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Monday, March 3
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7 p.m.
Duke University
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Wake Forest
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Duke Hosts Wake Forest for Final Home Game
3/2/2025 11:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 2 Duke plays its final home game of the season on Monday, March 3, hosting Wake Forest at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils (26-3, 17-1 ACC) and Demon Deacons (20-9, 12-6 ACC) will tip off at 7 p.m., on ESPN.
- Dave O'Brien and Cory Alexander will call the action on ESPN. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- Duke and Wake Forest will meet for the 263rd time on Monday in a series that dates back to the 1905-06 season.
- The Blue Devils hold an overall series lead of 181-81, having won 25 consecutive meetings in Durham, dating back to 1997.
- Duke owns the second-highest net rating (39.08) in the history of KenPom (since 1996-97 season). Only the 1998-99 Duke Blue Devils have achieved a higher net rating (43.01).
- The Blue Devils lead the country in scoring margin (+22.0) and rank second in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.84), fifth in effective field goal percentage (.577), fifth in field goal percentage defense (.384), sixth in scoring defense (61.1), 11th in three-point percentage (.386), 13th in field goal percentage (.490), ninth in rebound margin (+8.4), 11th in assists per game (17.2), 14th in scoring offense (83.2), 18th in three-pointers per game (10.3) and 34th in three-point percentage defense (.305) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-four in both offensive (2nd) and defensive efficiency (4th), according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (83.2) and hold its opponents to fewer than 62 points per game (61.1).
- Duke's nine conference wins of at least 25 points are the most by any team in a season in ACC history.
- Jon Scheyer secured his 80th career victory on Saturday, equaling Bill Guthridge (North Carolina, 1997-2000) for the most wins by an ACC coach in their first three seasons.
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, became the first ACC player to amass 500 points, 100 assists and 30 blocks in the regular season in the last 25 years.
- Flagg ranks among the ACC's top-10 in four of the five major statistical categories - scoring (3rd), rebounding (9th), assists (8th) and steals (10th), and is 13th in blocked shots.
- Kon Knueppel is averaging 16.5 points in the last four games, connecting on 21-of-39 (.538) from the field and 9-of-17 (.529) from long range.
- In the last 12 games, Sion James has distributed 45 assists to just 12 turnovers, a 3.8 assist-to-turnover ratio. James ranks third in the ACC in that category (2.7).
- Isaiah Evans has averaged 17.3 points in the last four games, shooting 22-of-42 (.524) from the field, including 17-of-32 (.531) from long distance.
- Khaman Maluach has 56 dunks this season, compared to just 45 combined by Duke foes.
- Isaiah Evans was one of four Blue Devils to finish in double-figures, as No. 2 Duke raced past Florida State, defeating the Seminoles by 35 points, 100-65, on Saturday.
- In his first career start, Evans tallied a team-high 19 points, followed by Cooper Flagg with 16 points, and Khaman Maluach and Kon Knueppel with 14 points each.
- Maluach grabbed 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season, Knueppel distributed a game-high five assists, and Flagg collected six boards, four assists, two steals and a blocked shot.
- The Blue Devils reached the century mark in the scoring column for the fourth time this season and the third time in the team's last five outings.
- Duke's four 100-point showings are the most in a season since the 2009-10 Blue Devils also reached the century mark four times.
- Duke won the rebounding battle, 49-32, and has finished with a positive margin on the glass in all but seven games this season.
- The 49 boards are the second-most by the Blue Devils this season (50 vs. Army), and the most against a conference opponent.
- The rebounding effort included a season-high 21 offensive boards.
- With the 35-point victory, Duke now has nine games in conference play this season with a winning margin of at least 25 points, the most by any team in a single season in ACC history.
- The Blue Devils have posted eight victories by a margin of 30 points or more.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer secured his 80th career victory, equaling Bill Guthridge (North Carolina, 1997-2000) for the most wins by an ACC coach in their first three seasons.
- Duke ended the first half with 12 assists on 16 made shots, while committing zero turnovers.
- The Blue Devils finished the contest with 17 assists and just four turnovers, a 4.25 assist-turnover ratio.
- For the 17th time this season, Duke finished with a double-digit advantage for points in the paint, outscoring the Seminoles, 46-18, in the category.
- Along with the positive margin for points in the paint, Duke out-paced Florida State in the remaining four specialty stats – points off turnovers (21-5), second-chance points (17-5), fast-break points (25-7) and bench points (30-26).
- The Blue Devils picked up their 17th ACC win of the season. Duke has won at least 14 league games in all three seasons under Scheyer.
- The 17 conference wins are the most by Duke, with the ACC expanding the league schedule to 20 games ahead of the 2019-20 season. The Blue Devils had previously reached 16 ACC victories in a single season twice, in 2021-22 (16-4) and 1998-99 (16-0).
- Duke head coach Jon Scheyer has achieved a career record of 80-21 after Saturday's victory for a winning percentage of .792.
- Scheyer is one win away from passing the standard set by Bill Guthridge (North Carolina, 1997-2000) for the most wins by an ACC coach in their first three seasons.
- Duke won its last five games (Stanford, Virginia, Illinois, Miami and Florida State) by an average margin of 33.8 points, amassing 98.6 points per contest, while limiting opponents to just 64.8 points per game.
- The Blue Devils have won by 35 or more points four times in the past five outings.
- In the time span, Duke is shooting 53.8% (175-325) from the field, 44.6% (58-130) from three-point range and 83.3% from the free-throw line, while opponents are shooting 38.4 percent from the field and 27.6% from long distance.
- The Blue Devils are also outrebounding their foes by an average of 11.4 boards per game in the last five contests, while distributing 104 assists with just 31 turnovers, a 3.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- In that same timeframe, Duke has forced more turnovers (58) than opponents have registered assists (56).
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the fourth-best defense in the nation with an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 89.8. (as of March 2)
- This season, Duke ranks fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.384) and sixth in scoring defense (61.1) - both top marks in the ACC.
- Based on EvanMiya's Defensive Bayesian Performance Rating, Duke has six of the top 10 defenders in the ACC: Cooper Flagg (1st), Maliq Brown (4th), Kon Knueppel (5th), Sion James (8th), Khaman Maluach (9th) and Tyrese Proctor (10th). Flagg ranks as the second-best defender in the nation with a rating of 4.50.
- Duke opponents have committed 30 shot clock violations on the season, compared to just six by the Blue Devils.
- 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).
- While Duke established itself as an imposing defensive unit early in the season, the Blue Devils have evolved into one of the top-rated offenses in the country.
- Duke currently owns the top-rated offense by EvanMiya with a rating of 20.9, ahead of Auburn (19.7) and Alabama (18.9). (as of March 2)
- The Blue Devils are also No. 1 on KenPom's raw offensive efficiency list (125.3), followed by Auburn (122.9) and Gonzaga (122.4).
- Duke ranks second in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.84), fifth in effective field goal percentage (.577), 11th in assists per game (17.2) and 13th in field goal percentage (.490) - all top marks in the ACC.
- In the last five games (wins over Stanford, Virginia, Illinois, Miami and Florida State), Duke is averaging 98.6 points per contest, while shooting 175-of-325 (53.8%) from the field, 58-of-130 (44.6%) from three-point land and 85-of-102 (83.2%) from the free-throw line.
- Against Stanford, Duke averaged 1.68 points per possession, the fourth-highest efficiency against a high-major opponent in the KenPom database (since 1996-97), then 1.31 PPP at Virginia and 1.51 PPP versus Illinois. The offensive rating of 147 during those three games is the best three-game stretch against high-major opponents in KenPom history, topping the previous high of 140 by North Carolina in 2016. (The Athletic)
- The Blue Devils distributed 67 assists with just 17 turnovers during that three-game stretch, for an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.94.
- 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.
- 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 has been voted as the ACC Rookie of the Week a record 11 times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Feb. 24) and the ACC Player of the Week five times (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Feb. 3, Feb. 24).
- Flagg's 11 ACC Rookie of the Week awards is the conference record, passing the standard of 10 honors by Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech (1990), Tyler Hansbrough of UNC (2006) and Jabari Parker of Duke (2014).
- Flagg became the first ACC player to amass 500 points, 100 assists and 30 blocks in the regular season in the last 25 years, reaching those numbers in 26 games (at Virginia).
- Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, currently leads Duke in points (559), rebounds (218), assists (118) and steals (45), and is second in blocked shots (32).
- Flagg ranks among the ACC's top-10 in four of the five major statistical categories - scoring (3rd), rebounding (9th), assists (8th) and steals (10th), and is 13th in blocked shots.
- Flagg currently leads the KenPom Player of the Year Standings with a 2.847 rating, ahead of Auburn's Johni Broome (2.480) and Hunter Dickinson of Kansas (1.464).
- Flagg is the top-rated player by EvanMiya with a combined offensive and defensive rating of 10.62, compared to Johni Broome of Auburn, who is second with a 10.12 rating.
- Duke has a record of 14-11 on March 3.
- The Blue Devils are 7-4 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on this date.
- Duke and Wake Forest have met one time on March 3, a 103-73 Blue Devils' victory in the 1966 ACC Tournament at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.
- The Blue Devils' last contest on this date was in 2018, a 74-64 win over North Carolina in Durham.
- 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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