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Saturday, January 11
Durham, N.C.
12 p.m.
Duke University
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Notre Dame
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Blue Devils Host Notre Dame in Saturday Matinee
1/10/2025 5:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Opening Tip
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- No. 4 Duke welcomes Notre Dame to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Blue Devils (13-2, 5-0 ACC) and Fighting Irish (7-8, 1-3 ACC) tip off at 12 p.m., on ESPN.
- Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Jess Sims will call the action on ESPN. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- Saturday's game is the 40th meeting in the series, with the Blue Devils leading Notre Dame, 31-8, including an 11-2 edge in Durham.
- Duke has won nine straight games, the third-longest active winning streak in the nation.
- The Blue Devils have won six straight games by 20 points or more. The last time Duke posted six consecutive victories by a +20-point margin was 2009-10, during Jon Scheyer's senior season.
- The Blue Devils rank fourth in the country in field goal percentage defense (.358), fifth in scoring defense (58.4), seventh in scoring margin (+21.6), 20th in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.63) and 25th in three-pointers per game (10.3) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke is one of only two teams in the country ranked in the top-10 in both offensive (7th) and defensive efficiency (1st), according to KenPom. Iowa State is the other team.
- Duke is one of two Division I teams to score 80 points or more per game (80.0) and hold its opponents to fewer than 60 points per game (58.4). Liberty (CUSA) averages 80.1 points per game with a scoring defense of 59.3 points per game.
- Duke has not allowed more than 65 points to an unranked opponent this season.
- Duke's defense has limited power-conference opponents to 64.4 points per game and 39.7 percent shooting from the field.
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, tops Duke in points (263), rebounds (127), assists (56), steals (24) and blocked shots (20).
- Tyrese Proctor is second in the ACC in three-point shooting percentage (.432), and has made three or more triples in seven games this season.
- Duke has a 28-7 record on Jan. 11, including a 14-2 record in Durham with victories in 12 of its last 13 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The Blue Devils own a 40-3 record at home in three seasons under Scheyer.
- A strong defensive effort by No. 4 Duke and a double-double from Cooper Flagg helped the Blue Devils (13-2, 5-0 ACC) to a 76-47 victory over Pittsburgh (12-3, 3-1 ACC) on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
- Five Blue Devils finished in double-figures, with Flagg joined by his classmates Kon Knueppel (17) and Khaman Maluach (11), junior Tyrese Proctor (13) and graduate Sion James (10).
- Duke closed the game on an 18-0 scoring run and didn't allow a Pittsburgh point spanning the final 7:59 of the game.
- Overall, the Blue Devils limited the Panthers to season-lows for points (47), field goals made (18), field goal percentage (.310) and total rebounds (26).
- The victory marked head coach Jon Scheyer's 40th win at home as Duke's head coach. The Blue Devils are 40-3 at Cameron Indoor Stadium during Scheyer's tenure.
- Duke has won its first five conference games by double-digits, the first time a Duke team has accomplished the feat since the 1998-99 season.
- Tuesday night was the 27th meeting between Duke and Pittsburgh, with the Blue Devils improving to 18-9 in the series.
- Duke's defense continued its streak of holding unranked opponents to less than 65 points. Pittsburgh entered the game averaging 84.1 points per game, third-highest in the conference.
- Duke held Pittsburgh to 24 first-half points, the lowest point total by the Panthers in a first half this season, and 23 second-half points, the fewest by Pittsburgh in a second half this season.
- Pittsburgh finished the game with a season-low 47 points. The Blue Devils have now held seven of their opponents to a season-low scoring output.
- The Blue Devils ended the game with 11 made three-pointers, their fourth straight game with double-digit makes from deep.
- The Blue Devils won the rebounding battle, 41-26, and have out-rebounded 12 of their first 15 opponents this season.
- Duke collected 28 points in the paint, compared to 20 by the Panthers. The Blue Devils have out-scored the opposition in the paint in 13 of their 15 games.
- The Blue Devils held the Panthers to just seven fast-break points, who entered the game averaging 11.9 fast-break points per game. Duke opponents have logged single-digit fast-break points in all but two games this season.
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the best defense in the nation with an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 86.0.
- This season, Duke ranks fourth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.358), fifth in scoring defense (58.4) and 32nd in three-point field goal percentage defense (.290) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke's defense has limited power-conference opponents to 64.4 points per game and 39.7 percent shooting from the field this season.
- Last season, the 2023-24 Blue Devils finished the season 16th in the nation in defense efficiency (95.2), and ranked 28th in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to just 66.3 points per game.
- In 2022-23, Jon Scheyer's first season as head coach, Duke finished the season 16th in the nation in defense efficiency (93.9), and ranked 24th in three-point percentage defense (.305), 27th in field goal percentage defense (.406) and 30th in scoring defense (63.6).
- Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2024 recruiting class, secured a spot on the 2024-25 Associated Press preseason All-America Team.
- The 6-9 guard/forward was also announced as the Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year and named to the Preseason All-ACC First Team, as chosen by a select media panel.
- Flagg collected 18 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in the season-opener against Maine to become the first freshman in Duke history to have at least 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in their debut.
- Flagg was the first Duke player in the last 40 years to amass 50+ points, 25+ rebounds and 10+ assists in his first three career games, per ESPN.
- Flagg was voted as the ACC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week on Nov. 25, becoming the first player to earn both honors in the same week since Feb. 3, 2020, when Duke's Vernon Carey, Jr., accomplished the same feat.
- Flagg has posted six double-doubles this season, including four with 20 points or more and two of those against ranked opponents, collecting 26 points and 11 rebounds versus No. 19 Kentucky and 22 points and 11 caroms against No. 2 Auburn.
- Flagg became the only 17-year-old in NCAA history to register multiple 20-point double-doubles, according to Real Sports.
- In Duke's four top-25 matchups, Flagg averaged 21.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.3 steals per game.
- After registering a pair of 20-point double-doubles without committing a turnover against No. 2 Auburn and at Louisville, Flagg was declared the Associated Press and Lute Olson National Player of the Week and the ACC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 9).
- Flagg is just the sixth player in Duke history to score at least 200 points and grab at least 100 rebounds within Duke's first 13 games of the respective season, joining Jabari Parker (278 points/104 rebounds in 2013-14), Marvin Bagley III (274/142 in 2017-18), Zion Williamson (263/123 in 2018-19), Jahill Okafor (253/113 in 2014-15) and Vernon Carey Jr. (233/117 in 2019-20).
- Flagg has been voted as the ACC Rookie of the Week five times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6) and the ACC Player of the Week twice (Nov. 25, Jan. 6).
- Flagg has swept the ACC weekly awards twice this season. He is the fifth player in the history of the league to sweep the conference's weekly awards multiple times in a season, joining four former Blue Devils - Vernon Carey Jr. (2019-20), Zion Williamson (2018-19), Marvin Bagley III (2017-18) and Jabari Parker (2013-14).
- Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, currently leads Duke in points (263), rebounds (127), assists (56), steals (24) and blocked shots (20).
- Duke has a 28-7 record on Jan. 11.
- The Blue Devils won 16 straight outings on this date from 1951-92, and have split the last eight contests on Jan. 11, with consecutive victories.
- Duke has a 14-2 record in Durham on Jan. 11, and has won 12 of its last 13 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including three in a row.
- The weekly television show, "Duke All-Access with Jon Scheyer," is back for its third season in 2024-25.
- The 30-minute show features Jon Scheyer and his Blue Devils team. Presented in magazine format and produced by John Roth, the show also includes informative player features and behind-the-scenes access to the Duke program.
- A production of Blue Devil Sports Properties from LEARFIELD, the show airs locally on ABC-11 WTVD on Sundays at noon ET and is live streamed on ABC11.com Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET. It is also available regionally across the FanDuel Sports Network on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. ET; and on MASN Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. ET. It can also be viewed via the Duke Athletics YouTube Channel and archived on GoDuke.com.
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