Notes: Duke 84, Wofford 55

Duke 84, Wofford 55

As a Team
•   Duke earned its 12th win of the year, marking the 15th time in program history the Blue Devils opened the season with 12 straight wins.
•   Duke moved to 6-0 when facing Wofford and extended its winning streak while playing non-conference competition in Cameron Indoor Stadium to an NCAA-best 116 games. Duke also improved to 118-18 when ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll with the win.
•   Duke won by double figures for the 12th straight game, the first time in program history the Blue Devils opened a season with 12 straight double-figure wins.

Closing on 1K
•   With the win, Coach K improved to 995-306 all-time and 922-247 at Duke. He is five wins shy of becoming the first Division I men's coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career victories.
•   Wednesday's win moved Coach K's record against unranked opponents while at Duke to 727-116.
•   Duke improved to 12-0 for the 11th time under Coach K.

Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts
•   Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the 11th game this season and the 57th time in his career, netting 15 points on 5-of-8 (.625) shooting. Cook moved into 48th on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,147 points.
•   Cook posted two assists against Wofford to bring his career assists total to 445. Cook remains in 11th on Duke's all-time assists list.
•   Cook's 3-of-6 (.500) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 22. Cook's last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.

On the Offensive End
•   Duke has trailed just 5:55 through the first 12 games of the season. The Blue Devils' largest deficit they have faced this year is four points – 6-2 vs. Wisconsin (Dec. 3).
•   Duke has outscored its opponents in every half of a game this season except in the second half against Stanford (Nov. 22) and the second half against Elon (Dec. 15).
•   Four Blue Devils scored in double digits for the ninth game this season (Okafor-24, Winslow-16, Cook-15, Jefferson-10).
•   Duke outscored Wofford in the paint, 36 to 22.

Fast Starts
•   Duke has led at halftime in all 12 of its games and has outscored teams in the first half by an average of 12.9 points a game this season.
•   Duke is shooting a combined 170-of-330 (.515) from the field in the first half of games this year.
•   Duke shot 14-of-19 (.737) from the free throw line in the first half, both the most made and attempted free throws by the Blue Devils in a first half this season.

Devilish Defense
•   Tonight's contest marked the ninth game this season that an opponent connected on five or fewer three pointers.
•   Opponents are averaging just 4.3 made three-point field goals a game while facing Duke, compared to the Blue Devils' 7.7 made three-pointers.
•   Duke forced Wofford to commit 13 turnovers. Duke has recorded double-digit takeaways in all 12 games this season.
•   Wofford scored just two points off of eight Duke turnovers, while the Blue Devils recorded 17 points on Wofford miscues.
•   Duke held Wofford to 21-of-55 shooting (.382), marking the sixth time this season a Duke opponent has shot under 40.0 percent from the field.

Fresh Faces
•   For the 12th straight game, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 (Clemson-Jan. 29; William & Mary-Feb. 2; Virginia-Feb. 5; Georgia Tech-Feb. 9; Stetson-Feb. 16; Wake Forest-Feb. 19; Maryland-Feb.21; NC State-Feb.23; Georgia Tech-Feb. 26; Clemson-March 2; North Carolina-March 5; Virginia-March 11) that three or more freshmen started 12 consecutive games in the Coach K era.
•   Wednesday's game marked the 47th time during the Coach K era three freshmen started. In 1982-83, three or more freshmen started 27 games, the highest number of games with three or more freshmen starting under Coach K.
•   Two or more Duke freshmen scored double digits in a game for the 10th time this season (Okafor-24, Winslow-16).
•   Okafor led Duke in scoring for the sixth time this season. A freshman has served as Duke's leading scorer in nine of the team's 12 games.
•   Okafor shot 84.6 percent (11-of-13), his seventh game of the season shooting 75.0 percent or better from the field. Okafor is one of eight players in Duke history to shoot 75.0 percent or better in seven contests, and the first since Mason Plumlee in 2012-13.

Players Mentioned

Quinn Cook

Mason Plumlee

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