Duke 63, Utah 57As a Team • Duke improved to 32-4 on the season with the win, marking the 10th time Duke has reached 32 wins in a season under
Mike Krzyzewski.
• Duke moved to 48-9 (.842) when playing in the NCAA Tournament as a one seed and 102-34 (.750) overall in the NCAA Tournament.
• Duke used the starting lineup of
Quinn Cook,
Tyus Jones,
Justise Winslow,
Matt Jones and
Jahlil Okafor for the 10th time this season and own an 8-2 record with those five players on the floor to start the game.
• Duke moved to 5-4 (.556) while playing in the state of Texas during NCAA Tournament play.
• Duke scored under 65 points for the 18th time in an NCAA Tournament game and owns an 11-7 record in such contests.
Coach Krzyzewski's Numbers• The victory moved Coach Krzyzewski's all-time record to 1,015-310 and his record at Duke to 942-251.
• Coach Krzyzewski's career record while in the NCAA Tournament moved to 85-26 (.766), the second-best winning percentage in NCAA Tournament history.
Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts•
Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the 32nd game this season after recording 11 points on 2-of-5 (.400) shooting from the field and 7-of-8 (.875) shooting from the free throw line. Cook remained in 29th on Duke's all-time scorers list, with a career 1,538 points.
• Cook's consecutive games with a made three pointer ended Friday following an 0-of-1 shooting performance from beyond the arc. Cook previously posted 45 straight games with at least one made three pointer.
• Duke posted just five assists, a season low. The previous season low sat at 10.
On the Offensive End• Duke led at half for the 30th time this season.
• Duke failed to score 30 or more points in the opening half for just the third game this season.
• Duke shot 20-of-45 (.444) from the field. The Blue Devils are shooting a combined 84-of-154 (.545) from the floor in NCAA Tournament games this season.
• Duke shot 21-of-26 (.808) from the free throw line, the eighth game the Blue Devils shot over 80.0 percent from the charity stripe this year. Over the previous two games in the NCAA Tournament, Duke shot a combined 9-of-16 (.563) from the free throw line.
Duke's Defense• Utah committed 15 turnovers, marking the 30th game this season Duke forced 10 or more miscues.
• Utah shot just 4-of-16 (.250) from beyond the arc, the seventh time in 10 games a Duke opponent shot under 30.0 percent from beyond the arc.
• Duke held Utah to 57 points, just the fifth game this season the Runnin' Utes were held to under 60 points.
Fresh Faces•
Tyus Jones, with a 15-point effort, became just the fourth player in Duke history to record 400 points and 200 assists in the same season. T. Jones is only the second Duke freshman to post a 400-point, 200-assist rookie campaign, with the other being Jason Williams (1999-2000).
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Justise Winslow scored 21 points and collected 10 rebounds. Winslow has scored double-digits in 27 games, tying
Johnny Dawkins for seventh on Duke's double-digit scoring games by a freshman list. Winslow also notched his seventh double-double, moving him past Luol Deng and Shelden Williams for sole possession of fourth on Duke's double-double by a freshman list.
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Jahlil Okafor did not score double-digit points for just the second game this season, netting six points on 3-of-6 (.500) shooting.