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Notes: Duke 81, Michigan State 71
11/18/2014 11:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Duke 81, Michigan State 71
Streaking
• Duke earned its third win in five days with Tuesday's victory. The Blue Devils opened the season with wins at home against Presbyterian and Fairfield.
• Duke moved to 9-2 all-time while facing Michigan State, extending a four-game win streak over the Spartans that dates back to Dec. 1, 2010.
Champions Classic
• Duke improved to 3-1 (.750) in State Farm Champions Classic games with the victory.
• Duke averages just under an eight-point margin of victory in State Farm Champions Classic games.
• Duke's 10-point margin of victory over Michigan State is the most for the Blue Devils in State Farm Champions Classic contests.
Closing on 1K
• With the win, Coach K improved to 986-306 all-time and 912-247 at Duke. He is 14 wins shy of becoming the first Division I men's coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career victories.
• The Blue Devil win pushed Coach K's record against ranked opponents to 195-131 while at Duke.
• The victory moved Duke to 9-2 while playing in Indianapolis under Coach K's guidance.
Cook Moving Up the Charts
• Quinn Cook scored a team-leading and season-high 19 points, moving him into 61st on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,023 points.
• Cook's six assists in the game brings him within 12 of associate head coach Jeff Capel, who sits at No. 12 on Duke's all-time assists list.
Outstanding Offense
• Duke opened the game by shooting a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor.
• Duke has trailed just 18 seconds through the first three games of the season.
• Duke posted 24 points off of Michigan State's 13 turnovers.
• After shooting 7-of-14 (.500) from beyond the arc Thursday, Duke is averaging close to 50.0 percent on the season, converting on 32-of-67 attempts.
Devlish Defense
• Duke held Michigan State to 5-of-20 (.250) from beyond the arc, the third consecutive game the Blue Devils forced a team to shoot .250 percent or worse from behind the three-point line.
• Duke forced 13 turnovers, the third game this season the Blue Devils recorded 13 or more takeaways.
• Duke committed just one shooting foul in the first half, a season low. Michigan State shot just 10 free throws, the fewest attempted by a Duke opponent this season.
Fresh Faces
• For the third straight game, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 (Clemson-March 2; North Carolina-March 5; Virginia-March 11) that three or more freshmen started consecutive games in the Coach K era.
• Saturday's game marked the 38th time during the Coach K era that three freshmen started. In 1982-83, three or more freshmen started 27 games, the highest number of games with three or more freshmen starting under Coach K.
• Okafor, Winslow and Jones each scored double-digit points, the second time this season and the 29th time in program history that three or more freshmen scored 10 or more points in a game.¬
• Okafor, Winslow and Jones combined to score 49 of Duke's 81 points (60.5 percent). Okafor, Jones and Winslow account for 45.9 percent of Duke's 303 points this season.
• Jones shot 7-of-7 from the free throw line, tying him for ninth on Duke's freshman records list with five other players, including teammate Rasheed Sulaimon. Jones is 9-of-10 (.900) from the line this season.
• Okafor posted his third consecutive game with two or fewer missed shots after going 8-of-10 (.850) from the field. Okafor is shooting 25-of-30 (.833) from the floor this season.
Streaking
• Duke earned its third win in five days with Tuesday's victory. The Blue Devils opened the season with wins at home against Presbyterian and Fairfield.
• Duke moved to 9-2 all-time while facing Michigan State, extending a four-game win streak over the Spartans that dates back to Dec. 1, 2010.
Champions Classic
• Duke improved to 3-1 (.750) in State Farm Champions Classic games with the victory.
• Duke averages just under an eight-point margin of victory in State Farm Champions Classic games.
• Duke's 10-point margin of victory over Michigan State is the most for the Blue Devils in State Farm Champions Classic contests.
Closing on 1K
• With the win, Coach K improved to 986-306 all-time and 912-247 at Duke. He is 14 wins shy of becoming the first Division I men's coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career victories.
• The Blue Devil win pushed Coach K's record against ranked opponents to 195-131 while at Duke.
• The victory moved Duke to 9-2 while playing in Indianapolis under Coach K's guidance.
Cook Moving Up the Charts
• Quinn Cook scored a team-leading and season-high 19 points, moving him into 61st on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,023 points.
• Cook's six assists in the game brings him within 12 of associate head coach Jeff Capel, who sits at No. 12 on Duke's all-time assists list.
Outstanding Offense
• Duke opened the game by shooting a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor.
• Duke has trailed just 18 seconds through the first three games of the season.
• Duke posted 24 points off of Michigan State's 13 turnovers.
• After shooting 7-of-14 (.500) from beyond the arc Thursday, Duke is averaging close to 50.0 percent on the season, converting on 32-of-67 attempts.
Devlish Defense
• Duke held Michigan State to 5-of-20 (.250) from beyond the arc, the third consecutive game the Blue Devils forced a team to shoot .250 percent or worse from behind the three-point line.
• Duke forced 13 turnovers, the third game this season the Blue Devils recorded 13 or more takeaways.
• Duke committed just one shooting foul in the first half, a season low. Michigan State shot just 10 free throws, the fewest attempted by a Duke opponent this season.
Fresh Faces
• For the third straight game, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 (Clemson-March 2; North Carolina-March 5; Virginia-March 11) that three or more freshmen started consecutive games in the Coach K era.
• Saturday's game marked the 38th time during the Coach K era that three freshmen started. In 1982-83, three or more freshmen started 27 games, the highest number of games with three or more freshmen starting under Coach K.
• Okafor, Winslow and Jones each scored double-digit points, the second time this season and the 29th time in program history that three or more freshmen scored 10 or more points in a game.¬
• Okafor, Winslow and Jones combined to score 49 of Duke's 81 points (60.5 percent). Okafor, Jones and Winslow account for 45.9 percent of Duke's 303 points this season.
• Jones shot 7-of-7 from the free throw line, tying him for ninth on Duke's freshman records list with five other players, including teammate Rasheed Sulaimon. Jones is 9-of-10 (.900) from the line this season.
• Okafor posted his third consecutive game with two or fewer missed shots after going 8-of-10 (.850) from the field. Okafor is shooting 25-of-30 (.833) from the floor this season.
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