Notes: Duke 92, N.C. State 78

Team Notes:

Duke has now won 35 of its last 37 games dating back to last season.
The Blue Devils have won 23 straight games in the state of North Carolina dating back to a loss to N.C. State on Jan. 20, 2010.
Duke has had a 20-point scorer in 13 consecutive games.
The 92 points mark the sixth time this season the Blue Devils have scored 90 or more.
The Blue Devils scored 50 points in the second half, the seventh time this season they have scored 50 or more in the second half.
After leading by 14 points at halftime, the Blue Devils have held a double digit lead at the break in 11 games this season.
In the first half, Duke shot 50 percent for the field. It is the fifth time this season they have shot at least 50 percent from the floor prior to halftime. They were also over 50 percent in the second half for the 13th time. It is the fourth time they have shot at least 50 percent in both halves.
The Blue Devils held the Wolfpack to 21.6 percent shooting in the first half. It is the lowest field goal percentage by a Duke opponent in the first half this season and third time an opponent has shot under 30 percent in the opening period.
Duke held a 10-point rebounding advantage and have outrebounded its opponent in 12 games on the year. They have eight games with 40 or more rebounds.
Four Duke players had at least eight rebounds in the game. Sophomore Mason Plumlee notched his third straight game with 10 or more while Kyle Singler had nine and both Ryan Kelly and Miles Plumlee had eight.
The eight blocked shots for the Blue Devils are tied for the second most this season. They had 10 against Marquette and eight against Miami.
The 50 points scored by N.C. State are the most in any half by a Duke opponent. The previous high was 46 by Oregon in the second half and 46 in the second half by Marquette.

Player Notes:

Andre Dawkins

Sophomore Andre Dawkins made his first four field goal attempts and finished with eight points in the game.

Ryan Kelly

Sophomore Ryan Kelly was a perfect 4-of-4 from the field and scored 11 points. It is his third game this season with at least 10 points.
For the first time in his career, Kelly made two three-point field goals. He had 14 career treys entering the game and nine this season. He was 2-of-2 from beyond the arc.
He matched a career high with eight rebounds. He also had eight earlier this season against Alabama-Birmingham.
Kelly blocked two shots in the game for his seventh multi-block game of the year.

Mason Plumlee

Sophomore Mason Plumlee finished with 10 rebounds, including five on the offensive glass. He has three straight games with 10 or more and eight overall. Over the last three contests he is averaging 13.3 rebounds per game and 5.0 offensive rebounds per game.
Plumlee had a career-high six blocked shots to give him eight games this season with at least two blocks. The six blocks are the most since Kyle Singler had six against Boston College on March 13, 2009. Plumlee's previous best was five blocks against Marquette earlier this season in the CBE Classic. He has a team-high 34 blocks, which is four more than he had last year.

Miles Plumlee

Junior Miles Plumlee scored 11 points for his third double-digit scoring game of the season and 10th of his career.
The eight rebounds give him six games with eight or more this season.
Plumlee was 3-for-3 from the free throw line after entering the contest shooting 56 percent (14-of-25) on the season.

Kyle Singler

Senior Kyle Singler drew his team-leading 86th consecutive start and has now started in 128 of his 129 career games. The 128 career starts ranks tied for seventh with Christian Laettner and Shelden Williams on Duke's all-time list.
With his 18 points Singler passed Jon Scheyer, Jason Williams and Gene Banks into seventh on Duke's career scoring list. He is one of 11 players in school history with over 2,000 career points and now has 2,086.
He has scored in double figures in 112 career games and 17 of the 18 games this season. His 112 double-digit scoring games rank sixth in school history.
Singler moved past Shane Battier into sixth on Duke's career three-point field goals list. Singler now has 248 career treys.
He also tallied his 700th career field goal to become the 14th Blue Devils with 700 made shots in a career.
With nine rebounds he has had eight or more in three of the last four games and five games overall. It was one shy of his season high of 10 against Maryland.

Nolan Smith

Senior Nolan Smith finished with a game-high 20 points. He has tallied an ACC best nine games with 20 or more points and has 26 career 20-point games.
He has scored in double figures in 17 games this season and 76 career games. He has nine straight games with at least 15 points.
With his 20 points, Smith became the 29th player at Duke to score at least 1,500 career points. He now has 1,508 in his four seasons.
Smith has dished out at least five assists in 14 games on the year and 22 career games. He has been the team leader in each of the last seven contests.

Notes: Duke 92, N.C. State 78

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