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Notes: Duke 84, Boston College 68
1/27/2011 10:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Team Notes:
- Duke extended its home court winning streak to 31 games, the fourth longest streak in school history and longest active streak in the NCAA. The Blue Devils are 60-2 in Cameron over the last four seasons.
- Against unranked opponents, Duke has won 53 straight games in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The Blue Devils improved to 12-0 at Cameron this season. It is the 15th straight season they have won at least 12 home games.
- Duke has now won 37 of its last 39 games dating back to last season.
- The Blue Devils have won 25 straight games in the state of North Carolina dating back to a loss to N.C. State on Jan. 20, 2010.
- After the win Duke is now 6-0 against Boston College in Cameron Indoor Stadium and lead the all-time series 13-2.
- With Seth Curry scoring 20 points, Duke has now had seven different players score 20 or more in a game this season. Curry and Nolan Smith each had 20-point games to mark the sixth time this season the Blue Devils have had two players top the 20-point total. Duke has had a 20-point scorer in 15 straight games. It is just the fourth time in school history that seven different players have scored 20 points in a game during a season. The other seasons were 1954-55, 1973-74 and 2007-08.
- Duke was just the third team this season to score 80 or more points against Boston College, joining Providence (86) and Bucknell (80). The Blue Devils have scored 80 or more in 15 of their 20 games.
- The Blue Devils had four players score in double figures, the 13th time this season four or more have had at least 10 points in a game.
- Duke shot 50 percent from the field and are 8-0 this season when shooting 50 percent or better. It was the sixth time they shot at least 50 percent in the first half.
- It is the 11th time this year that the Blue Devils have made 30 or more field goal attempts and eighth game with at least 10 three-point field goals.
- With only seven turnovers, Duke has now tallied under 10 giveaways in two straight games and seven overall contests this year.
- On the defensive side of the ball, the Blue Devils recorded 10 steals, marking the 11th time this season they have had 10 or more.
Player Notes:
Seth Curry
- Sophomore Seth Curry scored a season-high 20 points to become the seventh different Blue Devil this season with 20 or more points in a game. Curry has scored in double figures in eight games this season.
- Curry made a season-high 5-of-7 from beyond the three-point arc. His previous high was three treys in four different games.
- With three steals, Curry recorded his eighth multi-steal game of the year with three or more in three of those games.
- Curry played a season-high 33 minutes in the contest.
- Sophomore Ryan Kelly made his first five field goal attempts to extend his streak to 18 consecutive field goals made. His streak ended two shy of the school record of 20 held by Alaa Abdelnaby in 1989.
- Kelly finished the game with 14 points to give him five games this season with 10 or more. He has three straight double digit scoring games.
- The six made field goals matched a career high. He also had six in his last game against Wake Forest.
- He blocked four shots to match a career high. It is the fourth time in his career and third this season in which he has tallied four blocks. He now has 31 blocks in 20 games this season after posting 14 in 35 games as a freshman.
- Sophomore Mason Plumlee reached double figures in rebounds for the fifth straight game and has 10 or more in 10 games this season. He has double digit rebounds in six of Duke's seven ACC games.
- Over the last five games Plumlee has tallied 62 rebounds for an average of 12.4 per game. He is averaging 11.1 rebounds per game in conference play.
- Plumlee extended his streak to nine straight games with a blocked shot.
- Junior Miles Plumlee recorded a career-high four steals in the game. His previous best was three against Colgate earlier this year. It was his fifth game this season with two or more.
- Senior Kyle Singler drew his team-leading 88th consecutive start and has now started in 130 of his 131 career games. The 130 career starts ranks sixth most on Duke's all-time list.
- He has scored in double figures in 114 career games and 19 of the 20 games this season. His 114 double-digit scoring games rank tied with Jon Scheyer for fifth most in school history.
- Singler continued to climb up the ACC career scoring list, passing Dennis Scott (Georgia Tech) and Tim Duncan (Wake Forest) for 25th in league history. Singler is one of 11 players in school history with over 2,000 career points and now has 2,124.
- Singler also moved into the top 10 on Duke's career scoring list for ACC regular games only and is now tied with Mike Gminski for ninth most with 929 points. He is looking to become just the third Blue Devil with over 1,000 career points in conference play.
- With his six rebounds he moved past Shane Battier into the top 10 for career rebounds in school history. He has 888 career rebounds.
- Senior Nolan Smith posted his ACC-leading 10th game with 20 or more points, scoring a team-high 28. He has 27 career games with 20 or more.
- Alongside his 28 points, Smith dished out eight assists that resulted in 21 points for the Blue Devils making him responsible for 49 of Duke's 84 points in the game. He now has eight or more assists in five games this season.
- It marked the fourth time this season Smith has made 10 or more field goal attempts.
- Smith was 7-of-7 from the free throw line and has made 16 straight dating back to the first half of the N.C. State game. He is shooting .955 (42-of-44) from the foul line in ACC play this year.
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