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Tuesday, January 25
Durham, N.C.
7 P.M.
Duke University
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Clemson
No. 9 Duke Takes on Clemson Tuesday Night at Cameron
1/24/2022 4:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE VS. CLEMSON
Duke and Clemson are meeting for the 145th time in a series that dates to the 1925-26 season, with the Blue Devils leading 112-32 … In Durham, the Blue Devils lead the series 64-4 (61-4 at Cameron Indoor) and have won 19 consecutive home games in the series … Coach K achieved a pair of his milestone victories over Clemson -- No. 100 overall came February 24, 1982 in triple overtime, 73-72, and No. 600 at Duke came January 3, 2004, 73-54.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Clemson is 11-8 overall and 3-5 in the ACC. The Tigers snapped a three-game skid with a 75-48 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday … PJ Hall leads four Tigers that are averaging in double figures with 14.8 points and 5.8 rebounds. David Collins is third in scoring (11.5), but leads the team on the boards (6.8) while shooting a team-best .534 from the field … The Tigers are the ACC's second best three-point shooting team at .384 for the year, led by Al-Amir Dawes' .410 percentage, which also ranks second in the league.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 12-6 all-time when playing on Jan. 25 and has won eight of 10 … Coach K has won a pair of milestone games on Jan. 25 -- winning his 900th Duke game in 2014 vs. Florida State at Cameron Indoor and becoming the first Division-I coach to 1,000 career victories in 2015 over St. John's at Madison Square Garden.
NOTHING EASY BEHIND THE ARC
Since January 1, Duke opponents are shooting just .232 (29-of-125) from three-point range -- the best percentage defense by power conference teams and fifth best overall in that span … Duke has held seven straight opponents -- and 13 for the season -- to .300 or worse from behind the arc (11-2 in those games) … Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest each made their fewest number of threes and shot their lowest percentage of the season against the Blue Devils -- VT was 5-of-19 (.263), Wake was 2-of-16 (.125) and Syracuse was 5-of-29 (.172) … For the year, Duke is 22nd nationally in three-point defense (.288) … Two other opponents -- Gardner-Webb (.125) and Lafayette (.259) -- also shot their lowest three-point percentage this season.
SHARING THE ROCK
Duke enters the game with the nation's third best assist/turnover ratio of 1.72. The Blue Devils also rank top 15 nationally and lead the ACC in field goal shooting (.494, ranked 14th) and assists (18.0, ranked sixth) … Duke has had a positive assist/turnover ratio in 16 of 18 games -- its only games with a negative ratio came in wins over Kentucky (9 turnovers, 8 assists) and Virginia Tech (11, 10) … The Blue Devils posted their best assist percentage in Saturday's win over Syracuse, dishing out 25 assists on 30 made field goals (83 percent). Duke's 25 assists were an ACC season high and matched its season best (25 vs. The Citadel) … Duke has averaged 22.7 assists as a team over the last three games and is dishing out a league-leading 17.3 dimes in ACC play … Duke is the only ACC team with three players in the league's top 10 in assist/turnover ratio with Jeremy Roach ranked third (2.58), Trevor Keels ranked fourth (2.35) and Wendell Moore Jr. sixth (2.21).
WILLIAMS LEADS DUKE'S BLOCK PARTY
Duke leads the ACC and is 11th nationally in blocked shots per game (5.8), paced by the ACC blocks leader, sophomore Mark Williams, who is ninth nationally with 3.28 blocks per game … As a team, Duke has finished ranked 42nd or better nationally in blocks in each of the last five seasons, including leading the nation in 2018-19 (6.8) and finishing second nationally in 2019-20 (6.1) … Only one power conference player has more rejections than Williams' 59 and his 6.16 blocks per 40 minutes rank third among power conference players … Williams had blocked 20 shots over Duke's previous four games (before Syracuse), joining Mike Gminski and Shelden Williams as the only other Blue Devils to accomplish that in history … Williams has blocked 14.8 percent of opponents' shots, the fifth best percentage in the NCAA … Williams has multiple blocks in 15 of 18 games this season ... The 7-foot-1 sophomore posted a 19-point, 11-rebound and career-high eight block effort against NC State in just 27 minutes … He is 21-of-27 (.778) from the field over Duke's last three games and averaging 16.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in that span.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke has posted an all-time record of 927-169 (.846) at Cameron Indoor, including 569-74 (.885) under Coach K … Duke is 262-63 (.806) in ACC regular-season games at Cameron Indoor in the Coach K era … Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball … Now in its 83rd season as the home of the Blue Devils, Duke has averaged 11.1 wins since the venue opened January 6, 1940 -- a 36-27 win over Princeton … The Blue Devils have 18 undefeated home seasons, including 11 under Coach K.
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- Meeting for the 145th time, No. 9 Duke welcomes Clemson Tuesday night to Cameron Indoor Stadium with the Blue Devils looking to keep pace with the ACC leaders.
- The game tips at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 with Rece Davis and Jay Bilas on the call. On the radio locally, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
- Duke has won seven of the last 10 in the series and its current 19-game home winning streak over the Tigers is the Blue Devils' third longest active home winning streak over an opponent.
- Since January 1, Duke opponents are shooting just .232 (29-of-125) from three-point range -- the best percentage defense by power conference teams and the fifth best overall in that span. For the year, Duke is 22nd nationally in three-point defense (.288).
- Duke has held seven straight opponents -- and 13 for the season -- to .300 or worse from behind the arc.
- Duke is second in the ACC in both field goal defense (.404) and three-point defense (.288) and leads the ACC in field goal shooting (.494), scoring offense (82.6) and scoring margin (+17.0).
- The ACC Freshman of the Week for the fifth time, Paolo Banchero has recorded back-to-back double-doubles. He leads all true freshmen nationally in scoring (17.9) and his eight 20-point efforts lead all power conference true freshmen.
- Banchero is the ACC's fifth leading scorer and he is the league's only player averaging 20+ points in conference games (20.0).
- Sophomore Mark Williams is ninth nationally and leads the ACC in blocked shots (3.28). He is 21-of-27 (.778) from the field over Duke's last three games and averaging 16.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in that span.
- One of the ACC's best on-ball defenders, junior Wendell Moore Jr. is allowing opposing players to shoot just .346 from the field and .258 from three-point range when he is the primary defender.
- Freshman AJ Griffin is shooting .466 from three-point range this season and .469 (15-of-32) in conference play. He is coming off a career-best five made triples against Syracuse and has hit 21 threes over Duke's last 10 games (made six in Duke's first eight games).
DUKE VS. CLEMSON
Duke and Clemson are meeting for the 145th time in a series that dates to the 1925-26 season, with the Blue Devils leading 112-32 … In Durham, the Blue Devils lead the series 64-4 (61-4 at Cameron Indoor) and have won 19 consecutive home games in the series … Coach K achieved a pair of his milestone victories over Clemson -- No. 100 overall came February 24, 1982 in triple overtime, 73-72, and No. 600 at Duke came January 3, 2004, 73-54.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Clemson is 11-8 overall and 3-5 in the ACC. The Tigers snapped a three-game skid with a 75-48 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday … PJ Hall leads four Tigers that are averaging in double figures with 14.8 points and 5.8 rebounds. David Collins is third in scoring (11.5), but leads the team on the boards (6.8) while shooting a team-best .534 from the field … The Tigers are the ACC's second best three-point shooting team at .384 for the year, led by Al-Amir Dawes' .410 percentage, which also ranks second in the league.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 12-6 all-time when playing on Jan. 25 and has won eight of 10 … Coach K has won a pair of milestone games on Jan. 25 -- winning his 900th Duke game in 2014 vs. Florida State at Cameron Indoor and becoming the first Division-I coach to 1,000 career victories in 2015 over St. John's at Madison Square Garden.
NOTHING EASY BEHIND THE ARC
Since January 1, Duke opponents are shooting just .232 (29-of-125) from three-point range -- the best percentage defense by power conference teams and fifth best overall in that span … Duke has held seven straight opponents -- and 13 for the season -- to .300 or worse from behind the arc (11-2 in those games) … Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest each made their fewest number of threes and shot their lowest percentage of the season against the Blue Devils -- VT was 5-of-19 (.263), Wake was 2-of-16 (.125) and Syracuse was 5-of-29 (.172) … For the year, Duke is 22nd nationally in three-point defense (.288) … Two other opponents -- Gardner-Webb (.125) and Lafayette (.259) -- also shot their lowest three-point percentage this season.
SHARING THE ROCK
Duke enters the game with the nation's third best assist/turnover ratio of 1.72. The Blue Devils also rank top 15 nationally and lead the ACC in field goal shooting (.494, ranked 14th) and assists (18.0, ranked sixth) … Duke has had a positive assist/turnover ratio in 16 of 18 games -- its only games with a negative ratio came in wins over Kentucky (9 turnovers, 8 assists) and Virginia Tech (11, 10) … The Blue Devils posted their best assist percentage in Saturday's win over Syracuse, dishing out 25 assists on 30 made field goals (83 percent). Duke's 25 assists were an ACC season high and matched its season best (25 vs. The Citadel) … Duke has averaged 22.7 assists as a team over the last three games and is dishing out a league-leading 17.3 dimes in ACC play … Duke is the only ACC team with three players in the league's top 10 in assist/turnover ratio with Jeremy Roach ranked third (2.58), Trevor Keels ranked fourth (2.35) and Wendell Moore Jr. sixth (2.21).
WILLIAMS LEADS DUKE'S BLOCK PARTY
Duke leads the ACC and is 11th nationally in blocked shots per game (5.8), paced by the ACC blocks leader, sophomore Mark Williams, who is ninth nationally with 3.28 blocks per game … As a team, Duke has finished ranked 42nd or better nationally in blocks in each of the last five seasons, including leading the nation in 2018-19 (6.8) and finishing second nationally in 2019-20 (6.1) … Only one power conference player has more rejections than Williams' 59 and his 6.16 blocks per 40 minutes rank third among power conference players … Williams had blocked 20 shots over Duke's previous four games (before Syracuse), joining Mike Gminski and Shelden Williams as the only other Blue Devils to accomplish that in history … Williams has blocked 14.8 percent of opponents' shots, the fifth best percentage in the NCAA … Williams has multiple blocks in 15 of 18 games this season ... The 7-foot-1 sophomore posted a 19-point, 11-rebound and career-high eight block effort against NC State in just 27 minutes … He is 21-of-27 (.778) from the field over Duke's last three games and averaging 16.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in that span.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke has posted an all-time record of 927-169 (.846) at Cameron Indoor, including 569-74 (.885) under Coach K … Duke is 262-63 (.806) in ACC regular-season games at Cameron Indoor in the Coach K era … Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball … Now in its 83rd season as the home of the Blue Devils, Duke has averaged 11.1 wins since the venue opened January 6, 1940 -- a 36-27 win over Princeton … The Blue Devils have 18 undefeated home seasons, including 11 under Coach K.
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