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Wednesday, January 4
Raleigh, NC
7 p.m.
Duke University
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NC State
No. 16 Blue Devils, BC Clash Saturday in Boston
1/5/2023 11:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
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- No. 16 Duke remains on the road Saturday to battle Boston College in the second of two regular-season meetings this season between the ACC foes.
- Wes Durham and Dan Bonner have the call on ACC Network, while David Shumate and John Roth broadcast the contest on the Blue Devils Network from LEARFIELD.
- Behind 28 points combined from freshmen Mark Mitchell and Kyle Filipowski, the Blue Devils beat the Eagles, 75-59, at Cameron Indoor on Dec. 3.
- Duke leads the series with Boston College, 27-3, and has won seven straight overall. In Chestnut Hill, the Blue Devils are 10-2 all-time vs. the Eagles.
- The Eagles are 8-7 overall, 2-2 in the ACC and have won three of their last four. BC is 6-2 at home this season with ACC wins over Notre Dame, 70-63, and Virginia Tech, 70-65.
- Duke leads the ACC in rebound margin (+8.7) and offensive rebounds (13.1), ranks second in scoring defense (62.4) and third in total rebounds (39.2) -- top 50 nationally in each category.
- Duke has out-rebounded 11 of its first 15 opponents and is 10-1 this season when holding an advantage on the glass. Duke is 9-1 when leading in offensive rebounding.
- Duke has held 13 of 15 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 nine 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.
- Young enters the BC game having made 13 consecutive field goals over his last three games -- made his final two at Wake, was 7-of-7 vs. FSU and 4-of-4 at NC State.
- Young is shooting .766 from the field overall and .947 (18-of-19) in ACC.
- Four-time ACC Rookie of the Week Kyle Filipowski has scored in double figures 13 times in 15 games. The freshman leads the team in scoring (13.8) and rebounds (8.6).
- Duke is 23-7 all-time when playing on January 7 and has won seven straight games on this date by an average of 16.5 points.
- The Blue Devils last played on this date in 2017 -- a 93-82 win over Boston College at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Duke and BC are meeting for the second time this season after the Blue Devils' 75-59 win on Dec. 3 in Durham -- Duke's ACC opener.
- The Blue Devils have won seven straight in the series and are 10-2 all-time in Chestnut Hill.
- Makai Ashton-Langford averages 11.8 points to lead BC, while Jaden Zachary scores at a 10.9 clip and leads the Eagles in assists (2.3) and steals (1.3).
- When the teams met Dec. 3 at Cameron -- Duke's ACC opener -- freshmen Mark Mitchell (15) and Kyle Filipowski (13) combined for 28 points in the 75-59 win. CJ Penha led BC with 16 points.
- Filipowski added 10 rebounds for his double-double.
- Duke has won 20 of the 22 meetings vs. BC in the ACC regular season.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer filled in as head coach for Mike Krzyzewski (illness) in an 83-82 Duke win on Jan. 6, 2021.
- Young is 18-of-19 (.947) from the field in ACC play -- would lead the ACC by a wide margin (Syracuse's Jesse Edwards leads the ACC at .617) but falls just two field goals of short of qualifying.
- The Stewartsville, N.J.-native enters the BC game having made 13 consecutive field goals -- made final two at Wake, all seven vs. FSU and 4-of-4 at NC State.
- Since 1959-60, no Blue Devil has had a better field goal percentage over a season's first 15 games than Young's .766 (min. three attempts per game).
- Young is eighth nationally in KenPom's offensive rating metric (138.9), which leads the ACC.
- He is 27-of-32 (.844) 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 (40th nationally) in offensive rebounds (3.1) and is 13th in offensive rebound percentage (16.9).
- His 103 rebounds this season are 28 shy of his total from last year at Northwestern.
- Duke has been among the nation's best rebounding teams this season, ranking seventh nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (37.9).
- The team ranks top 50 nationally in total rebounds per game (39.3, 46th), offensive rebounds per game (13.1, 26th) and rebound margin (+8.7, 14th).
- Duke leads the ACC in both offensive rebounding and rebound margin.
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded 11 of their first 15 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 57th nationally and fifth in the ACC in rebounds (8.6) and leads all power conference freshmen. Graduate Ryan Young is 40th nationally (third in the ACC) in offensive rebounds (3.1) and is ranked No. 13 nationally in KenPom in offensive rebound percentage (16.9).
- Duke is second in the ACC and 40th nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 62.4 points per game. Eleven of the first 15 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 15 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 22nd-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 (ninth), Kansas (12th) and Iowa (19th).
- Eight opponents this season have failed to top 30 percent from behind the arch, as Duke ranks second in the ACC and 30th nationally in three-point defense (.287).
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,168 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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