Notes: Duke 66, UConn 56

Duke 66, Connecticut 56

As a Team
•   Duke earned its 10th win of the year, marking the 19th time in program history the Blue Devils opened the season with 10 straight wins.
•   Duke moved to 6-4 when facing Connecticut and 21-1 while playing in East Rutherford, N.J. Duke also improved to 116-18 when ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll with the win.
•   Duke extended its win streak while playing in East Rutherford to 14 games with the win.
•   Duke won by double figures for the tenth straight game, the first time in program history the Blue Devils opened a season with 10 straight double-figure wins.

Closing on 1K
•   With the win, Coach K improved to 993-306 all-time and 920-247 at Duke. He is seven wins shy of becoming the first Division I men's coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career victories.
•   Thursday's win moved Coach K's record against unranked opponents while at Duke to 725-116.
•   Duke improved to 10-0 for the 14th time under Coach K.

Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts
•   Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the ninth game this season and the 55th time in his career, netting 10 points on 3-of-9 (.333) shooting. Cook remained in 53rd on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,112 points.
•   Cook posted one assist against Connecticut to bring his career assists total to 436. Cook remains in 12th on Duke's all-time assists list and four shy of matching Jon Scheyer's 440 for 11th place.
•   Cook's 2-of-7 (.286) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 20. Cook's last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.

On the Offensive End
•   Duke has trailed just 5:01 through the first ten games of the season. The Blue Devils largest deficit they have faced this year is four points – 6-2 vs. Wisconsin.
•   Four or more Blue Devils scored in double digits for the ninth game this season (Jones-21, Winslow-12, Okafor-12, Jefferson-11). Duke had five double-digit scorers for the second game this season.
•   Duke's bench failed to record a point for the first time since March 2, 2011, in a contest against Clemson. The last time Duke's bench did not score a point on a neutral court came in the national championship game against Butler on April 5, 2010.

Fast Starts
•   Duke has led at halftime in all ten of its games and has outscored teams in the first half by an average of 14.4 points a game this season.
•   Duke is shooting a combined 141-of-270 (.522) from the field in the first half of games this year.
•   Duke shot 11-of-15 (.733) from the free-throw line in the first half of the game, the most made and attempted free throws by the Blue Devils in the first half of a game this season.

Devilish Defense
•   Tonight's contest marked the seventh game this season that an opponent connected on five or fewer three pointers.
•   Opponents are averaging just 4.2 made three-point field goals a game while facing Duke, compared to the Blue Devils' 7.8 made three-pointers.
•   Duke forced Connecticut to commit 14 turnovers, the 10th game this season the Blue Devils recorded double-digit takeaways.
•   Duke held Connecticut's bench to just two points.

Fresh Faces
•   For the 10th straight game, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 (Virginia-Feb. 5; Georgia Tech-Feb. 9; Stetson-Feb. 16; Wake Forest-Feb. 19; Maryland-Feb.21; NC State-Feb.23; Georgia Tech-Feb. 26; Clemson-March 2; North Carolina-March 5; Virginia-March 11) that three or more freshmen started 10 consecutive games in the Coach K era.
•   Thursday's game marked the 45th time during the Coach K era 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.
•   Two or more Duke freshmen scored double digits in a game for the eighth time this season (Jones-22, Okafor-12, Winslow-12).
•   Jones shot 5-of-11 (.455) from the field, and 9-of-10 (.900) from the free throw line, to lead Duke in scoring for the second game this season. A freshman has served as Duke's leading scorer in seven of the team's 10 games.

Players Mentioned

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