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Saturday, December 10
Durham, N.C.
5:30 p.m.
Duke University
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Maryland Eastern Shore
Photo by: Duke Athletics
No. 15 Duke Finishes Non-Conference Slate Against Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday
12/9/2022 11:41:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 15 Duke welcomes Maryland Eastern Shore to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday in the Blue Devils' final non-conference game of the regular season.
- Live on ACC Network, Dalen Cuff and Randolph Childress have the call. David Shumate and John Roth call the game on the Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD.
- Duke enters on a three-game winning streak and is 6-0 at Cameron Indoor this season.
- The game caps a grueling first month that saw Duke play 12 games in 33 days against one of the nation's toughest schedules. Duke's past opponents own a combined record of 62-25 (.713) -- eighth toughest nationally and third toughest by a power conference team.
- With an emphasis on defense and rebounding under first-year head coach Jon Scheyer, Duke is leading the ACC in rebounding (40.6), rebound margin (+9.9), offensive rebounds (14.3) and is second scoring defense (59.0) -- top 30 nationally in every category.
- Four of Duke's last five games have come against teams ranked top-10 in KenPom offensive efficiency -- Purdue (rated first), Ohio State (third), Iowa (sixth) and Xavier (ninth). Duke has held six teams overall to their season low for points, including Iowa (21 below) and Xavier (20).
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded nine of their first 11 opponents, including seven by double-digit margins. Duke opened the season with a double-digit rebound margin in each of the first six games -- the longest such stretch (at any point in a season) in program history.
- Kyle Filipowski -- the first player all-time to be named ACC Rookie of the Week in each of a season's first four weeks, has scored in double figures in every game. His 14.9 points and 9.4 rebounds lead the team. The versatile 7-footer leads Duke in field goals, rebounds and steals.
- Filipowski's six double-doubles are tied for third nationally and lead all Division-I freshmen.
- The deep and balanced Blue Devils have seven players averaging at least 5.6 points and 2.4 rebounds this season, led by Filipowski's 14.9 and Jeremy Roach's 13.1. Four different Blue Devils have led the team in scoring over the last five games.
- Freshman Mark Mitchell (right) has 32 points and is 12-of-15 from the field over the last two games. He is Duke's third leading scorer (10.2) and second leading shooter (.524).
- Carlos Boozer, a national champion in 2001, was inducted to the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, becoming the 34th member from the men's basketball program to be inducted.
- Duke is 19-3 all-time when playing on Dec. 10 and has won seven straight and 10 of the last 11 on this date.
- At Cameron Indoor, Duke is 8-1 -- the lone loss coming in 1943.
- Duke last played on this date in 2016 -- a 94-45 win over UNLV at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
- Maryland Eastern Shore and Duke have never met in men's basketball.
- The Hawks are 3-6 this season after going 11-16 last season and 6-8 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
- Kevon Voyles and Zion Styles lead the team in scoring at 11.3 and 11.1 points, respectively, while Nathaniel Powell averages a team-best 7.1 rebounds, along with his 7.9 points.
- UMES lost at Virginia, 72-45, on Nov. 25.
- Fourth-year head coach Jason Crafton was an assistant in the NBA's G-League for one year and the head coach at his alma mater, Nyack College from 2012-18. He began his coaching career as an assistant at both Navy and Villanova.
- The Blue Devils did not shy away from a difficult early schedule in Coach Scheyer's first season, with his team of 11 newcomers and seven freshmen.
- Saturday's game vs. Maryland Eastern Shore caps a stretch of 12 games over the first 33 days. Duke has had no more than three days between any game this season (average of 2.0 days between games), while Duke's opponents have averaged nearly 3.5 days before playing Duke -- including six days for each Ohio State, Iowa and Delaware.
- Following UMES, the Blue Devils play just two games over the next 23 days.
- As of Dec. 9, Duke's opponents have combined for a record of .713 (62-25) -- the eighth highest opponent win percentage faced by a D-I team (third highest by a power conference team).
- Duke has faced three AP Top 25 teams through its first 12 games and battled No. 1-ranked Houston on the road in a closed scrimmage on Oct. 29.
- Duke is 12th in the latest release of the NET (Dec. 8) and is 3-2 in Quad 1 games -- tied for the most Q1 wins (Purdue) and having played the most Q1 games by any power conference team.
- Iowa marked the sixth of six consecutive power conference opponents for Duke, as the Blue Devils went 5-1 in that stretch.
- Freshman Kyle Filipowski, already a four-time ACC Rookie of the Week honoree, has scored in double figures every game of his college career and is leading the Blue Devils in scoring (14.9), rebounding (9.4) and steals (1.4).
- He is coming off his sixth double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Iowa at Madison Square Garden. He is tied for third nationally and leading all Division-I freshmen with his six double-doubles.
- In ACC history, Filipowski's four straight Rookie of the Week selections are topped only by Duke's Jabari Parker, who won it five consecutive weeks in 2013-14. Filipowski is the ACC's first player to open a season with four straight Rookie of the Week honors. Over the last 10 seasons (since 2013-14), Duke has had an ACC Rookie of the Week in 78 of a possible 157 weeks (49.7%). Twenty-two different Blue Devils have won the award at least once in that time.
- Duke leads the ACC in all-time Rookie of the Week picks with 150 -- by 54 over North Carolina (96) and 64 over Georgia Tech (86).
- Not your typical back-to-the-basket big man, the 7-foot Filipowski's 15 steals lead the team, his 14 made three-pointers are second most on the team and his .350 three-point percentage is third on the team. Ten of Flip's 15 steals have come over Duke's last five games, including a carer-high four vs. Xavier and three vs. Ohio State.
- In KenPom's formula to determine the nation's best player, Filipowski ranks seventh (as of Dec. 8). He is the only ACC player and only freshman in the top 10.
- Of the nine primary players in Duke's rotation, eight are averaging 6.0+ points per game over Duke's three-game winning streak with six of the eight also averaging at least 3.0 rebounds per game in that stretch. Junior Jeremy Roach and freshman Kyle Filipowski are each averaging 13.7 points over the last three wins, while freshman Mark Mitchell has scored 15+ points in back-to-back games and is averaging 11.7 over the last three.
- For the season, six Blue Devils are scoring 6.0+ points per game, with three in double-digit averages -- Filipowski (14.9), Roach (13.1) and Mitchell (10.2).
- Four different players have led the team in scoring over the last five games.
- Highly-rated freshmen Dereck Lively II (calf) and Dariq Whitehead (foot fracture), who each missed much of the preseason with injuries are beginning to find their game shape. Whitehead had career highs in points (eight) and rebounds (six) in a career-high 21 minutes against Iowa, while Lively had 11 points and five rebounds against Ohio State and has blocked multiple shots in five consecutive games, including three against Boston College.
- Over his last four games, freshman Tyrese Proctor has scored 45 points (11.3 avg). He scored 38 over his first seven this season (5.4).
- Carlos Boozer, who helped lead men's basketball to the 2001 NCAA Championship, was part of 95 victories, three ACC Championships and three final AP No. 1 rankings in his three years as a Blue Devil. He averaged 14.9 points and 7.9 rebounds in his career.
- He was inducted to Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in a ceremony Friday, becoming the 34th member of the men's basketball program (player or coach) to be enshrined.
- Duke's all-time leader -- and the ACC's third all-time leader -- in field goal percentage (.631), the Juneau, Alaska, native stands 31st in career scoring at Duke (1,506).
- Boozer led the ACC in field goal percentage as both a sophomore and junior, capping his junior campaign in 2002 as a first-team All-ACC selection and the ACC Tournament MVP.
- Selected in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers, Boozer enjoyed a 13-year pro career that saw him play 861 games, score 13,976 points and grab 8,192 rebounds.
- He was a two-time NBA All-Star and two-time Olympic medalist with Team USA – winning bronze in 2004 and gold in 2008.
- Boozer is currently a basketball analyst on ACC Network.
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