Notes: Duke 78, Temple 61

Team Notes:

With the win Duke extended its NCAA-leading non-conference home winning streak to 86 games. The last home loss to a non-conference team was Feb. 26, 2000 against St. John's.
Duke has now won 35 consecutive home games, the longest current streak in the NCAA. It is also the fourth longest streak in school history. The Blue Devils are 64-2 in Cameron Indoor Stadium in the past four seasons.
The Blue Devils extended their winning streak in the month of February to 19 games with the last loss coming on Feb. 15, 2009 against Boston College.
This season the Blue Devils are 16-0 at home, marking the third straight season and fourth in school history with 16 home victories.
When playing in the state of North Carolina, Duke has won 29 consecutive games since a loss at N.C. State last season.
The Blue Devils are now 8-1 all-time against Temple in Cameron Indoor Stadium and 18-9 overall.
Temple was the fourth ranked team Duke has played this season. The Blue Devils are now 4-0 against ranked opponents in 2010-11.
Duke shot 54.8 percent in the second half and has shot 50 percent or better in the second half in 20 of the 28 games.
The Blue Devils improved to 16-0 this season and 329-9 under head coach Mike Krzyzewski when holding an opponent under 40 percent shooting.
Duke shot a season-high 94.1 percent from the free throw line. It is the third time they have shot 90 percent or better from the foul line this year.
They are now 19-1 when outrebounding their opponent. For the second straight game and 10th time this season they pulled down 15 offensive rebounds.

Player Notes:

Seth Curry

Sophomore Seth Curry made three three-point field goals for his nine points. He has made three or more treys in eight games this year.

Andre Dawkins

Sophomore Andre Dawkins was 2-of-2 from behind the three-point line in his seven minutes. He is now shooting .432 (51-of-118) from deep this season to lead the squad.

Mason Plumlee

Sophomore Mason Plumlee grabbed 13 rebounds for his 13th double-figure rebounding game of the year. He improved his season average to 8.8 rebounds per game.

Kyle Singler

Senior Kyle Singler drew his team-leading 96th consecutive start and has now started in 138 of his 139 career games. He moved into a tie for second on Duke's career starts list with Tommy Amaker and is one shy of Bobby Hurley's school record of 139.
Singler scored 28 points to give him 10 games this season with 20 or more and 42 career games. He reached double figures in scoring for the 121st time in his career and 26th time this season.
With his 28 points he passed Matt Harpring (Georgia Tech), Ralph Sampson (Virginia) and Buzzy Wilkinson (Virginia) on the ACC career scoring list. He now ranks 13th in conference history with 2,249 career points.
Singler had scored 15 or fewer points in each of the last five games, averaging 11.0 points per game during that timeframe.
He matched a career high with 10 made field goals. It was his seventh career game with 10 or more made shots.
His 8-for-8 free throw performance matched the most free throws he has attempted in one game without a miss. He was also 8-for-8 his freshman year against Marquette.

Nolan Smith

Senior Nolan Smith reached double figures in scoring for the 27th time in 28 games this season. He has 86 career games with 10 or more points.
He made three treys to give him at least two made three-pointers in eight straight games. It is his sixth game with three or more.
His six rebounds mark the 17th time this season he has grabbed five or more. He only had 13 games with at least five rebounds in his first three seasons at Duke.

Tyler Thornton

Freshman Tyler Thornton matched his season high with six points, the third time in his freshman campaign he has scored six.
His made field goals also matched his top total for the season.
Thornton made 2-of-2 from the free throw line and has now made his last 14 free throw attempts.