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Monday, January 27
Durham, N.C.
8:30 p.m.
Duke University
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Duke, NC State Featured in Monday Night Matchup
1/26/2025 10:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Opening Tip
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- No. 2 Duke returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday, Jan. 27, to battle NC State. The Blue Devils (17-2, 9-0 ACC) and Wolfpack (9-10, 2-6 ACC) tip off at 8:30 p.m., with the game broadcast live on ESPN.
- Dave O'Brien, 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 owns an 11-0 record at home, while NC State is looking for its first road win (0-4).
- Monday night will be 258th hardwood meeting between the Blue Devils and Wolfpack, with Duke leading the series, 152-105, including a 47-40 advantage at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Duke has won 13 straight games, the longest active winning streak in the nation.
- Duke's 13-game win streak is the longest by the Blue Devils since the 2014-15 season.
- Duke's 9-0 start in ACC play is the best by the Blue Devils since the 2007-08 season (10-0).
- The Blue Devils rank second in the nation in scoring margin (+21.0), fifth in field goal percentage defense (.370), fifth in scoring defense (59.3), eighth in rebound margin (+9.4), 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.65), 16th in three-pointers per game (10.4) and 21st in assists per game (17.2) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-six in both offensive (6th) and defensive efficiency (3rd), according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (80.3) and hold its opponents to fewer than 60 points per game (59.3).
- Mason Gillis drained three clutch triples to finish with 11 points and six rebounds in a 63-56 road win at Wake Forest on Saturday, Jan. 25.
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, tops Duke in points (370), rebounds (152), assists (79), steals (28) and blocked shots (23).
- Flagg is the only player to rank among the ACC's top-10 in all five of the major statistical categories - scoring (2nd), rebounding (7th), assists (7th), steals (10th) and blocks (7th).
- In the last five games, Sion James has distributed 28 assists with just six turnovers, an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.7.
- The Blue Devils are 14-0 when Kon Knueppel makes two three-pointers or more.
- Duke has a record of 18-6 on Jan. 27, with the Blue Devils winning 13 of their 14 games played on this date since 1976.
- On Monday night, the Duke and NC State coaching staffs will wear Coaches vs. Cancer pins to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living.
- Established in 1993, the Coaches vs. Cancer program is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
- A second-half comeback pushed No. 2 Duke past Wake Forest, 63-56, on Saturday. Jan. 25.
- The rally, fueled by 15 second-half points from Cooper Flagg, extended the Blue Devils' winning streak to 13 games and snapped the Demon Deacons' 10-game home winning streak.
- Flagg finished the game with 24 total points and was joined in double-figures by Kon Knueppel and Mason Gillis, who scored 15 and 11, respectively. Both Knueppel and Gillis connected on three three-pointers, and Gillis's third three-pointer, from deep in the corner with less than a minute remaining, gave Duke a seven-point cushion.
- Four different Blue Devils finished the contest with at least six rebounds, led by Knueppel's career-high eight caroms and Tyrese Proctor's season-best eight boards. Flagg reeled in seven boards and paced the team in assists with six.
- Duke is now 6-0 in road games this season, the most games without a loss on the road to start a season since the 2018-19 schedule, when the Blue Devils won their first seven road contests.
- Duke's 9-0 record in ACC play is the Blue Devils' best open in conference action since starting 10-0 in 2007-08.
- Duke held Wake Forest to 22 points in the first half, the lowest first-half output by the Demon Deacons so far this season.
- The Demon Deacons' 56 points is the second-lowest offensive output by Wake Forest this season and the fewest points at home since tallying 39 points in a loss to Clemson on Feb. 24, 2021.
- The Blue Devils won the rebounding battle, 46-29, and have out-rebounded 16 of their first 19 opponents this season.
- Duke's defense limited Wake Forest to 56 total points, and has held all but one unranked opponent under 65 points.
- Flagg now has 10 games with at least 20 points and has reached the threshold in four of his last six games. Duke is 9-1 when Flagg scores 20 points or more.
- Gillis reached double figures in scoring for the fourth time this season, including the second time in the last three games, and the 32nd time in his career.
- Patrick Ngongba II sparked the Blue Devils off the bench, contributing four points, three boards, a season-best two steals and a blocked shot, while finishing the contest with a plus/minus of +19 in a season-high 21 minutes of work.
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the third-best defense in the nation with an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 87.4 (as of Jan. 26).
- This season, Duke ranks fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.370) and fifth in scoring defense (59.3) - 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 seven times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20) 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 (370), rebounds (152), assists (79), steals (28) and blocked shots (23).
- Flagg is the only player to rank among the ACC's top-10 in all five of the major statistical categories - scoring (2nd), rebounding (7th), assists (7th), steals (10th) and blocks (7th).
- Flagg currently leads the KenPom Player of the Year Standings with a 2.746 rating, ahead of Auburn's Johni Broome (2.197) and Kansas's Hunter Dickinson (1.618).
- Duke has a record of 18-6 on Jan. 27.
- Since 1976, the Blue Devils have won 13 of their 14 games played on this date.
- The Blue Devils and Wolfpack have met twice on Jan. 27 - an 82-76 Duke win in 1968, and a 95-71 NC State win in 1975 - both in Durham.
- Duke is 13-3 in home games played on this date.
- The Blue Devils first played on this date in 1940, a 50-44 home triumph over Wake Forest.
- 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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