Filipowski Leads No. 2 Duke Past Dartmouth, 92-54

Monday, November 6

Durham, N.C.

9 p.m.

Duke University

Dartmouth

Filipowski Leads No. 2 Duke Past Dartmouth, 92-54

11/6/2023 11:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DURHAM – The No. 2 Duke men's basketball team opened the 2023-24 regular season with a 92-54 win over Dartmouth on Monday night. The Blue Devils (1-0) were led by sophomore Kyle Filipowski, who scored 25 points on 10-of-12 shooting while also grabbing seven rebounds. Caleb Foster, Jeremy Roach and Jaylen Blakes joined Filipowski in double-figures, finishing with 15, 14 and 10 points, respectively.

The win marked Duke's 23rd consecutive victory in a season opener and moved the Blue Devils to 92-27 all-time in the first game of a season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kyle Filipowski quickly opened the scoring with a contested shot in the paint. A block by Filipowski led to a fast-break three-pointer by Jared McCain, pushing Duke's lead to 7-2 at the first media timeout of the game.
Back-to-back buckets from Tyrese Proctor and Caleb Foster made it a seven-point ballgame, 11-4, the Blue Devils' largest lead of the game up to that point.
Duke's defense held Dartmouth with a made field goal for nearly four minutes, stretching its lead to 15 after a three-point-play by Filipowski made it a 36-21 game. Blakes converted a three-point play of his own with 1:46 remaining in the first half, giving the Blue Devils a 39-21 advantage.
The first half ended with Duke on a 17-2 and in possession of a 42-21 lead.
Filipowski began the second half with eight of Duke's first 10 points, including two dunks, giving the Blue Devils a 52-28 edge.
The Big Green drew within 20, 63-43, with just over 11 minutes remaining in the game. Duke responded with an 11-1 scoring run over the next three minutes, reclaiming a 30-point lead, 74-44.
Duke finished the game with seven makes over its last eight shots, securing the 92-54 win.

NOTES

Duke has won 23 straight season openers and is now 92-27 all-time in the first game of a season.
When starting the season at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke is now 49-6 all-time and has won 29 straight. Its last loss in a home season opener was to Vanderbilt, 76-75, in double overtime on Nov. 26, 1981.
Monday night marked the first meeting between Duke and Dartmouth.
The Blue Devils are now 57-9 all-time against Ivy League opponents and have won 43 of the last 44 matchups against those teams.
Duke was 38-of-59 (.644) from the field – the fourth-best shooting percentage in a season opener by a Duke team.
Monday night marked the 507th consecutive sellout at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The last non-sellout was Nov. 16, 1990 vs. Boston College. The streak is the longest current streak (by time) in either men's college basketball or the NBA and an all-time NCAA Division I record (per Yahoo).
Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,190 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally.
Filipowski's 25 points were the most by a Duke player in a season-opener since RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson scored 31 and 28, respectively, against Kentucky in the 2018-19 season.
Kyle Filipowski shot 10-of-12 (.833) from the field, marking the fourth-best field-goal percentage on 10 or more attempts by a Blue Devil in a season-opener.
Caleb Foster scored 15 points in his Duke debut, going 6-of-10 (.600) from the field while adding three rebounds.
Jeremy Roach ended the night 7-of-11 (.636) from the field en route to 14 total points.
Tyrese Proctor paced the team in assists, dishing eight dimes while committing only one turnover and adding eight points.

QUOTES

"It was great to get that first win under our belt. The very first thing for me walking out there today, we're playing on a Monday night. It's nine o'clock. And just to see our crowd show up, the students, the fans, just to see how we showed out was an incredible thing for us I never want to take for granted. I thought the environment was great. It really helped set the tone. I thought our team was ready to play" - head coach Jon Scheyer
"It started with our defense. We want to win the first four and win the last four of each half. I thought we did that in the first half and that sort of set us up for the second half." -- Duke sophomore Tyrese Proctor

UP NEXT

No. 2 Duke welcomes No. 12 Arizona to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. The game, broadcast on ESPN2, marks the first of two games in a home-and-home series between the two teams.

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