Duke 94, Indiana 74As a Team • Duke moved to 7-1 on the season with the victory, the 26th time during head coach
Mike Krzyzewski's 36-year Duke career the Blue Devils started 7-1 or better to open a season.
• Duke used the starting lineup of
Grayson Allen,
Matt Jones,
Brandon Ingram,
Amile Jefferson and
Marshall Plumlee for the fifth time this season and owns a 4-1 record with those five players on the floor to start the game.
• Duke won its 121st consecutive non-conference home game with Wednesday's result.
• Duke led, 51-42, at the half, marking the fifth game this season the Blue Devils took a lead into the break. Duke is 5-0 this season when owning a lead at half.
• Duke improved to 15-2 (.882) in Big Ten/ACC Challenge contests.
• The Blue Devils moved to 3-0 when facing Indiana in Big Ten/ACC Challenge games.
• Duke's 94 points were the most a Duke team scored against Indiana in a Big Ten/ACC Challenge meeting and the second-most in all-time matchups between the two teams.
Coach Krzyzewski's Numbers• The win moved Krzyzewski's all-time record to 1,025-311 and his record at Duke to 952-252.
• A Krzyzewski-led Duke team moved to 5-3 all-time when facing Indiana.
Allen at the Line•
Grayson Allen shot 2-of-2 (1.000) from the free throw line and has made 26 consecutive free throws dating back to Duke's game against VCU Nov. 20. Allen is one made free throw shy of breaking into Duke's all-time list of consecutive made free throws list.
Jefferson's Contributions•
Amile Jefferson hauled in six offensive rebounds, moving his career total to 276, moving him into a tie with Brian Zoubek for sixth on Duke's all-time offensive rebound list.
• Jefferson dished a game-high eight assists, a career high. His previous career high stood at five, which came against Syracuse (Feb. 1, 2015).
• Jefferson brought down 11 rebounds, his fifth double-digit rebound game of the season.
Duke on the Offensive End• The Blue Devils trailed 26-22 with 8:50 remaining in the first half before going on a 10-0 run to take a 32-26 lead. Duke led the remainder of the contest.
• Duke shot 6-of-13 (.462) from beyond the arc in the first half, the second game this season the Blue Devils connected on six or more first-half threes, and the team's second-highest three-point field goal percentage to start a game this season.
• The Blue Devils shot 20-of-37 (.541) from the field in the opening half, the team's fourth game this season shooting 50.0 percent or better from the field in the first half. Duke is shooting a combined 75-of-143 (.525) in the opening half over the team's last five contests.
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Matt Jones connected on 5-of-11 (.454) three point field goal attempts, bringing his season total number of made three pointers to 24. This season, 64.3 percent of Jones' points have come from beyond the arc.
Fresh Faces•
Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 24 points, including a season-high 18 in the first half. Ingram's 18 first-half points are the most scored by a Blue Devil rookie in the opening half of a game this season.
• Ingram connected on 10-of-15 (.667) field goal attempts, including 4-of-6 (.667) from beyond the arc, both career highs.