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Notes: Duke 94, Wake Forest 51
3/4/2015 11:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Duke 94, Wake Forest 51
As a Team
• Duke improved to 27-3 on the season with the victory. Duke has won 27 or more games in 22 seasons under Coach Krzyzewski.
• With the win, Duke surpassed its win total of 26 games from a year ago.
• Duke moved to 114-23 when ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll.
• Duke now sits at 165-78 all time when facing Wake Forest and 46-24 under Coach Krzyzewski.
• Duke used the starting lineup of Quinn Cook, Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow, Matt Jones and Jahlil Okafor for the fourth time this season and own a 3-1 record with those five players on the floor to start the game.
• Duke scored 80 or more points for the 14th time this season.
• Duke defeated Wake Forest by 43 points, the third largest margin of victory for the Blue Devils this season.
Coach Krzyzewski's Numbers
• The victory moved Coach Krzyzewski's all-time record to 1,010-309 and his record at Duke to 937-250.
• Wednesday's win marked the 431st ACC victory for Krzyzewski.
• Duke is 474-59 under Coach Krzyzewski when playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts
• Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the 27th game this season and the 73rd time in his career. Cook remained in 32nd on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,448 career points.
• Cook's 3-of-7 (.429) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 40. Cook's 40 straight games with a made three-point field goal is a Duke record. Cook's last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.
• Cook remains in eighth on the ACC's all-time three point field goal streak list.
On the Offensive End
• Duke's 37-point halftime lead is tied for the ninth largest halftime margin in Duke history.
• Duke led at half for the 26th time this season. The Blue Devils are outscoring teams in the first half by an average of 10.0 ppg.
• Duke opened the game on a 12-0 run, shooting 5-of-9 (.556) over the first 3:23 of the contest.
• Duke shot 57.9 percent from the field (34-of-59), marking the fourth time in five games the Blue Devils shot 50 percent or better from the field.
• Duke shot 52.0 percent (13-of-25) from beyond the arc, the seventh game this season the Blue Devils shot better than 50 percent from the three-point line.
• Duke shot 13-of-16 (.813) from the free throw line, tied for the third-best shooting performance from the charity stripe this season.
• Duke had five players score double-digit points (Allen-27, M. Jones-17, Cook-13, Winslow-13, T. Jones-10) for the second time in five games, and the first since North Carolina (2/18/15).
Duke's Defense
• Wake Forest committed 19 turnovers, marking the 27th game this season Duke recorded 10 or more takeaways.
• Duke forced Wake Forest into committing 16 first-half turnovers, the most this season in the opening half of a game.
• Duke's eight first-half steals were the most this season by the Blue Devils, besting the previous season high of six.
• Duke ended the game with 12 steals, tying a season high.
• Duke allowed Wake Forest to score just 15 first-half points, the fewest this season. Previously, the fewest points allowed by Duke in the opening half of a game was 19 against Presbyterian in the season opener.
Fresh Faces
• For the 29th game this season, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the 64th time during the Coach Krzyzewski era three freshmen served as starters. The previous record for most games with three freshman starters in a season under Coach Krzyzewski stood at 27, during the 1982-83 season.
• Grayson Allen scored a season-high 27 points on 9-of-11 (.818) shooting.
• Allen's 4-of-5 (.800) shooting percentage from beyond the arc is tied for fourth for the best three-point field goal percentage by a freshman (Trajan Langdon vs. George Washington, 12/6/1994; Luol Deng vs. Pacific, 11/27/2003; Greg Paulus at Maryland, 2/11/2006).
• A freshman served as Duke's leading scorer for the 22nd time this season, with Allen scoring a team-high 27 points.
• Okafor scored six points on 2-of-2 (1.000) shooting from the field, marking the first time in 29 games he did not score double-digit points.
• Duke's freshmen combined to shoot 20-of-29 (.690) from the field.
• Winslow recorded six steals, tied for the second most in a game by a freshman.
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