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Wednesday, January 12
Winston-Salem, N.C.
7 P.M.
Duke University
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Wake Forest
No. 8 Duke Travels to Wake for Wednesday Night Tilt
1/10/2022 7:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE VS. WAKE FOREST
Duke and Wake Forest are meeting for the 256th time in a series that dates to the 1905-06 season. The Blue Devils lead the series 176-79, including 51-40 in road games (18-12 at LJVM Coliseum) … Duke won its 22nd consecutive home game in the series last January, 79-68, and is scheduled to host the Deacs on Feb. 15 … The Blue Devils also won at the Joel last season, 84-60. Former Blue Devil Matthew Hurt led Duke in both games, scoring 26 in Durham and 22 in Winston … When Wake claimed a 113-101 double overtime win on Feb. 20, 2020, then-freshman Wendell Moore Jr., scored a career-high 25 points, including 15-of-16 from the free throw line to set a Duke freshman single-game record for most made free throws … Wake Forest was the opponent for Duke's first game in program history -- a 24-10 Wake victory on March 2, 1906 in Durham.
ABOUT THE DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest brings a two-game winning streak into Wednesday's game, beating Florida State, 76-54, on Jan. 4 and Syracuse, 77-74, in overtime on Saturday -- both games coming at home … Graduate transfer Alondes Williams, who played at Oklahoma for two seasons, is leading the Deacs in scoring (20.4, ranked second in the ACC), rebounding (6.7, 14th) and assists (5.1, first), while shooting .550 from the field (fourth) … Wake and Duke are two of the 50 tallest rosters in the nation -- an average height of 78.5 inches for Wake (t-12th tallest) and 78.0 inches for Duke (t-43rd tallest) … Jake Laravia's .597 field goal percentage and .393 from the three-point range both lead Wake Forest, which shoots at a .478 clip as a team from the field and .331 from downtown … The balanced Deacs have four players averaging in double figures, with six players scoring better than 7.1 points per game … The team's 405 three-point field goal attempts lead the ACC and rank 38th nationally … Wake opened its ACC schedule with an 80-61 win at Virginia Tech and suffered back-to-back road setbacks at Louisville, 73-69, and Miami, 92-84, before beating Florida State.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 18-12 all-time when playing on Jan. 12, but have dropped two of the last three … The Blue Devils have faced the Demon Deacons three times on this date, with Duke winning in 1946, 43-38, and falling 96-89 in 1954 -- both games in Winston-Salem … Duke beat Wake, 74-55, on this date at Cameron Indoor in 2003 … Two of Coach K's career milestone victories are sandwiched around Jan. 12 -- career win No. 100 at Duke coming Jan. 13, 1986, 87-66, over St. Joseph's, while career win No. 100 at Cameron Indoor came Jan. 11, 1989, 100-38, over William & Mary.
STARTER STABILITY
Duke has used the same starting lineup in each of the first 14 games this season … Should the same five start Wednesday (Jeremy Roach, Trevor Keels, Wendell Moore Jr., Paolo Banchero, Mark Williams), it would mark the third-longest streak at Duke of opening a season with the same starting five.
FILLING IT UP
Duke is averaging 83.3 points and out-scoring opponents by 18.6 points per game, each lead the ACC and rank eighth nationally … The Blue Devils lead the conference and are top 25 nationally in a number of other offensive categories, including field goal shooting, assists and assist/turnover ratio … Additionally, Duke leads the ACC in fewest fouls per game and blocks, third in field goal defense, fourth in scoring defense, third in three-point defense and fourth in free throw percentage … Duke is +8.6 in points-off-turnover scoring per game and has been out-scored in that category just once this season (Miami) … Duke has had a positive assists/turnover ratio in 12 of 14 games.
BLOCK PARTY
Duke leads the ACC and is 14th nationally in blocked shot per game, paced by the ACC blocks leader, sophomore Mark Williams … Williams has swatted 3.14 shots per game, which ranks 11th nationally … Only nine players nationally have more blocks this season than Williams' 44 and his 6.35 blocks per 40 minutes rank third among power conference players … Williams has multiple blocks in 12 of 14 games this season, including in each of the last 11.
DUKE AWAY FROM CAMERON
In the Coach K era, Duke is 263-153 (.632) in true road games and 279-77 (.784) in neutral site games, for a combined mark of 542-230 (.706) in all games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium … In ACC regular season play, Duke is 192-127 (.602) away from home under Coach K … Coach K's 192 ACC road wins are a conference record … Coach K has also won 16 road games against AP top five teams, the most in the history of the AP poll.
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- Long-time rivals square off Wednesday night in Winston-Salem when No. 8 Duke and Wake Forest meet for the 256th time.
- FAN ALERT: All fans attending Wednesday's game at Wake Forest must adhere to Wake's new public health protocols, which can be found here.
- The game tips at 7 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.
- In a rivalry that dates back to the first game in Duke's history in 1905-06, the Blue Devils lead the all-time series, 176-79, including a 51-40 margin in Winston-Salem. Duke is 18-12 versus Wake at LJVMC.
- Duke has played more games versus Wake than all but one opponent in program history -- North Carolina (also 255 previous games).
- Freshman Paolo Banchero is sixth in the ACC in scoring and his 17.3 points per game leads all power conference true freshmen. Banchero is also sixth in the league in rebounding (7.5) and is coming off his fifth 20-point effort Saturday vs. Miami.
- Junior Wendell Moore Jr., who is set to make his 30th consecutive start, is second in the ACC in assists (4.9), third in assist/turnover ratio (+2.30), ninth in scoring (16.0) and fifth in field goal pct. (.545).
- Moore joins Wake Forest's Alondes Williams as the only power conference players nationally averaging 16.0+ points, 4.0+ rebounds and 4.0+ assists while shooting .500+ from the field.
- Moore is coming off his second double-double this season with 12 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and seven assists against Miami. He is one of only 10 players with a triple-double this season.
- Sophomore Mark Williams leads the ACC and ranks 11th nationally in blocked shots, averaging 3.1 per contest. Only nine players in the nation have more total blocks this season than Williams' 44.
- Duke ranks fourth in the ACC in free throw shooting (.747) and has made an ACC best 57 more FTs than opponents have attempted.
- Looking to regain its pre-holiday form, Duke was averaging 85.2 points, a +1.90 assist/turnover ratio and 9.3 steals in 12 games (11-1) before the Christmas break. Upon return, the team entered the University's health and safety protocol with two games postponed and just five total practices between Dec. 21 and Jan. 11.
- In two games since returning, Duke has averaged 71.5 points, a 1.1 assist/turnover ratio and had just five total steals.
DUKE VS. WAKE FOREST
Duke and Wake Forest are meeting for the 256th time in a series that dates to the 1905-06 season. The Blue Devils lead the series 176-79, including 51-40 in road games (18-12 at LJVM Coliseum) … Duke won its 22nd consecutive home game in the series last January, 79-68, and is scheduled to host the Deacs on Feb. 15 … The Blue Devils also won at the Joel last season, 84-60. Former Blue Devil Matthew Hurt led Duke in both games, scoring 26 in Durham and 22 in Winston … When Wake claimed a 113-101 double overtime win on Feb. 20, 2020, then-freshman Wendell Moore Jr., scored a career-high 25 points, including 15-of-16 from the free throw line to set a Duke freshman single-game record for most made free throws … Wake Forest was the opponent for Duke's first game in program history -- a 24-10 Wake victory on March 2, 1906 in Durham.
ABOUT THE DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest brings a two-game winning streak into Wednesday's game, beating Florida State, 76-54, on Jan. 4 and Syracuse, 77-74, in overtime on Saturday -- both games coming at home … Graduate transfer Alondes Williams, who played at Oklahoma for two seasons, is leading the Deacs in scoring (20.4, ranked second in the ACC), rebounding (6.7, 14th) and assists (5.1, first), while shooting .550 from the field (fourth) … Wake and Duke are two of the 50 tallest rosters in the nation -- an average height of 78.5 inches for Wake (t-12th tallest) and 78.0 inches for Duke (t-43rd tallest) … Jake Laravia's .597 field goal percentage and .393 from the three-point range both lead Wake Forest, which shoots at a .478 clip as a team from the field and .331 from downtown … The balanced Deacs have four players averaging in double figures, with six players scoring better than 7.1 points per game … The team's 405 three-point field goal attempts lead the ACC and rank 38th nationally … Wake opened its ACC schedule with an 80-61 win at Virginia Tech and suffered back-to-back road setbacks at Louisville, 73-69, and Miami, 92-84, before beating Florida State.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 18-12 all-time when playing on Jan. 12, but have dropped two of the last three … The Blue Devils have faced the Demon Deacons three times on this date, with Duke winning in 1946, 43-38, and falling 96-89 in 1954 -- both games in Winston-Salem … Duke beat Wake, 74-55, on this date at Cameron Indoor in 2003 … Two of Coach K's career milestone victories are sandwiched around Jan. 12 -- career win No. 100 at Duke coming Jan. 13, 1986, 87-66, over St. Joseph's, while career win No. 100 at Cameron Indoor came Jan. 11, 1989, 100-38, over William & Mary.
STARTER STABILITY
Duke has used the same starting lineup in each of the first 14 games this season … Should the same five start Wednesday (Jeremy Roach, Trevor Keels, Wendell Moore Jr., Paolo Banchero, Mark Williams), it would mark the third-longest streak at Duke of opening a season with the same starting five.
FILLING IT UP
Duke is averaging 83.3 points and out-scoring opponents by 18.6 points per game, each lead the ACC and rank eighth nationally … The Blue Devils lead the conference and are top 25 nationally in a number of other offensive categories, including field goal shooting, assists and assist/turnover ratio … Additionally, Duke leads the ACC in fewest fouls per game and blocks, third in field goal defense, fourth in scoring defense, third in three-point defense and fourth in free throw percentage … Duke is +8.6 in points-off-turnover scoring per game and has been out-scored in that category just once this season (Miami) … Duke has had a positive assists/turnover ratio in 12 of 14 games.
BLOCK PARTY
Duke leads the ACC and is 14th nationally in blocked shot per game, paced by the ACC blocks leader, sophomore Mark Williams … Williams has swatted 3.14 shots per game, which ranks 11th nationally … Only nine players nationally have more blocks this season than Williams' 44 and his 6.35 blocks per 40 minutes rank third among power conference players … Williams has multiple blocks in 12 of 14 games this season, including in each of the last 11.
DUKE AWAY FROM CAMERON
In the Coach K era, Duke is 263-153 (.632) in true road games and 279-77 (.784) in neutral site games, for a combined mark of 542-230 (.706) in all games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium … In ACC regular season play, Duke is 192-127 (.602) away from home under Coach K … Coach K's 192 ACC road wins are a conference record … Coach K has also won 16 road games against AP top five teams, the most in the history of the AP poll.
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