Duke Shoots Past Syracuse, 77-55, for 700th ACC Win

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Duke Shoots Past Syracuse, 77-55, for 700th ACC Win

2/18/2023 8:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Three Blue Devils scored in double-figures as Duke (19-8, 10-6) defeated Syracuse (16-11, 9-7), 77-55, in front of 31,063 fans at the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday evening. Junior guard Jeremy Roach led Duke's scoring efforts with 17 on 6-of-10 shooting overall while Kyle Filipowski logged his 12th double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Dariq Whitehead was the third Duke player to eclipse 10 points, finishing with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc.

Mark Mitchell dished a career-high five assists and Tyrese Proctor added six dimes of his own to help Duke secure its 700th ACC program win. On the defensive end of the floor, the Blue Devils held the Orange to a season-low 55 points in league play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke scored the first points of the evening with a Tyrese Proctor three-pointer. Proctor's classmates, Mark Mitchell and Kyle Filipowski, both got into the box score with layups on each of the next two possessions to give the Blue Devils an early lead, 7-2.
Syracuse used a quick seven-point run to take its first lead of the game, 13-9. A dunk by Dereck Lively II and five points from Dariq Whitehead re-established the Blue Devils' advantage, 16-15, with just over 10 minutes on the first-half clock.
Duke made six straight shots from the field from beyond the arc and went up by double-digits for the first time, 33-21. A fast-break layup by Filipowski of a Whitehead steal on the next possession made it a 16-2 run over the last 3:33 of action for the Blue Devils and forced a Syracuse timeout with 3:31 left in the half.
The three-point barrage continued out of the timeout, with Filipowski draining his first attempt of the night and Jeremy Roach used a layup to push Duke's lead to 19, 40-21, before Syracuse closed the half on a short scoring burst to make the score 40-27 in Duke's favor at halftime.
Whitehead connected on his first three-pointer attempt of the second half, matching his career-high for most shots made from beyond the arc in a game this season. The deep ball pushed the freshman to 14 points and made it a 47-33 edge for the Blue Devils.
A six-point run spanning just under two minutes by Duke extended the Blue Devils' lead to 16, 53-37, at the first media timeout of the second half.
Filipowski's second three-pointer of the game with 9:01 remaining in the game pushed him into double-figures and gave the freshman his 12th double-double of the season. The Westtown, N.Y., native has scored in double-figures in 23 of Duke's 27 games so far this year.

NOTES

The win was the program's 700th ACC regular-season win (700-346) – second most in conference history.
The announced crowd of 31,063 marked the largest on-campus crowd for a college basketball game this season.
The game was the 21st in the all-time series vs. Syracuse, with Duke now leading, 15-6. Duke has won eight straight in the series.
At the JMA Wireless Dome, Duke is now 5-2 and has won four straight.
Duke connected on 13-of-26 (.500) from three-point range – its best three-point percentage this season and second most makes (14 vs. Bellarmine).
For the season, Duke has now held 23 of 27 opponents to below their season scoring average, including nine to that team's then season-low for points. Syracuse's 55 points were its low in an ACC game (previous 62 vs. Virginia) and nearly 20 points below its season scoring average of 74.6.
Duke assisted on 22 of 30 made field goals and has totaled 97 assists over its last four wins in the Syracuse series (75 assists in three wins last season).
Duke out-rebounded Syracuse, 38-25, the 22nd time in 27 games that Duke has had a rebounding advantage. Duke is now 18-4 this season when out-rebounding the opponent.
Nine different Blue Devils scored in the game and 11 different players had at least one rebound.
Duke has now connected on at least one three-point field goal in 1,180 consecutive games – the nation's second longest active streak.
Duke is now 9-0 in Roach's career when he makes three or more three-pointers in a game.
Freshman Kyle FIlipowski leads all Division I freshmen with his 12 double-doubles.
Freshman Dariq Whitehead has hit 9-of-14 (.643) from three-point range over his last three games since returning from a lower leg injury that held him out for four games.
Freshman Dereck Lively II has blocked 30 shots over his last nine games.

QUOTES

It was a great collective effort. Once we stopped turning the ball over, we were able to stretch the lead there. And that was a big key to the game there. Really happy for our group. We have to turn around quick now, for Monday. But happy to get this win against a good Syracuse team." -- head coach Jon Scheyer
"They had a lot of fans here, it was very packed. We just had to create our own energy and coming out, that's what we did. We were making sure that we came out with our own energy, made sure that we talked to each other all game and it paid off." -- freshman guard Dariq Whitehead

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