Duke And No. 8 Virginia Meet on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, February 11

Charlottesville, VA

4 p.m.

Duke University

Virginia

Duke basketball huddle against North Carolina

Duke And No. 8 Virginia Meet on Saturday Afternoon

2/10/2023 10:17:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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Opening Tip

A match-up of the ACC's two best defensive teams, Duke heads to No. 8 Virginia for a Saturday matinee at John Paul Jones Arena.
On ESPN, Dave O'Brien has play-by-play duties and is joined by Dick Vitale on the call. On the radio, David Shumate and John Roth broadcast the matchup on the Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD.
While Duke has won nine of the last 14 games in the series, the average margin of victory for either team in that span is just 4.3 points with no game decided by more than 10 points.
The Blue Devils are second in the conference in scoring defense behind the Cavaliers, while Duke leads the ACC in three-point field goal defense and is third in field goal defense.
Duke has held 20 of 24 teams below their season scoring average. By limiting North Carolina to 57 points in last Saturday's win, the Tar Heels became the most recent of nine teams this season to post a then season-low in points versus the Blue Devils.
Freshman Kyle Filipowski, staking his claim as the ACC Rookie of the Year, leads all conference freshmen in scoring, rebounding and double-doubles. He has 11 doubles-doubles, including a monster current eight-game stretch averaging 18.6 points and 10.9 boards.
The seven-time ACC Rookie of the Week, Filipowski is the only freshman nationally averaging at least 15 points and nine rebounds this season.
Freshman Dereck Lively II had a career highs for rebounds (14) and blocks (eight) in last Saturday's win over UNC and followed that by matching his career high with 11 points at Miami.
This week's ACC Rookie of the Week, Lively is second in the ACC and 11th nationally in blocks (2.4). He is averaging 6.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.2 blocks over the last six games.
Junior guard Jeremy Roach was named this week's ACC Player of the Week thanks to consecutive 20-point efforts in wins over Wake Forest and North Carolina.
Duke has out-rebounded 19 of its first 24 opponents and is 16-3 this season when holding an advantage on the glass. Duke is 13-3 when leading in offensive rebounding.
The ACC's best rebounding team, Duke ranks fifth nationally in rebound margin (+8.3), 10th in offensive rebounds (13.3) and 13th in rebounds per game (39.6) -- leading the ACC in each.
Duke has played just nine games with its full complement of scholarship players (9-0); 8-7 in games where players were injured in-game or did not play due to injury or illness.

On This Date: Feb. 11

Duke is 23-12 when playing on Feb. 11 and has won three straight and eight of its last 10 on this date.
Duke last played on this date in 2018 -- an 80-69 win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Duke and Virginia have met six previous times on this date (Duke is 4-2 in those games).

Filipowski: Only Freshman Nationally Averaging 15 and Nine

Kyle Filipowski, the seven-time ACC Rookie of the Week, is the only freshman nationally averaging at least 15 points and nine rebounds this season.
Should those averages hold, he would finish the season as one of just 18 power conference freshmen since at least 1992-93 to average 15/9 for a season, joining an exclusive list of players that includes the likes of Duke's Marvin Bagley III, Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins, Texas' Kevin Durant, UCLA's Kevin Love and Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony.
He ranks 14th in the ACC in scoring (15.5), fifth in rebounding (9.3), 15th in steals (1.3) and third in double-doubles (11).
Filipowski leads all freshman nationally in double-doubles, leads all power conference freshmen in rebounds and is fifth among power conference in scoring.
His averages increase to 15.9 points and 9.5 rebounds in conference play, ranked 10th and fourth, respectively in the ACC.
With 28 points and 15 boards vs. Pitt on Jan. 11, he became just the third Duke freshman all-time to have at least 28-15 in a game, joining Bagley (four times in 2017-18) and Jabari Parker (once in 2013-14).
Filipowski poured in 29 points, along with 10 rebounds at Virginia Tech, the seventh most points in a game by a power conference freshman this season.
Has scored in double-figures in 21 times this season, including in each of the first 12 games and in nine of the last 10 games.

Filipowski Awards Watch

Kyle Filipowski is the seven-time ACC Rookie of the Week, winning the award in three of the last four weeks after becoming the first freshman in league history to open a season with four-consecutive Rookie of the Week honors.
Now with seven ACC Rookie of the Week honors, he is tied with former Blue Devil Marvin Bagley III for the sixth most in a season in conference history -- the ACC record of 10 is held by Duke's Jabari Parker (2014), UNC's Tyler Hansbrough (2006) and GT's Kenny Anderson (1990).
In ACC history, the six previous players to win seven or more Rookie of the Week awards went on to be named ACC Rookie of the Year.
He is one of just two freshman on the 20-player late-season watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, joining Alabama's Brandon Miller, and is among final 10 for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. He is also on the mid-season lists for the Oscar Robertson and Naismith Awards.

Lively Named ACC Rookie of the Week

A calf injury held 7-foot-1 freshman Dereck Lively II out for much of the preseason, but the No. 1 recruit in this year's class and the preseason ACC Rookie of the Year is finding his stride of late with 6.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 25 blocked shots (4.2) over the last six games.
His 25 blocks over the last six games (since Jan. 21) are more than any Division-I player nationally in that span.
The versatile big, who has the skill and quickness to guard all five positions, has emerged as one of the best rim protectors nationally.
Coming off a monster 14-rebound, eight-block game against the Tar Heels last Saturday, Lively matched his career high with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting to go with six boards and five blocks at Miami.
He was named the ACC Rookie of the Week on Monday, earning his first weekly award for the efforts in wins over Wake and UNC.
The Philadelphia, Pa., native's 2.4 blocks per game rank second in the ACC, 11th nationally and lead all power conference freshman.
His eight blocks last Saturday were the most by a Duke player all-time vs. UNC, the second most by a Duke freshman in any game all-time and the second most by any Division-I player this season behind nine from Indiana's Tracye Jackson-Davis vs. Kansas in December.
Lively's eight rejections were two shy of Duke's single-game record for blocked shots (set by Cherokee Parks and Shelden Williams) and one shy of Mike Gminski's freshmen mark.

(Don't) Meet Him at the Rim

Duke's field goal percentage defense at the rim is nearly 10 percentage points better with Lively on the floor this season. Opponents are shooting 43 percent on field goals inside three feet with Lively on the court against 52 percent without him on the floor.
Over the last three games, opponents are 3-of-28 (.107) shooting and been blocked 17 times when guarded by Lively.
Lively has blocked at least one shot in 21 of his 22 games played this season. He has 12 games with multiple blocks, seven games with three or more and four games with five or more.

ACC Player of the Week Roach Sets Tone, Seals Win Over Tar Heels

Junior captain Jeremy Roach, Duke's only returning player that saw significant playing time from last year's Final Four run, led all scorers in last Saturday's 63-57 win over North Carolina with 20 points -- his second straight 20-point game for the first time in his career.
Roach set the tone early -- scoring the Blue Devils' first five points of the game -- and sealed the victory by scoring Duke's final four points and eight of the team's final 10, helping Duke pull away after the game was tied at 47-47 and again at 57-57.
Roach, named the ACC Player of the Week for the first time in his career this week for his 20-point efforts vs. Wake and UNC, is on pace for a career scoring year at 12.3 points this season.

Scheyer Ties ACC Record for Longest Home Winning Streak by First-Year ACC Coach

Duke has opened the season winning its first 12 home games, as head coach Jon Scheyer has tied the ACC record for longest home court winning streak by a first-year head coach.
North Carolina's Hubert Davis also won 12 consecutive games at home in his first year in 2021-22 -- a streak that was snapped by Duke's 87-67 win on Feb. 5.
Scheyer becomes the first in program history to defeat Carolina as both a player and head coach. He is now 1-0 in the rivalry as a head coach, won three games as a player and 11 as a Duke assistant coach.

Blue Devils Allowing 64.1 Points -- Second in ACC and 41st Nationally in Scoring Defense; Leads ACC in Three-Point Defense

Duke is second in the ACC and 41st nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 64.1 points per game. Sixteen teams have been held to less than 70 points, while nine have failed to score more than 60.
Duke has held 20 of the 24 opponents to below their season scoring average -- Duke is 17-3 in those games. Nine scored a then-season low for points, including holding Iowa to a then-season-low 62, Xavier to 64 (20 points below its average), Miami to a season-low tying 66 (12 off its scoring average), Georgia Tech to a season-low 43 and North Carolina to a season-low 57 (21 off its average). The Hurricanes' also shot their lowest field goal percentage of the year vs. Duke (.349) in Durham in January.
Duke's strong defensive numbers come against a schedule rated 18th-toughest versus opponent offenses (per KenPom).
Thirteen opponents this season have failed to top 30 percent from behind the arc, as Duke leads the ACC and is 29th nationally in three-point defense (.303).
Duke defeated Georgia Tech on the road Jan. 28, 86-43, holding the Yellow Jackets to 18 second-half points and winning by 43 -- Duke's second-largest road ACC win in school history and just the third 40-point ACC road win all-time by the Blue Devils.
The 43 points were tied for the second fewest allowed by Duke in an ACC road game all-time and its fewest allowed since beating Notre Dame, 57-43, last season in South Bend.
The 57 points by UNC were its fewest in Durham since an 82-50 Duke win on Jon Scheyer's Senior Night in 2010.

Blue Devils Out-Dunking Teams 77-41

Duke is out-dunking the opposition 77-41, led by Dereck Lively II's 34 and Mark Mitchell's 20 slams.
Lively is 45-of-75 (.600) from the field with 34 of his 45 career field goals being dunks.

Duke's Three-Point Streak

Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,177 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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