Notes: Utah 77, Duke 75

Utah 77, Duke 75

As a Team
• Duke fell to 9-2 on the season with the loss.
• Duke used the starting lineup of Grayson Allen, Derryck Thornton, Matt Jones, Brandon Ingram and Marshall Plumlee for the first time this season and owns an 0-1 record with those five players on the floor to start the game.
• Duke dropped to 33-21 when facing an opponent from the Pac-12.
• The Blue Devils were outrebounded by Utah, 56-38, the first game this season Duke was outrebounded by its opponent.
• Duke trailed at the half, 33-30, marking just the second game this season the Blue Devils didn't own a lead going into the break. Duke is 0-2 this season when trailing at the end of the first half.
• Duke shot a season-low 29.9 percent (23-of-77) from the field.

Coach Krzyzewski's Numbers
• The result moved Krzyzewski's all-time record to 1,027-312 and his record at Duke to 954-253.
• A Krzyzewski-led Duke team moved to 1-1 all-time when facing Utah.
• Krzyzewski-led teams dropped to 28-9 when playing at Madison Square Garden.
• Duke is 32-23 in overtime games under Krzyzewski.

Duke's Defense
• Utah committed 19 turnovers, tied for the most by a Duke opponent this season.
• The Blue Devils forced Utah into 11 first-half turnovers, tied for the most in the opening half of a game this season. Duke converted 12 points off Utah's miscues in the first half and 20 points for the game.

Duke on the Offensive End
• Duke connected on 4-of-10 (.400) three-point field goal attempts in the first half, the fifth game this season the Blue Devils shot 40.0 percent or better from beyond the arc in the opening half of a game.
• Three Blue Devils scored in double digits (Kennard-24, Jones-18, Ingram-15). Three or more Blue Devils have scored double digits in all 11 games this season.
• Although Duke was outrebounded by Utah, 56-38, the Blue Devils outrebounded the Utes on the offensive glass, 16-13.

Jones' Contributions
• Junior Matt Jones scored double-digit points for the ninth game this season after netting 18 points on 6-of-19 (.316) shooting.

Fresh Faces
• Freshman Luke Kennard scored a game-high 24 points on 5-of-9 (.556) shooting, his highest scoring output of the season.
• Kennard's 24 points off the bench are tied for the fifth-most points scored while coming off the bench by a Duke freshman. Kennard joins Luol Deng as the only other freshman in Duke history to score 22-or-more points twice while coming off the bench for the Blue Devils.
• Kennard also connected on a career-high 12 free throws. Kennard's 12 free throws are tied for the third most by a freshman in Duke history.
• Kennard became just the second freshman in Duke history to score 20-or-more points on nine-or-fewer field goal attempts in a season after scoring 24 points on 5-of-9 field goal attempts. Elton Brand achieved the same feat during his freshman season in 1997.

Players Mentioned

Grayson Allen

Matt Jones

Marshall Plumlee

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