its home court winning streak to 30 games, the fourth longest streak in school history and second longest active streak in the NCAA. The Blue Devils are 59-2 in Cameron over the last four seasons.
Against unranked opponents, Duke has won 52 straight games in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The Blue Devils have won six consecutive games in the series with Virginia and 15 of the last 16 meetings. Duke has won each of the last 14 games against Virginia in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Duke is now 14-2 following a loss in the last four seasons. They have not lost back-to-back games since February, 2008.
The Blue Devils improved to 11-0 at Cameron this season. It is the 16th straight season they have won at least 11 home games.
Duke overcame a 10-point deficit to win by 16 points. The Blue Devils trailed 27-17 with 3:29 remaining in the first half. It is the second straight game Duke has faced a double digit deficit and came back to tie or take the lead before the end of the game. At Florida State the Blue Devils were down 11 before going on an 11-0 run. They would eventually fall to the Seminoles, 66-61.
In the second half, Duke scored 51 points and shot 58.6 percent from the field. They have scored 50 or more points in the second half six times this season and have shot over 50 percent after halftime in 12 contests.
The Blue Devils finished with a +11 rebounding advantage, their largest rebounding margin since Dec. 20 against Elon when they outrebounded the Phoenix 41-26.
Duke made 13-of-14 (.929) free throws in the second half and shot 85 percent for the game.
The five three-point field goals were a season low for the Blue Devils.

Player Notes:

Seth Curry

Sophomore Seth Curry made all five of his free throw attempts to raise his season average to 85 percent (34-of-40).
The six rebounds were a season high for Curry. His previous high was four against Bradley on Dec. 8.

Andre Dawkins

Sophomore Andre Dawkins scored in double figures for the 10th time this season and 16th time in his career.
Dawkins made three three-point field goals to give him 41 treys on the season. He has made three or more in seven games on the year.
He also had his fourth career blocked shot in the second half.

Mason Plumlee

Sophomore Mason Plumlee returned to the starting lineup after coming off the bench in the last five games. He started the first 11 games this season.
Plumlee pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds in the game for his seventh game this season with 10 or more. He had 10 rebounds in the first half, including nine in the first 5:36 of the game. The last Duke player with 15 rebounds in a game was Brian Zoubek, who had 16 against Virginia Tech on Feb. 21, 2010.
In his last two outings, Plumlee has grabbed 30 total rebounds. He has raised his season average to 8.5 rebounds per game. The 30 rebounds in two games are the most since 2009 when Singler had 30 (14 against Georgia Tech and 16 against Georgetown).
With two blocked shots, Plumlee has posted seven games this season and 13 career games with two or more. He leads the team with 28 blocked shots this season.

Kyle Singler

Senior Kyle Singler drew his team-leading 85th consecutive start and has now started in 127 of his 128 career games. The 127 career starts ranks ninth on Duke's all-time list.
With his 13 points Singler has scored in double figures in 111 career games and 16 of the 17 games this season. His 111 double-digit scoring games rank tied for sixth in school history with Mike Gminski and Grant Hill.
Singler tied Shane Battier for sixth on Duke's career three-point field goals list. The two players have 246 career treys.
The two blocked shots matched a season high for Singler, who had two blocks in the season opener against Princeton.

Nolan Smith

Senior Nolan Smith finished with a game-high 29 points. He has tallied an ACC best eight games with 20 or more points and has 25 career 20-point games.
He has scored in double figures in 16 games this season and 75 career games. He has eight straight games with at least 15 points.
For Smith it was his fifth game this season with at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game.
He has tallied at least five rebounds in a game 11 times and five or more assists in 13 contests.
Smith has made 10 or more field goals in a game three times this season.
After making his first seven free throw attempts in the game, Smith recorded his first missed free throw in conference play this year. He made his first 25 attempts in the four league games and is now 26-of-27 (.963).
With three steals Smith has recorded nine steals in his last two games. He has three games this season with three or more steals.

Notes: Duke 76, Virginia 60

Players Mentioned

Seth Curry

Andre Dawkins

Mason Plumlee

Kyle Singler

Nolan Smith

Brian Zoubek

Duke information

Notes: Duke 76, Virginia 60

Related News

Players Mentioned

Seth Curry

Andre Dawkins

Mason Plumlee

Kyle Singler

Nolan Smith

Brian Zoubek

Related Videos

Duke information