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Tuesday, January 14
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Duke Caps Three-Game Homestand against Miami
1/13/2025 6:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 3 Duke wraps up a three-game homestand against Miami on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils (14-2, 6-0 ACC) and Hurricanes (4-12, 0-5 ACC) tipoff at 9 p.m., on ESPN.
- Wes Durham, Cory Alexander and Myron Medcalf will call the action on ESPN. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- Duke leads the series against Miami, 26-10, with a 12-3 advantage at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The Blue Devils own a 41-3 record at home in three seasons under Jon Scheyer.
- Duke has won 10 straight games, the second-longest active winning streak in the nation.
- Duke's 6-0 start in ACC play is the best by the Blue Devils since the 2007-08 season (10-0).
- Between the end of the Pittsburgh game (Jan. 7) and the beginning of the Notre Dame contest (Jan. 11), Duke's defense held the Panthers and Fighting Irish without a point for 12:40 combined minutes and scored 32 straight points.
- The Blue Devils rank fifth in the country in field goal percentage defense (.365), sixth in scoring defense (59.6), fourth in scoring margin (+20.8), 17th in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.65) and 26th in three-pointers per game (10.2) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-seven in both offensive (7th) and defensive efficiency (2nd), according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (80.4) and hold its opponents to fewer than 60 points per game (59.6).
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, tops Duke in points (305), rebounds (133), assists (63), steals (25) and blocked shots (20).
- Flagg broke the Duke and ACC freshman scoring records with 42 points versus Notre Dame (Jan. 11), and became the youngest player in NCAA history to have a 40-point game, according to Real Sports.
- Flagg's 27-point second half against Notre Dame (Jan. 11) is the highest-scoring half by a Blue Devil since Luke Kennard posted 30 points in the second half at Wake Forest (Jan. 28, 2017).
- Duke has a record of 16-13 on Jan. 14, including a 7-5 record at home on this date.
- Freshman Cooper Flagg set the Duke and ACC freshman scoring records and became the first Blue Devil to score at least 40 points since JJ Redick, pouring in 42 points to lead No. 4 Duke to an 86-78 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday, Jan. 11.
- Flagg's 42 points are the most by a Duke player in a game since Danny Ferry's 58-point performance at Miami on Dec. 10, 1988.
- The Blue Devils (14-2, 6-0 ACC) weathered a hot-shooting effort by the Fighting Irish (7-9, 1-4 ACC) to eventually extend their winning streak to 10 games – tied for the longest winning streak for Duke under head coach Jon Scheyer.
- Flagg was joined in double-figures by his classmates Khaman Maluach and Kon Knueppel. Maluach also had a career day, scoring a career-high 19 points on 6-of-7 (.857) shooting, while Knueppel connected on multiple three-pointers en route to 13 total points.
- A native of Newport, Maine, Flagg also led the team in assists, dishing seven dimes, while Maluach logged a double-double by adding a team-high 10 boards to his 19 points.
- The Blue Devils won the rebounding battle, 34-21, and have out-rebounded 13 of their first 16 opponents this season.
- Duke collected 26 points in the paint, compared to 16 by the Fighting Irish. The Blue Devils have out-scored the opposition in the paint in 14 of their 16 games and have posted a double-digit margin in that category nine times this season.
- As a team, Duke shot 30-of-35 (.857) from the free throw line, setting new records under Scheyer for made free throws and free throw attempts.
- The Blue Devils began the game on a 14-0 scoring run, its largest burst to open a game so far this season. Notre Dame was held scoreless for the first 4:42 of the game and without a field goal across the first 5:17 of the contest.
- Between the end of the Pittsburgh game and the beginning of the Notre Dame contest, Duke's defense held the Panthers and Fighting Irish without a point for 12:40 combined minutes and scored 32 straight points.
- With his 16 made free throws, Flagg broke Duke's freshman record, surpassing Wendell Moore Jr.'s previous benchmark of 15 at Wake Forest on Feb. 25, 2020.
- The 42 points scored in Cameron Indoor Stadium is tied for third-most by a Duke player in the building and the most since the 1975-76 season, joining Tate Armstrong (1975-76) and Dick Groat (1951-52, twice).
- Flagg logged a career-high four makes from beyond the arc (4-of-6), having made two shots from deep in five different games this season.
- Flagg finished with six rebounds and matched his career high for assists with seven. He joins Ferry as the only two players in Duke history with at least 40 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the second-best defense in the nation with an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 87.8.
- This season, Duke ranks fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.365) and sixth in scoring defense (59.6) - both top marks in the ACC.
- 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 broke the Duke and ACC freshman single-game scoring records with 42 points versus Notre Dame (Jan. 11), becoming the youngest player in NCAA history to have a 40-point game, according to Real Sports.
- Flagg has been voted as the ACC Rookie of the Week six times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 13) and the ACC Player of the Week three times (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Jan. 13).
- On Jan. 13, Flagg became the first player in ACC history to sweep the conference weekly awards (player and rookie of the week) three times. 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), who each did so twice.
- The freshman achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the fall 2024 semester.
- Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, currently leads Duke in points (305), rebounds (133), assists (63), steals (25) and blocked shots (20).
- Duke has a record of 16-13 on Jan. 14.
- The Blue Devils have lost four straight on this date, with their last Jan. 14 victory coming in 2009 at Georgia Tech (70-56).
- Duke is 7-5 at home on Jan. 14, with an even 5-5 mark at Cameron Indoor Stadium on this date.
- In Duke's only meeting with Miami on this date, the Blue Devils defeated the Hurricanes, 85-63, in Coral Gables, Florida, on Jan. 14, 2007.
- 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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