Miami 90, Duke 74As a Team • Duke fell to 14-2 with the loss. The result is the first time since the 2008-09 season the Blue Devils loss back-to-back regular season games.
• With the loss, Duke's home win streak of 41 straight games came to an end.
• Duke dropped to 65-14 when ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll with the victory.
• Duke is averaging 76.8 points per game through the team's first four conference contests, the highest points per game average through the first four ACC games since the 2009-10 season (77.5 ppg.).
• Duke scored 70-or-more points in 15 of the first 16 games of the season, the first time the Blue Devils have achieved such a feat since the 2010-11 season.
Closing on 1K• With the loss, Coach K remained three wins of becoming the first Division I men's coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career victories. Coach K owns an all-time record of 997-308 and a record of 924-249 at Duke.
• Tuesday's defeat dropped Coach K's record against ACC opponents to 419-170.
Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts•
Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the 16th game this season and the 62nd time in his career, netting 18 points on 7-of-13 (.538) shooting. Cook moved into 45th on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,210 points.
• Cook posted four assists against Miami to bring his career assists total to 455. Cook remains in 11th on Duke's all-time assists list.
• Cook's 4-of-7 (.571) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 26. Cook's last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.
On the Offensive End• Four or more Blue Devils scored in double digits for the 13th game this season (Cook-18, Okafor-15, Sulaimon-14, Jefferson-14).
• Duke outscored Miami in the paint, 38-36, marking the first time in four games the Blue Devils were able to score more points in the paint than its opponent.
• Duke led at halftime for the 15th time this season. The Blue Devils are outscoring teams by an average of 10.8 points in the first half this season.
Duke's Defense• Duke forced Miami to commit 11 turnovers. Duke has recorded double-digit takeaways in all 16 games this season.
• After allowing teams to shoot just 57-of-216(.264) from beyond the arc through the team's first 14 games, Duke has allowed opponents to shoot 20-36 (.688) from three point range.
Fresh Faces• For the 16th straight game, three freshmen (
Tyus Jones,
Jahlil Okafor and
Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 that three or more freshmen started 16 consecutive games in the Coach K era.
• Tuesday's game marked the 51st 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.
• Tuesday's contest marked just the third time this season that two or more freshman did not score in double digits.
• Okafor recorded his 16th straight double-digit scoring game, a conference best, while also notching his third straight double-double and his fifth double-double of the season.