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No. 16 Duke Travels to NC State For Wednesday Night Matchup
1/3/2023 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 16 Duke begins a stretch of playing three of its next four on the road with a Wednesday night tilt versus NC State at PNC Arena.
- Wes Durham and Dan Bonner call the game on ACC Network. David Shumate and John Roth have the broadcast for the Blue Devils Network from LEARFIELD.
- The month of January sees Duke play five of eight on the road in total.
- Wednesday's game marks the 253rd all-time meeting, with the Blue Devils looking for their 151st win in the series. Duke has won three straight and eight of the last 11 over State.
- With an emphasis on defense and rebounding under first-year head coach Jon Scheyer, Duke is fifth nationally in offensive rebounding by grabbing 38.7 percent of its misses.
- The Blue Devils are top 50 nationally in rebounds (39.3, 46th), offensive rebounds (13.4, 18th), rebound margin (+9.4, 10th), scoring defense (60.9, 25th) and scoring margin (+13.0, 35th) -- leading the ACC in scoring margin, rebound margin and offensive rebounds.
- Duke has held 13 of 14 opponents to below their season scoring average -- six to its then-season low for points, including Iowa and Xavier.
- The deep and balanced Blue Devils have seen seven different players lead the team in scoring over the last eight games, including a historic 20-point, 12-rebound effort by graduate Ryan Young vs. Florida State, a career-high 17 by Jaylen Blakes at Wake Forest and a then-career-high 15 by Dariq Whitehead vs. UMES.
- Young became the first Duke player all-time to record a 20-point double-double while not missing a shot, going 7-of-7 from the field and 6-of-6 at the free throw line. Only six other times in program history has a player scored 20 points on 100 percent shooting accuracy.
- Blakes made his first career start in the FSU win and posted his second-consecutive 17-point game. He leads the Blue Devils with a 3.63 assist-turnover ratio and has hit eight of his last 12 from three-point range.
- Four-time ACC Rookie of the Week Kyle Filipowski leads Duke in scoring (13,8), rebounds (8.6) and steals (1.3) The versatile 7-footer is the nation's best power conference freshman in rebounding and leads all NCAA freshmen with his six double-doubles.Â
- Since Nov. 29, Duke is third nationally in free throw percentage (.837, 87-of-104).
- Duke is 12-8 all-time when playing on January 4 and has won three straight games on this date -- all ACC games -- by an average of 32.7 points.
- Duke and NC State have played once on this date -- a 91-70 victory by the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor in 1964.
- Duke last played on Jan. 4 in 2022 -- a 69-57 Duke win over Georgia Tech at Cameron.
- Wednesday's game in Raleigh marks the 253rd all-time meeting between Duke and NC State, with the Blue Devils looking for their 151st win in the series.
- Duke leads the all-time series, 150-102, and has won three straight and eight of the last 11.
- Duke had five in double-digit points, led by Paolo Banchero's 21 points, in last year's 88-73 over the Wolfpack at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- NC State is Duke's third most-frequently played opponent behind Wake Forest (258 games) and North Carolina (258).
- The Wolfpack are the league's second highest scoring offense at 79.5 points, led by Terquavion Smith's 18.1 average.
- Virginia transfer Casey Moresell leads the ACC and is 11th nationally in three-point shooting at .477 (42-of-88).
- Graduate Ryan Young made Duke history in Saturday's win over Florida State by becoming the first Blue Devil all-time to record a 20-point double-double while not missing a shot from the field or free throw line. He scored 20 points with 12 rebounds while going 7-of-7 from the field and 6-of-6 at the free throw line. The FSU game was his 100th career game (played three years at Northwestern before grad transferring to Duke this year).
- Just six other times in school history has a player scored 20+ points while not missing a shot in a game, including Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Carlos Boozer (twice), Ryan Kelly and Larry Saunders.Â
- Only 10 other players in Division-I basketball since at least 2010-11 have recorded a 20-point double-double while not missing a shot from the field or free throw line, just two others from power conference teams.
- Young enters the NC State game having made nine consecutive field goals and 18 consecutive free throws -- the team's longest streak this season.
- He ranks third in the ACC (32nd nationally) in offensive rebounds (3.3) and is 13th in offensive rebound percentage (17.7).
- Young is eighth nationally in KenPom's offensive rating metric (140.2), which leads the ACC.
- His 100 rebounds this season are 31 shy of his total from last year at Northwestern.
- Seven different players have led the team in scoring over the last eight 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).
- Duke has used four different starting lineups this season, with Blakes making his first career start against FSU and posting his second straight career-high 17-point effort.
- Duke is second in the ACC and 25th nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 60.9 points per game. Eleven of the first 14 opponents have been held to less than 70 points, while seven have failed to score more than 60.Â
- Duke has held 13 of the 14 opponents to below their season scoring average -- six scored their then-season low for points, including holding Iowa to a then-season-low 62 and Xavier to 64 (20 points below its average).
- Duke's strong defensive numbers come against a schedule rated 52nd-toughest versus opponent offensives (per KenPom) -- Four of Duke's last eight games, and five this season, have come against teams ranked top-15 in KenPom offensive efficiency -- Ohio State (second), Purdue (fifth), Xavier (seventh), Kansas (14th) and Iowa (15th).
- Eight opponents this season have failed to top 30 percent from behind the arch, as Duke leads the ACC and ranks 16th nationally in three-point defense (.278).
- Duke leads the ACC and ranks 35th nationally in scoring margin (+13.0).
- Duke has been among the nation's best rebounding teams this season, ranking fifth nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.7).
- The team ranks top 50 nationally in total rebounds per game (39.3, 46th), offensive rebounds per game (13.4, 18th) and rebound margin (+9.4, 10th).
- Duke leads the ACC in both offensive rebounding and rebound margin.
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded 11 of their first 14 opponents, including eight 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, in 1962-63 and 1960-61.
- Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Duke is 42-5 when out-rebounding its opponent.
- Offensive rebounding has been a significant strength, with Duke totaling 20+ on the offensive glass three 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 60th nationally and fifth in the ACC in rebounds (8.6) and leads all power conference freshmen. Graduate Ryan Young is 32nd nationally (third in the ACC) in offensive rebounds (3.3) and is ranked No. 13 nationally in KenPom in offensive rebound percentage (17.7).
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,167 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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