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Thursday, February 10
Clemson, S.C.
8 P.M.
Duke University
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No. 7 Duke Hits Road for Thursday Matchup at Clemson
2/9/2022 2:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE VS. CLEMSON
Duke and Clemson are meeting for the 146th time in a series that dates to the 1925-26 season, with the Blue Devils leading 113-32 … Thursday's game is a make up of a game originally scheduled for Dec. 29, but postponed by Duke's health & safety protocols … In Clemson, the Blue Devils lead the series 38-24, including 25-19 at Littlejohn Coliseum … 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 12-11 overall and 4-8 in the ACC. The Tigers have dropped two straight, including Tuesday's 79-77 setback to North Carolina that saw the Tar Heels claim the lead in the closing seconds … PJ Hall leads four Tigers averaging in double figures with 15.3 points and 6.0 rebounds. David Collins is third in scoring (11.0), but leads the team on the boards (6.9) while shooting a team-best .523 from the field … The Tigers are the ACC's third best three-point shooting team at .380 for the year, led by Al-Amir Dawes' .409 percentage, which also ranks third in the league.
LAST MEETING: DUKE 71, CLEMSON 69
Freshman Paolo Banchero scored 19 points, including four in the final two minutes, to help No. 9 Duke pull away from Clemson for a 71-69 win Jan. 25 at Cameron Indoor Stadium … Each of Banchero's late buckets extended the Blue Devils' lead to four, and Duke held on defensively in a back-and-forth affair that featured 17 lead changes … Senior Joey Baker gave the Blue Devils a two-point advantage on a driving layup with 2:15 left and finished the night with 11 points … PJ Hall paced the Tigers with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Hunter Tyson added 13 points and eight boards.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 22-10 all-time when playing on Feb. 10 and has won eight straight and 15 of the last 18 … Duke last played on this date in 2020 -- a 70-65 victory over Florida State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
DUKE AWAY FROM CAMERON
In the Coach K era, Duke is 267-154 (.632) in true road games and 279-77 (.784) in neutral site games, for a combined mark of 546-231 (.706) in all games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium … In ACC regular-season play, Duke is 196-128 (.602) away from home under Coach K … Coach K's 196 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.
ON THE DEFENSIVE
Since January 1, Duke opponents are shooting just .276 (62-of-225) from three-point range -- the second best percentage defense by power conference teams and 15th best overall in that span … For the year, Duke is 26th nationally in three-point defense (.297) -- was 119th nationally (.314) on December 31 … Duke is second in the ACC in field goal defense (.403) and leads in three-point defense (.297) … Duke has held nine of its last 12 opponents -- and 15 for the season -- to .300 or worse from behind the arc (12-3 in those games) … Junior Wendell Moore Jr., is one of the nation's premier perimeter defenders, regularly drawing the opponent's best offensive match up. This season, opponents are shooting just .315 from the field and .241 from three-point range with Moore as the primary defender … Sophomore Mark Williams, who leads the league and is 10th nationally in blocked shots (3.13), is one of the best rim protectors with his 7-foot-7 wingspan … Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Notre Dame and Virginia each made their fewest number of threes against the Blue Devils -- VT was 5-of-19 (.263), Wake was 2-of-16 (.125), Syracuse was 5-of-29 (.172), ND was 3-of-18 (.167) and UVa was 2-of-12 (.167). The percentages by Syracuse, VT, Wake and ND were each their lowest this year … Two other opponents -- Gardner-Webb (.125) and Lafayette (.259) -- also shot their lowest three-point percentage this season … In Duke's defensive gem at Notre Dame, the Irish were limited to a season-low 43 points, and it marked the fewest points Duke allowed in an ACC game since a 68-40 win over Clemson on Jan. 8, 2013. It was the fewest points Duke allowed in an ACC road game since a 56-41 win at Virginia on Feb. 16, 2011 … Duke has held 16 of its 23 opponents this season -- including six straight -- to 70 points or less.
SHOOTING AND SHARING THE ROCK
Duke enters the game with the nation's fourth best assist/turnover ratio of 1.62. The Blue Devils also rank top 20 nationally in field goal shooting (.485, ranked 17th in the NCAA) and assists (17.5, lead the ACC and ranked ninth in the NCAA) … Duke has had a positive assist/turnover ratio in 19 of 23 games -- its only games with a negative ratio came in wins over Kentucky, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame and the Virginia loss … The Blue Devils posted their best assist percentage in the Jan. 22 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 is the only ACC team with three players in the league's top 10 in assist/turnover ratio with Jeremy Roach ranked second (2.84), Trevor Keels ranked fourth (2.47) and Wendell Moore Jr. seventh (2.10).
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- Back on the road for two games over the next three days, No. 7 Duke battles Clemson Thursday night at Littlejohn Coliseum.
- The game tips at 8 p.m. ET on ACC NETWORK with Mike Couzens and Debbie Antonelli 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, who remain in a first place tie in the ACC and hold the tiebreaker over the three teams within a half game, cap a stretch of five of their past six on the road Saturday at Boston College -- the BC game also marks Duke's fourth game over an eight-day period.
- The game is the 146th in the series, which Duke leads 113-32, including 25-19 at Littlejohn Coliseum. The Blue Devils won the earlier meeting in Durham, 71-69, on Jan. 25.
- Duke had a five-game win streak snapped, 69-68, to Virginia Monday night. The Blue Devils' four defeats this season have come by nine total points, including two by one point and one in overtime.
- Sophomore Mark Williams, a finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, leads the ACC and is 10th nationally in blocks (3.13). Williams is 43-of-56 (.768) from the field and averaging 13.1 points and 8.0 rebounds over Duke's last eight games.
- Six-time ACC Freshman of the Week Paolo Banchero is averaging a double-double over the last five with 14.6 points and 10.0 rebounds.Â
- Banchero, the ACC's lone representative on the late-season watch list for the Wooden Award, has nine 20-point efforts this season -- seven coming against power conference opponents, six in ACC play -- in addition to 21 points vs. Gonzaga.Â
- After missing three games with a lower leg injury, freshman Trevor Keels returned at Notre Dame and has scored in double figures in each of the last two -- 11 at North Carolina and 12 vs. Virginia. Duke is 13-1 this season when Keels scores in double digits.
- Sophomore Jeremy Roach has a 5-to-1 assist/turnover ratio over the last eight. He is second in the ACC and 17th nationally this season (2.84).
- Duke leads the ACC in three-point percentage defense (.297; 26th nationally) and is second in field goal percentage defense (.403). Opponents are shooting just .276 from three since Jan. 1 -- the second-best defense by any power conference team in that span.
DUKE VS. CLEMSON
Duke and Clemson are meeting for the 146th time in a series that dates to the 1925-26 season, with the Blue Devils leading 113-32 … Thursday's game is a make up of a game originally scheduled for Dec. 29, but postponed by Duke's health & safety protocols … In Clemson, the Blue Devils lead the series 38-24, including 25-19 at Littlejohn Coliseum … 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 12-11 overall and 4-8 in the ACC. The Tigers have dropped two straight, including Tuesday's 79-77 setback to North Carolina that saw the Tar Heels claim the lead in the closing seconds … PJ Hall leads four Tigers averaging in double figures with 15.3 points and 6.0 rebounds. David Collins is third in scoring (11.0), but leads the team on the boards (6.9) while shooting a team-best .523 from the field … The Tigers are the ACC's third best three-point shooting team at .380 for the year, led by Al-Amir Dawes' .409 percentage, which also ranks third in the league.
LAST MEETING: DUKE 71, CLEMSON 69
Freshman Paolo Banchero scored 19 points, including four in the final two minutes, to help No. 9 Duke pull away from Clemson for a 71-69 win Jan. 25 at Cameron Indoor Stadium … Each of Banchero's late buckets extended the Blue Devils' lead to four, and Duke held on defensively in a back-and-forth affair that featured 17 lead changes … Senior Joey Baker gave the Blue Devils a two-point advantage on a driving layup with 2:15 left and finished the night with 11 points … PJ Hall paced the Tigers with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Hunter Tyson added 13 points and eight boards.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 22-10 all-time when playing on Feb. 10 and has won eight straight and 15 of the last 18 … Duke last played on this date in 2020 -- a 70-65 victory over Florida State at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
DUKE AWAY FROM CAMERON
In the Coach K era, Duke is 267-154 (.632) in true road games and 279-77 (.784) in neutral site games, for a combined mark of 546-231 (.706) in all games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium … In ACC regular-season play, Duke is 196-128 (.602) away from home under Coach K … Coach K's 196 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.
ON THE DEFENSIVE
Since January 1, Duke opponents are shooting just .276 (62-of-225) from three-point range -- the second best percentage defense by power conference teams and 15th best overall in that span … For the year, Duke is 26th nationally in three-point defense (.297) -- was 119th nationally (.314) on December 31 … Duke is second in the ACC in field goal defense (.403) and leads in three-point defense (.297) … Duke has held nine of its last 12 opponents -- and 15 for the season -- to .300 or worse from behind the arc (12-3 in those games) … Junior Wendell Moore Jr., is one of the nation's premier perimeter defenders, regularly drawing the opponent's best offensive match up. This season, opponents are shooting just .315 from the field and .241 from three-point range with Moore as the primary defender … Sophomore Mark Williams, who leads the league and is 10th nationally in blocked shots (3.13), is one of the best rim protectors with his 7-foot-7 wingspan … Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Notre Dame and Virginia each made their fewest number of threes against the Blue Devils -- VT was 5-of-19 (.263), Wake was 2-of-16 (.125), Syracuse was 5-of-29 (.172), ND was 3-of-18 (.167) and UVa was 2-of-12 (.167). The percentages by Syracuse, VT, Wake and ND were each their lowest this year … Two other opponents -- Gardner-Webb (.125) and Lafayette (.259) -- also shot their lowest three-point percentage this season … In Duke's defensive gem at Notre Dame, the Irish were limited to a season-low 43 points, and it marked the fewest points Duke allowed in an ACC game since a 68-40 win over Clemson on Jan. 8, 2013. It was the fewest points Duke allowed in an ACC road game since a 56-41 win at Virginia on Feb. 16, 2011 … Duke has held 16 of its 23 opponents this season -- including six straight -- to 70 points or less.
SHOOTING AND SHARING THE ROCK
Duke enters the game with the nation's fourth best assist/turnover ratio of 1.62. The Blue Devils also rank top 20 nationally in field goal shooting (.485, ranked 17th in the NCAA) and assists (17.5, lead the ACC and ranked ninth in the NCAA) … Duke has had a positive assist/turnover ratio in 19 of 23 games -- its only games with a negative ratio came in wins over Kentucky, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame and the Virginia loss … The Blue Devils posted their best assist percentage in the Jan. 22 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 is the only ACC team with three players in the league's top 10 in assist/turnover ratio with Jeremy Roach ranked second (2.84), Trevor Keels ranked fourth (2.47) and Wendell Moore Jr. seventh (2.10).
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