Notes: Duke 113, Bryant 75

Duke 113, Bryant 75

As a Team
• Duke moved to 2-0 on the season with the win, marking the second straight year the team won back-to-back games to start the season. The Blue Devils won two straight games to begin a season 31 times over his 36 year Duke career.
• The Blue Devils improved to 6-2 all-time while competing in the 2K Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project after defeating Bryant Saturday and Siena one day earlier.
• With the victory, Duke's record under Mike Krzyzewski when scoring 100-or-more points now sits at 111-2. Duke last scored more than 100 points Nov. 15, 2014, in the team's second game of the season against Fairfield (109), and netted 113 points one game earlier against Presbyterian in the season opener.
• Duke used the starting lineup of Grayson Allen, Matt Jones, Brandon Ingram, Amile Jefferson and Marshall Plumlee for the second consecutive game and improved to 2-0 with the five Blue Devils on the court to start the game.

Coach Krzyzewski's Numbers
• The victory moved Krzyzewski's all-time record to 1,020-310 and his record at Duke to 947-251.
• A Krzyzewski-led Duke team moved to 1-0 all-time when facing Bryant.

Blue Devils on the Glass
• Duke outrebounded Bryant, 43-27, and hauled in 20 offensive rebounds to Bryant's 11.
• Duke capitalized on its 11 offensive rebounds by scoring 27 second-chance points.
• Redshirt senior Marshall Plumlee and senior Amile Jefferson combined to haul in 19 of Duke's 43 boards, 44.2 percent of the team's rebounds.
• With 11 points and 11 rebounds, Jefferson registered back-to-back double-doubles for the first time in his career.
• Jefferson recorded back-to-back games with double-digit rebounds (Siena-12, Bryant-11) for the second time in his career, having accomplished the same feat in consecutive games last season against Furman (12-11/26/14) and Army (12-11/30/14).

Jones' Offensive Output
• Junior Matt Jones recorded career highs in points (19), and made three pointers (5) and tied his career high for field goals made (7). Jones connected on 7-of-9 (.778) first-half field goals and 5-of-6 (.833) first half three point attempts.

Grayson's Continued Contributions
• Sophomore Grayson Allen scored 28 points on 8-of-18 (.444) shooting. After scoring 26 points in the season opener against Siena, Allen recorded 54 points over the first two games of the season, placing him one shy of Johnny Dawkins for the most points scored in the opening two games of a season under Krzyzewski. Dawkins scored 55 points in the first two games of the 1983-84 campaign.
• Allen shot 9-of-10 (.900) from the free throw line, and is shooting 17-of-18 (.944) from the charity stripe this season.

Duke's Defense
• The Blue Devils forced Bryant into 19 turnovers in the contest, including 11 in the first half. The 11 first half turnovers by Bryant were the most forced turnovers in the opening half of a game since Duke created 16 first-half miscues against Wake Forest (3/4/2015).
• Duke registered 24 points off of Bryant turnovers in the contest.

Duke on the Offensive End
• The Blue Devils have trailed just 10 seconds in the 2015-16 season.
• Duke has outscored its opponents through the first two games by an average of 28.0 points per game.

Fresh Faces
• Ingram led all Duke freshmen scorers for the second consecutive game after netting 21 points on 7-of-11 (.636) shooting from the field. Ingram also hit 4-of-6 (.667) three-point attempts.
• Duke's freshman accounted for 41.6 percent of the team's total points (Ingram-21, Kennard-11, Jeter-4, Thornton-4, Vrankovic-4).

Players Mentioned

Grayson Allen

Amile Jefferson

Matt Jones

Marshall Plumlee

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