No. 5 Duke Returns to Cameron to Host Wake Forest Saturday at Noon

Saturday, January 24

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No. 5 Duke Returns to Cameron to Host Wake Forest Saturday at Noon

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The Opening Tip

No. 5 Duke returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium after being on the road for two weeks, hosting Wake Forest on Saturday at noon on The CW.
Tom Werme and Mike Gminski will call the action on The CW. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
Duke has won 28 of its last 29 games against conference opponents.
The Blue Devils have won 25 consecutive home games, including 12 straight against conference opponents, while posting a 56-3 (.949) home record under Jon Scheyer.
Duke has won 26 consecutive home games against the Demon Deacons since 1997.
The Blue Devils have played seven nationally-ranked opponents this season (6-1 record).
Duke has secured top-25 victories over No. 7 Michigan State, No. 15 Florida, No. 20 Louisville, No. 22 Arkansas, No. 24 SMU and No. 25 Kansas.
Duke is second in the NET rankings and leads the nation with eight Quad 1 wins. (Jan. 21)
Duke is one of just three teams ranked in the top-eight nationally in both offensive efficiency (126.1, 8th) and defensive efficiency (92.9, 6th) ratings. (KenPom)
The Blue Devils lead the ACC and are seventh nationally in scoring margin (+20.4).
Duke tops the conference and ranks 15th in the country in rebounding margin (+9.0).
The Blue Devils rank 17th in the nation with the league's best scoring defense (65.1 ppg).
Cameron Boozer is the nation's fourth-leading scorer with an ACC-best 23.2 points per game, and ranks third in the ACC in rebounding (9.9 rpg), tied for fifth in steals (1.8 spg), 11th in assists (4.1 apg) and fourth in field goal percentage (.586).
Boozer's 30-point performance at Stanford was his ninth game scoring 25 points or more, which is third among Duke freshmen all time.
Isaiah Evans is the ACC's sixth-leading scorer in conference play, averaging 20.2 points per game, and is tied for second in the league high with 3.5 3-pointers per ACC contest.
Evans has drained three or more 3-pointers in 10 games this season. Duke is 21-0 the past two seasons when the sophomore sharp-shooter hits three or more triples.
Duke owns the best record in Division I college basketball over the past two seasons at 52-5.
On Dec. 16, Scheyer broke the ACC record for the fastest coach to 100 wins (122 games), exceeding the standard set by Duke's Vic Bubas in 1964 (128 games).

About the Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Duke and Wake Forest will meet for the 264th time on Monday in a series that dates back to the 1905-06 season.
The first game in Duke's program history came on March 2, 1906 versus Wake Forest, a 24-10 Wake victory in Durham.
The Blue Devils hold an overall series lead of 182-81, having won 26 consecutive meetings in Durham, dating back to 1997.
Wake Forest leads the ACC and is 18th in the nation with 9.5 steals per game, and also tops the conference and is 18th nationally with 15.5 turnovers forced per game.
The Demon Deacons have the fifth-best free-throw percentage (.756) in the conference.
Juke Harris is the ACC's third-leading scorer, averaging 20.5 points per contest, and is second in the league and 24th nationally with 141 free-throw attempts, while grabbing a team-high 6.4 rebounds per game.
Nate Calmese is eighth in the ACC with 5.2 assists per game.
Four of Wake Forest's losses have been against nationally-ranked opponents (Michigan, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, UNC).

On This Date - Jan. 24

Duke has a 16-5 record on Jan. 24.
The Blue Devils have won 12 of their last 13 contests on this date since 1979, including eight straight victories.
Duke's record in Jan. 24 home games is 7-3 with a four-game win streak since 1980.
The Blue Devils have played Wake Forest three times on this date - all home victories (1919, 1942, 2001).
Duke last played on Jan. 24 in 2009, an 85-44 win over Maryland.

Last Time Out

A dominant performance by Cameron Boozer led No. 6 Duke to an 80-50 victory at Stanford on Saturday, Jan. 17.
Boozer finished with 30 points and 14 rebounds, the freshman's ninth double-double of the year and sixth with at least 20 points. The freshman scored 20 of his points in the opening 20 minutes and finished one rebound shy of his career high on the glass.
The Blue Devils held the Cardinal to just 19 points in the first half, as Duke led wire-to-wire and swept its west coast conference swing.
Isaiah Evans and Patrick Ngongba II joined Boozer in double figures, scoring 15 and 13, respectively.
On defense, Dame Sarr played a pivotal role in holding Stanford's Ebuka Okorie to just nine points, 14 points below the Cardinal guard's season average.
The 30-point victory was the largest margin of victory by a visiting team at Maples Pavilion since Arizona registered a 91-52 win on Jan. 1, 2017.
Stanford entered the game averaging 77.9 points per game, but was held to 50 points, 27.9 below its season average and the second-fewest in a game this season by the Cardinal.
Duke's defense limited Stanford to just 19 points in the first half, the second-lowest point total in any half by the Cardinal this season.
The Blue Devils' defense allowed just 19 made field goals, the second consecutive game that Duke's opponent made fewer than 20 shots.
Duke out-rebounded Stanford, 35-29, and has finished with a positive margin on the glass in 14 games this season.
With the victories over California and Stanford, Duke is just the second ACC team to emerge unblemished after traveling west, joining the 2024-25 Wake Forest squad.

Blue Devils Efficient at Both Ends of the Floor

Duke is one of just three teams ranked in the top-eight nationally in both offensive efficiency (126.1, 8th) and defensive efficiency (92.9, 6th) ratings, according to KenPom.com.
The Blue Devils are the nation's No. 3-rated team, according to KenPom, with an overall rating of 33.19. (through games played on Jan. 21)
The 2024-25 Blue Devils achieved the best offensive efficiency rating (130.1) in the history of KenPom (since 1996-97 season).
In 2024-25, Duke registered the second-highest overall rating (39.29) in KenPom history, trailing only the 1998-99 Duke Blue Devils (43.01).
Last season, Duke was the only team in the country ranked among the top-five in both offensive (130.1, 1st) and defensive (90.8, 5th) adjusted efficiency (KenPom).

Pace of Play

Duke's offense is playing at a faster pace this season than any prior campaign under head coach Jon Scheyer, according to KenPom.com.
The Blue Devils' average length of possession on offense is 15.9 seconds.
In comparison, Duke's average length of offensive possession was 17.1 seconds in 2024-25, 17.5 in 2023-24 and 18.7 in 2022-23.
Duke maximizes its 15.9 seconds with an effective field goal percentage (57.8%) that ranks 12th in the country and a two-point field goal percentage (62.7%) that's third nationally.
On the other end of the floor, Duke's defense is forcing opponents to use 18.2 seconds per possession.
The greater use of time has not yielded improved results for Duke opponents, as the Blue Devils' effective field goal percentage defense (45.8%) is 15th-best in the nation.

Tracking Blue Devil Deflections

Through 18 games, the Blue Devils have accumulated 350 deflections, an average of 19.4 per game.
Duke amassed a season-best 32 deflections versus Niagara (Nov. 21), topping the previous high of 30 against Indiana State (Nov. 14).
Maliq Brown, described as a "defensive menace" by head coach Jon Scheyer, tops Duke with 100 deflections (5.6 avg.).
Brown, who was selected to the 2023-24 ACC All-Defensive Team after leading the league with 71 steals as a sophomore at Syracuse, recorded 12 deflections against Niagara (Nov. 21), the most by a Blue Devil this season.

Cleaning the Glass

Duke tops the conference and ranks 15th in the country in rebounding margin (+9.0), outrebounding its opposition by an average of 40.0 to 31.0 boards per game.
The Blue Devils have outrebounded their opponent in 14 games this season.
Duke has outrebounded four opponents by 20 or more boards, including a season-best rebound margin of +34 (55-21) against Lipscomb.
Duke has limited three opponents to two points or less in second-chance points, including a pair of shutouts (Lipscomb, Georgia Tech).

Strength of Schedule

Duke has secured six top-25 victories with wins over No. 7 Michigan State, No. 15 Florida, No. 20 Louisville, No. 22 Arkansas, No. 24 SMU and No. 25 Kansas.
Duke has played nine Quad 1 games, based on the NCAA's NET rankings (Jan. 21), with an 8-1 record in those contests. The Blue Devils' eight Quad 1 wins are the most in the country.
Eight ACC teams are among the top 35 of the NCAA's NET rankings, which is the most of any conference. (as of Jan. 20)
Five ACC teams are ranked in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll: No. 5 Duke, No. 14 Virginia, No. 18 Clemson, No. 22 North Carolina and No. 23 Louisville.
Duke's 2025-26 non-conference lineup features eight opponents that reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago: Texas (Nov. 4; Charlotte, N.C.), Kansas (Nov. 18; New York, N.Y.), Arkansas (Nov. 27; Chicago), Florida (Dec. 2; Durham), Michigan State (Dec. 6; East Lansing, Mich.), Lipscomb (Dec. 16; Durham), Texas Tech (Dec. 20; New York, N.Y.) and Michigan (Feb. 21; Washington, D.C.). Of those teams, five advanced to the Sweet 16, with three reaching the Elite Eight.
The Blue Devils play 10 games against teams ranked in ESPN's preseason top 25: No. 2 Florida, No. 6 Louisville (twice), No. 8 Michigan, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 12 Arkansas, No. 22 Kansas, No. 24 NC State and No. 25 North Carolina (twice).

Cameron Boozer's Historic Start

Cameron Boozer is the first Duke freshman to score 35 points or more twice - amassing 35 points versus Indiana State (Nov. 14) and tallying 35 points again versus Arkansas (Nov. 27).
The freshman forward became the first NCAA Division I or NBA player in the last 30 seasons to have an eight-game span with more than 175 points, 75 rebounds and 25 assists, 10 or fewer turnovers, and an undefeated record - doing so in Duke's first eight games. (OptaSTATS)
Boozer became the first ACC player with at least 100 points, 50 rebounds and 20 assists in a five-game span since Craig Smith of Boston College in March 2006. The freshman forward accomplished that standard in his first five college contests. (Nov. 19)
Boozer is the only Division I player in the last 30 seasons to collect at least 250 points, 100 rebounds and 40 assists through his first 11 career games. (Dec. 17; OptaSTATS)
Boozer amassed 35 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocks, connecting on 13-of-16 field goals in a win over Indiana State on Nov. 14, becoming the first major conference freshman to reach 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists with no more than one turnover since Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony in 2003 (ESPN), and joined Zion Williamson (2019) and Christian Laettner (1990) as the third Duke player in the past 45 years to score at least 35 points in a double-double performance.
Boozer's nine assists against Florida State were the most by a Blue Devil in the past three seasons (10 assists by Tyrese Proctor against Pitt in the 2023 ACC Tournament).
The Miami native has amassed 25 points or more in nine out of 18 games, including 35 points against No. 22 Arkansas, 35 points versus Indiana State, 30 points at Stanford and 29 points against No. 15 Florida. Boozer's 30-point performance at Stanford was his ninth game scoring 25 points or more, which ranks third among Duke freshmen all time.
Boozer has been voted ACC Player of the Week four times (Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Jan. 19) and ACC Rookie of the Week seven times (Nov. 17, Nov. 24, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Jan. 5, Jan. 12, Jan. 19).
The freshman forward is currently the nation's fourth-leading scorer with 23.2 points per game, ranks 17th nationally with 9.9 rebounds per contest and is tied for 16th with nine double-doubles.
Among ACC statistical leaders, Boozer leads the league in scoring (23.2 ppg), ranks third in rebounding (9.9 rpg), tied for fifth in steals (1.8 spg), 11th in assists (4.1 apg) and fourth in field goal percentage (.586).

The Blue Devils Have Won 85% of Games at Cameron Indoor Stadium

Duke has posted an all-time record of 986-174 (.850) at Cameron Indoor Stadium, including a 56-3 (.949) record under head coach Jon Scheyer with unblemished home records in 2022-23 (16-0) and 2024-25 (17-0).
The Blue Devils have won 25 consecutive home games.
Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball.
Now in its 87th season as the home of the Blue Devils, Duke has averaged 11.1 wins since the venue opened Jan. 6, 1940 -- a 36-27 win over Princeton.

Sellout Streak Still Staying Strong

Duke has sold out 549 consecutive games at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The last time Duke did not have a sellout at home was on Nov. 16, 1990, against Boston College.
The sellout figure is the longest current streak (by time) in either men's college basketball or the NBA.
Duke's record at Cameron during the sellout streak is 500-49 (.911).

Duke's Three-Point Streak

Duke has connected on at least one 3-pointer in 1,282 straight games, the longest streak nationally.
It has been more than 35 years since Duke was held without a three-point field goal -- Dec. 30, 1989, versus Hawai'i.

Other Notables

Duke has won 28 of its last 29 games against conference opponents.
Duke owns the best record in Division I college basketball over the past two seasons at 52-5. Houston is second at 52-6. (College Basketball Report)
Duke has a record of 60-2 (.968) when committing 15 or fewer fouls under head coach Jon Scheyer, compared to 46-21 (.687) when the Blue Devils have 16 or more fouls. (@EvanMiya)
Maliq Brown ranks third in the nation in 2-point field goal percentage (78.8%), having made 41-of-52 shots inside the arc.
The Blue Devils have confronted double-digit deficits in four outings this season, including their largest deficits at Louisville (12) and versus SMU (11), and have rallied to win all four games.
Duke's 11-0 start was the best open to a season since the 2017-18 campaign.
The 55-point margin of victory over Army West Point (Nov. 11) was Duke's largest road win in program history.
Duke posted a record of 36-3 (.923) in 2025, to tie the ACC record for most wins in a calendar year, equaling the 1992 Blue Devils (36-2) and North Carolina in 2008 (36-3).