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Friday, November 19
Durham, N.C.
8 P.M.
Duke University
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Lafayette
Hoops Homestand Continues Friday Night vs. Lafayette
11/18/2021 5:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE-LAFAYETTE HISTORY
The brief basketball history between Duke and Lafayette includes just one previous meeting -- that coming Jan. 10, 1977 at Cameron Indoor Stadium when the Bill Foster-coached Blue Devils won 93-77…Tate Armstrong scored 28 in the game, while Jim Spanarkle added 18 points and seven steals and Mike Gminski scored 14…Mike Krzyzewski has not faced Lafayette as Duke's head coach, but battled the Leopards five times as Army's head coach (1-4).
ABOUT THE LEOPARDS
Lafayette has opened the season 0-3, including a 96-63 setback at Syracuse to open the season…The team's non-conference slate includes three power conference opponents in the first five games -- at Syracuse, Duke and Rutgers…The Leopards were 9-6 last season, falling in the Patriot League quarterfinals to Bucknell. ..Fran O'Hanlon is in his 27th year as Lafayette's head coach. He is the longest tenured coach in the league, winning four league titles and making three NCAA appearances most recently in 2014-15…Lafayette returns four of five starters from last year's team, including senior Tyrone Perry (18.0 points per game this season).
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 8-0 all-time when playing on Nov. 19, with three of the victories coming at Cameron Indoor Stadium…Duke last played on this date in 2018 -- a 90-64 win over San Diego State in the opening game of the Maui Invitational.
PAOLO NAMED ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Opening his career with a 22-point, seven-rebound effort to help Duke beat No. 10 Kentucky, freshman Paolo Banchero was named this week's ACC Freshman of the Week…The rookie from Seattle, Wash., is leading Duke in points (19.3), rebounds (8.7) and field goal percentage (.667) through the first three games of his career…Banchero becomes the 19th different Blue Devil to win the ACC Freshman of the Week award since 2013-14. In that time, a Duke freshman has won nearly 50 percent of the time -- 65 of a possible 137 weeks…Duke leads the ACC in all-time Freshman of the Week picks.
KENPOM DATA
Duke is ranked ninth in defensive efficiency and 14th in offensive efficiency by KenPom -- one of six teams ranked in the top 15 of both metrics (Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan, Baylor, Houston)…Opponents are scoring just 10.6 percent of their points at the free throw -- the 27th fewest allowed in the country and fourth fewest by a power conference team…Duke is the 29th youngest team in the nation and fourth youngest power conference team behind Arizona, Marquette and Georgetown.
LAST GAME NOTABLES
Duke had six players in double-figure points in the game – the first time that has happened since six reached double figures in an 88-69 win over NC State on March 2, 2020. ..Duke held its third consecutive opponent to 56 points or less and has yet to allow more than 71 points this season. ..Duke scored a season high 92 points – its most points in regulation in a game since a 94-60 win over Notre Dame on Feb. 15, 2020 at Cameron Indoor Stadium…Sophomore Mark Williams blocked a career-high six shots in the game, while finishing with a season-high 13 points…Sophomore Jeremy Roach, who is averaging 12.7 points and 4.7 assists over Duke's last three games, had six assists vs. GWU -- one shy of his career high…Junior Wendell Moore Jr., scored 14 points – his fourth consecutive game in double-figure points to tie a career-long stretch.
AP POLL DATA
Duke jumped to No. 7 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll after opening the season at No. 9 in the preseason poll…This marks the 61st week all-time that the Blue Devils have been ranked No. 7, and Duke is 92-29 (.760) all-time when playing as the No. 7 ranked team…It marks the 558th week that a Coach K Duke team has been ranked in the top 10, extending an NCAA record…As a program, this is Duke's 699th week ranked in the top 10 all-time.
#KEELMODE ACTIVATED
Freshman Trevor Keels stormed out of the gate with 16 first-half points against Gardner-Webb, hitting 6-of-7 from the field and a season-high 4-of-5 from beyond the arc to help Duke build a 20-point halftime lead…He finished the night with 18 points and posted season-highs in rebounds (7) and assists (4) in 26 minutes of action…The freshman has the two highest-scoring halves on the team this season, as he also netted 16 in the final 20 minutes in the win over Kentucky.
#GoDuke
- Winners of four straight to open the season, No. 7 Duke hosts Lafayette Friday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The game tips at 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network with Jay Alter and Malcolm Huckaby on the call. On the radio locally, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
- The Blue Devils are in the midst of a five-game-in-10-day homestand that caps Monday night vs. The Citadel. Following that game, Duke won't return to Cameron Indoor Stadium until Dec. 14.
- Duke is coming off a win over Gardner-Webb Tuesday night that saw six Blue Devils reach double figures. Duke's 92 points scored, 52 points allowed and 10 three-pointers were season bests.
- Through four games, Duke is holding opponents to just .374 from the field, .263 from three-point range and averaging 9.3 steals per game. Duke has forced opponents to 60 turnovers, and is more than doubling up the opponents in points-off-turnover scoring (76-33).
- Junior Wendell Moore Jr., who recorded the program's fifth triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the Army win, is averaging 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and a team best 5.3 assists.
- Moore is second in the ACC in assists and has multiple assists in 16 consecutive games dating back to last season.
- This week's ACC Freshman of the Week, Paolo Banchero is leading Duke in points (17.0), rebounds (8.5) and field goal percentage (.625).
- Over the last nine seasons, Banchero is the 19th different Blue Devil to win the ACC Freshman of the Week award. In that time, a Duke freshman has won in 65 of a possible 137 weeks.
- Freshman Trevor Keels keyed the Gardner-Webb victory with a game-high 18 points on 4-of-6 from three-point range. The freshman logged career highs in rebounds (seven) and assists (four).
- Keels has hit a three for Duke's first points in three straight games.
- Keels is ranked fifth in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (+4.00) and as a team, Duke ranks second in the ACC in that category (+1.64).
- Duke has made nine more free throws than the opponents have attempted this season (45-36). Of the 36 attempts, just 13 have come in the first half. Duke is committing 12.8 fouls per game -- second fewest in the ACC and 36th fewest nationally.
DUKE-LAFAYETTE HISTORY
The brief basketball history between Duke and Lafayette includes just one previous meeting -- that coming Jan. 10, 1977 at Cameron Indoor Stadium when the Bill Foster-coached Blue Devils won 93-77…Tate Armstrong scored 28 in the game, while Jim Spanarkle added 18 points and seven steals and Mike Gminski scored 14…Mike Krzyzewski has not faced Lafayette as Duke's head coach, but battled the Leopards five times as Army's head coach (1-4).
ABOUT THE LEOPARDS
Lafayette has opened the season 0-3, including a 96-63 setback at Syracuse to open the season…The team's non-conference slate includes three power conference opponents in the first five games -- at Syracuse, Duke and Rutgers…The Leopards were 9-6 last season, falling in the Patriot League quarterfinals to Bucknell. ..Fran O'Hanlon is in his 27th year as Lafayette's head coach. He is the longest tenured coach in the league, winning four league titles and making three NCAA appearances most recently in 2014-15…Lafayette returns four of five starters from last year's team, including senior Tyrone Perry (18.0 points per game this season).
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 8-0 all-time when playing on Nov. 19, with three of the victories coming at Cameron Indoor Stadium…Duke last played on this date in 2018 -- a 90-64 win over San Diego State in the opening game of the Maui Invitational.
PAOLO NAMED ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Opening his career with a 22-point, seven-rebound effort to help Duke beat No. 10 Kentucky, freshman Paolo Banchero was named this week's ACC Freshman of the Week…The rookie from Seattle, Wash., is leading Duke in points (19.3), rebounds (8.7) and field goal percentage (.667) through the first three games of his career…Banchero becomes the 19th different Blue Devil to win the ACC Freshman of the Week award since 2013-14. In that time, a Duke freshman has won nearly 50 percent of the time -- 65 of a possible 137 weeks…Duke leads the ACC in all-time Freshman of the Week picks.
KENPOM DATA
Duke is ranked ninth in defensive efficiency and 14th in offensive efficiency by KenPom -- one of six teams ranked in the top 15 of both metrics (Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan, Baylor, Houston)…Opponents are scoring just 10.6 percent of their points at the free throw -- the 27th fewest allowed in the country and fourth fewest by a power conference team…Duke is the 29th youngest team in the nation and fourth youngest power conference team behind Arizona, Marquette and Georgetown.
LAST GAME NOTABLES
Duke had six players in double-figure points in the game – the first time that has happened since six reached double figures in an 88-69 win over NC State on March 2, 2020. ..Duke held its third consecutive opponent to 56 points or less and has yet to allow more than 71 points this season. ..Duke scored a season high 92 points – its most points in regulation in a game since a 94-60 win over Notre Dame on Feb. 15, 2020 at Cameron Indoor Stadium…Sophomore Mark Williams blocked a career-high six shots in the game, while finishing with a season-high 13 points…Sophomore Jeremy Roach, who is averaging 12.7 points and 4.7 assists over Duke's last three games, had six assists vs. GWU -- one shy of his career high…Junior Wendell Moore Jr., scored 14 points – his fourth consecutive game in double-figure points to tie a career-long stretch.
AP POLL DATA
Duke jumped to No. 7 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll after opening the season at No. 9 in the preseason poll…This marks the 61st week all-time that the Blue Devils have been ranked No. 7, and Duke is 92-29 (.760) all-time when playing as the No. 7 ranked team…It marks the 558th week that a Coach K Duke team has been ranked in the top 10, extending an NCAA record…As a program, this is Duke's 699th week ranked in the top 10 all-time.
#KEELMODE ACTIVATED
Freshman Trevor Keels stormed out of the gate with 16 first-half points against Gardner-Webb, hitting 6-of-7 from the field and a season-high 4-of-5 from beyond the arc to help Duke build a 20-point halftime lead…He finished the night with 18 points and posted season-highs in rebounds (7) and assists (4) in 26 minutes of action…The freshman has the two highest-scoring halves on the team this season, as he also netted 16 in the final 20 minutes in the win over Kentucky.
#GoDuke
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