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Saturday, January 14
Clemson, S.C.
5 p.m.
Duke University
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No. 24 Duke Travels to First-Place Clemson
1/12/2023 6:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- Fresh off a come-from-behind win on Wednesday night, No. 24 Duke is back on the road Saturday to battle first-place Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum.
- Wes Durham and Dan Bonner have the call on ACC Network, while on the radio, David Shumate and John Roth broadcast the game for the Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
- The Tigers enters Saturday's action 6-0 in the ACC while the Blue Devils find themselves
- in a five-team logjam at 4-2 in the league after consecutive victories over BC and Pitt.
- Duke's crucial ACC stretch continues next Saturday when No. 16 Miami (14-2, 5-1) visits Durham.
- Duke came from 11 points down at halftime -- a deficit that grew to 12 in the second half -- to knock off Pitt, 77-69, Wednesday behind a monster 28-point, 15-rebound effort from Kyle Filipowski and 14 points, five assists and no turnovers from Tyrese Proctor.
- Filipowski became just the third Duke freshmen all-time to post at least 28-15 in a game, joining Marvin Bagley III (who did it four times) and Jabari Parker (once).
- The series versus Clemson favors Duke, 114-32, including winning eight of the last 10.
- Duke has out-rebounded 13 of its first 17 opponents and is 12-1 this season when holding an advantage on the glass. Duke is 10-1 when leading in offensive rebounding.
- After Wednesday's +23 advantage in rebounding (51-28) and 24 offensive rebounds, Duke ranks third nationally in rebound margin (+9.4), ninth nationally in offensive rebounds (13.7) and 25th in rebounds per game (39.8) -- leading the ACC in each category.
- Duke has held 15 of 17 opponents to below their season scoring average, ranking second in the ACC and 36th nationally in scoring defense (62.9) and 22nd in three-point defense (.290).
- The deep and balanced Blue Devils have seen seven different players lead the team in scoring over the last 11 games and used five different starting lineups this season. Duke has played its last two games without starting point guard Jeremy Roach (toe injury).
- Four-time ACC Rookie of the Week Kyle Filipowski has scored in double figures 15 times and his seven double-doubles are third in the ACC, 15th nationally and lead all NCAA freshmen.
- Duke is 12th nationally in free throw percentage (.786) and second in the ACC to Clemson (.787; 10th). The Blue Devils were 23-of-27 (.852) at the line vs. Pitt -- the 10th time this season Duke has shot .800+ at the line. Duke has made 40 of its last 46 (.870) at the stripe.
- Duke is 16-12 all-time when playing on Jan. 14 and has dropped three straight on this date.
- Its last game on this date was a 79-72 setback at Clemson in 2020.
- The Blue Devils and Tigers have met four times on this date with each team winning two.
- Saturday's game marks the fourth road game for Duke vs. Clemson on Jan. 14.
- Clemson sits atop the ACC standings at 6-0 entering the week end and is riding a six-game winning streak.
- The veteran Tigers are led by Hunter Tyson, who is averaging a double-double at 16.2 points and 10.1 rebounds -- one of only eight players nationally averaging 15-10 this season.
- Clemson leads the ACC and is 15th nationally in three-point shooting percentage (.389) -- with five players shooting better than .400 from behind the arc.
- Duke has won three straight in the series and leads the alltime series 114-32.
- On the road, Duke leads 39-24, but Clemson has won three of the last five.
- The Blue Devils swept the Tigers last season, 71-69 in Durham thanks to 19 points from Paolo Banchero including two late buckets in the closing seconds.
- Duke pulled away for an 82-64 win at Clemson behind 25 points and 11 rebounds from Trevor Keels and 15 and 10 for Banchero.
- Duke trailed Pitt by 11 at the half, 43-32 -- a deficit that grew to 12 in the second half -- before out-scoring Pitt, 45-26, after halftime and winning, 77-69, at Cameron Indoor on Wednesday.
- It marked Duke's largest halftime deficit overcome in a win since coming from 12 points down vs. Texas, 43-31, on Nov. 24, 2017, to win 85-78 at the PK80 in Portland.
- Duke yielded 43 points in the first half and held the Panthers to 26 in the second half, the 17-point difference from first to second half marking the team's best since a difference of 19 versus Virginia Tech (41-22) on Dec. 6, 2019.
- Duke held a 51-28 rebounding advantage, including a 24-9 edge in offensive rebounds. It marked the 13th time in 17 games that Duke out-rebounded an opponent, including the ninth time by double figures.
- Duke's +23 rebound margin was its highest in an ACC game since 47-24 (+23) vs. Florida State on Jan. 25, 2014.
- Duke recorded 20+ offensive rebounds for the fourth time this season – Duke hadn't had a game with more than 19 offensive in any game over the previous two seasons.
- The 24 offensive rebounds by Duke were its most in a game this season, its most in any game since 30 vs. Georgia State on Nov. 15, 2019, and its most vs. an ACC opponent since 27 against Florida State on Jan. 25, 2014.
- Duke was 23-of-27 (.852) at the free throw line, marking the 10th time this season Duke has shot .800+ at the line.
- Freshman Kyle Filipowski scored a career-high 28 points and tied a career-high with 15 rebounds for his seventh double-double this season and his first 20-10 double-double in the Pitt win.
- He is now just the third Duke freshmen all-time to have at least 28-15 in a game, joining Marvin Bagley III who did it four times in 2017-18 and Jabari Parker, who did it once in 2013-14.
- Flip is just the 12th player in Division-I to have at least 28-15 in a game this season (sixth power conference player) and the only freshman nationally to do so.
- He was 8-of-14 from the field and 11-of-13 at the line, becoming the first Blue Devil to make double-digit free throws in a game since Tre Jones (10-of-10) vs. North Carolina (March 7, 2020).
- During Duke's 15-0 run in the second half that flipped an eight-point Pitt lead (52-44) to a seven-point Duke advantage (59-52) -- all 15 points came from freshmen -- six from Filipowski, four from Mark Mitchell, three from Tyrese Proctor and two from Dereck Lively II.
- Proctor finished with 14 points (nine in the second half), was 5-of-5 at the free throw line and totaled five assists and no turnovers in 27 minutes.
- Mitchell scored 10 points (eight in the second half) and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds while going 6-of-6 at the free throw line.
- After Pitt closed the gap to 71-67 in game's final 1:49, Duke sealed it with Proctor's jumper and 2-of-2 free throws each from Proctor and Mitchell.
- Seven different players have led the team in scoring over the last 11 games -- after Kyle Filipowski was the leading scorer in five of the first six.
- Graduate Ryan Young's 20-point, 12-rebound effort off the bench led Duke vs. Florida State, while sophomore Jaylen Blakes' career-high 17 points off the bench at Wake Forest marked the first time in his career he led Duke in scoring. Freshman Dariq Whitehead's then-career-high 15 points came in his first career start on Dec. 10 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore -- a game in which Duke started five freshmen for the first time in program history.
- Thanks to Young (20 points) and Whitehead (career-high 16), Duke racked up 46 bench points in the FSU win, the team's most bench points in an ACC game since 2005. It also marked the third-highest percentage of bench points in an ACC game in school history (53.5 percent).
- The game at BC marked the Blue Devils' fifth different starting lineup this season. Blakes made his first career start against FSU and posted his second straight career-high 17-point effort, while Whitehead made his second career at BC and scored a career-high 18 points.
- Young pulled down 10 rebounds in the Pitt win, including seven on the offensive glass, while Dereck Lively II played 12 minutes vs. Pitt and finished with a plus-minus of 17, including +15 in the second half in six minutes of game time -- two points, two rebounds, one assist, one steal, one block.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer has utilized five different starting lineups this season as Duke has navigated injury issues, including playing three games (and each of the last two) without starting point guard Jeremy Roach with a lingering toe injury.
- Duke has been among the nation's best rebounding teams this season, ranking fourth nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (39.0), third nationally in rebound margin (+9.4), ninth in offensive rebounds per game (13.7) and 25th in total rebounds per game (39.8) -- leads the ACC in each category.
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded 13 of their first 17 opponents, including nine by double-digit margins. Duke opened the season with a double-digit rebound margin in each of the first six games -- the program record for longest such streak (at any point in a season). Duke had five-game streaks in 2017-18, 1998-98, 1962-63 and 1960-61.
- Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Duke is 44-5 when out-rebounding its opponent (12-1 this season).
- Offensive rebounding has been a significant strength, with Duke totaling 20+ on the offensive glass four times already -- the Blue Devils hadn't had more than 19 offensive boards in any game over each of the last two seasons.
- Individually, freshman Kyle Filipowski is 42nd nationally and fifth in the ACC in rebounds (8.9) and leads all power conference freshmen. Graduate Ryan Young is 34th nationally (third in the ACC) in offensive rebounds (3.2) and is ranked No. 8 nationally in KenPom in offensive rebound percentage (17.1).
- Young is 23-of-30 (.767) from the field in ACC play -- would lead the ACC by a wide margin (Miami's Norchad Omier leads the ACC at .614) but falls seven field goals of short of qualifying.
- He rated as the ACC's best offensive player both in league play (147.4) and overall (136.2) per KenPom.
- The Stewartsville, N.J.-native had a streak of 14 consecutive made field goals snapped at BC -- had made 13 straight entering the game.
- He is 31-of-38 (.816) at the free throw line this season and had a streak of 19 consecutive made free throws snapped at NC State.
- Not just an efficient scorer, he ranks third in the ACC (34th nationally) in offensive rebounds (3.2) and is eight in offensive rebound percentage (17.1).
- His 121 rebounds this season are 10 shy of his total from last year at Northwestern.
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,170 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally.
- It has been more than 30 years since Duke was held without a three-point field goal -- Dec. 30, 1989, versus Hawai'i.
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