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Monday, November 21
Durham, N.C.
8:30 p.m.
Duke University
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Bellarmine
No. 7 Duke Welcomes Bellarmine to Cameron on Monday Night
11/20/2022 9:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
- No. 7 Duke caps a two-game homestand on Monday night, welcoming Bellarmine to Cameron Indoor Stadium for the second time in three seasons.
- The game tips at 8:30 p.m. on ACCN, with Mike Monaco and Malcolm Huckaby on the call. David Shumate and John Roth have the call on the radio via the Blue Devils Sports Network from Learfield.
- The Knights, which won the ASUN Tournament last season but ineligible for the NCAA Tournament as they continued their transition from Division-II to D-I, is the third of three consecutive games for Duke against reigning conference champions.
- The Blue Devils have ushered in the Jon Scheyer era with a priority on defense and rebounding, ranking sixth nationally in rebounds per game and allowing the second fewest points through the first four games of season in the program's modern era (since 1950).
- As of Nov. 20, Duke is ninth nationally in scoring defense (52.2), second in rebound margin (+19.2), sixth in rebounding (47.3) and third nationally in offensive rebounds (19.3).
- Duke held a 24-7 edge in second-chance points in the Delaware win and through four games, the team is +46 (72-26) in second-chance scoring.
- Scheyer, a 2010 Duke graduate and four-year letterwinner for the Blue Devils who spent the previous nine years on the staff under Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, is in his first season as the Blue Devils' head coach.
- Freshman Kyle Filipowski is tied for the NCAA lead with three double-doubles. He was the first Duke freshman all-time with three consecutive double-doubles to open a career and remains the nation's only freshman with multiple double-doubles (through Nov. 19 games).
- Freshman Tyrese Proctor (right) is fresh off his first career double-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and four assists -- all career highs. Of his 27 points this season, 22 have come over the last three halves, hitting 8-of-17 (.471) from the field in that stretch.
- In total, Duke has 11 newcomers on the roster -- seven freshmen -- all recruited and signed by Scheyer which comprise the nation's No. 1 recruiting class, and four graduate transfers.
- Two of the newcomers -- Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead -- have returned from preseason injuries that held them out for significant time. Lively (calf) returned three games ago and is 6-of-8 from the field, while Whitehead (foot fracture) made his debut vs. Delaware.
- Duke is 9-3 all-time when playing on November 21 and have won six of the last seven.
- The Blue Devils last played on this date in 2019, an 87-52 win over Cal at Madison Square Garden in the 2K Classic
- No strangers to ACC environments, Bellarmine rolls into Cameron Indoor on Monday having already won at Louisville, 67-66, on Nov. 9 and falling at Clemson, 76-66, on Friday.
- The Knights played at Duke on Dec. 4, 2020 -- a 76-54 Duke win -- in Bellarmine's first season as a Division-I member.
- As the defending Division-II National Champions in 2011, the Knights played an exhibition game at Duke on Oct. 29, 2011 and fell, 87-62.
- Scott Davenport is in his 18th season as Bellarmine's head coach, recently winning his 400th career game (400-132).
- He has been a finalists for the mid-major Coach of the Year Award in each of the last two seasons.
- Leading Bellarmine's returnees is sixth-year senior Juston Betz, who was named the ASUN's preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
- Freshman Peter Suder leads the Knights in scoring through three games at 13.8 points. He was held scoreless at Louisville, but scored 55 over the last three games.
- Duke has been among the nation's best rebounding teams through the season's first two weeks, ranking sixth nationally in rebounding average (47.3), second in rebounding margin (+19.2) and third in offensive rebounding average (18.3) -- Duke and Alabama are the only teams nationally ranked in the top six in each.
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded each of their first four opponents by double-digit margins -- the first time Duke has had a double-digit rebounding advantage in four consecutive games since 2019-20. Duke was +19 (44-25) vs. Jacksonville -- a JU team that was out-rebounded just twice last season and by no more than two in any game).
- Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Duke is 35-5 when out-rebounding its opponent.
- Offensive rebounding has been a significant strength, with Duke totaling 20+ on the offensive glass twice already -- the Blue Devils hadn't had more than 19 offensive boards in any game over each of the last two seasons.
- Through the first four games this season, Duke has a 73-32 advantage in offensive rebounds. Duke held a 24-7 edge in second-chance points vs. Delaware -- for the season, the Blue Devils are +46 (72-26) in second-chance scoring.
- Individually, freshman Kyle Filipowski is 16th nationally in rebounds (11.0) and is tied for the lead among all freshmen.
- Duke leads the ACC and is ninth nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 52.2 points through four games. Each of the first four opponents have yet to top 70 points, while three have not scored more than 60.
- Duke's 209 points allowed through four games are its second fewest through the first four games of a season in the AP Poll era (since 1949) – the 2006-07 team allowed 195 through the first four games.
- Of Duke's eight halves played, the Blue Devils have held the opposition to less than 30 points five times and to less than 23 points four times.
- The Blue Devils are seventh nationally in three-point defense (21.2)
- Duke practiced for much of the preseason without the services of its top-two ranked freshmen in Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead.
- Lively, the No. 1 ranked incoming freshman, made his debut against USC Upstate after missing the exhibition and first game with a calf injury sustained in practice. He hit both of his shots (two dunks) with two blocks and two rebounds in 14 minutes vs. Upstate. Against Kansas, Lively came off the bench and played 21 minutes with two more field (both dunks) with five boards and a block. He made his first start vs. Delaware with two more dunks and a career-high four assists.
- Duke was +23 in Lively's 15 minutes on the floor vs. Delaware
- Whitehead, the No. 2 ranked incoming freshman, made his debut in the Delaware win, playing 15 minutes with six points, two rebounds and two steals. Whitehead underwent surgery to repair a fracture in his right foot on Aug. 30.
- Freshman Kyle Filipowski became Duke's first freshman all-time to open a career with three consecutive double-doubles as he scored a career-high 17 points with a career-high 14 rebounds in 33 minutes vs. Kansas on Tuesday. Friday vs. Delaware, he set a new career high with 18 points, but snapped his double-double streak with eight boards.
- The Westtown, N.Y., native was one of just four Duke freshman all-time with a double-double in a season opener, and one of just two (Marvin Bagley III in 2017-18) with consecutive double-doubles to open a career.
- Through Nov. 19's game, he is the only freshman nationally with multiple double-doubles and his three double-doubles are tied for the national lead with 11 other players.
- His 36 rebounds through three games were more than any Duke freshman through the first three games of a season, surpassing Mike Gminski's 33 in 1976-77 and Zion Williamson's 32 in 2018-19.
- Named the ACC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 15, Filipowski is seventh nationally in rebounds (12.0) and leads all freshmen in the NCAA
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