Notes: Duke 79, Pitt 65

Duke 79, Pitt 65

As a Team
•   Duke moved to 16-2 on the season with the victory.
•   Duke improved to 77-25 when ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll with the victory.
•   Duke moved to 8-6 all time when facing Pittsburgh and 2-1 under Coach Krzyzewski, with the win.
•   Duke scored more than 70 points for the 16th game this season and outscored its opponent by double digits for the 15th time this season.

Closing on 1K
•   With the victory, Coach K moved within one win of becoming the first Division I men's coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career wins. Coach K owns an all-time record of 999-308 and a record of 926-249 at Duke.
•   Monday's win moved Coach K's record against ACC opponents to 421-170.

Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts
•   Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the 16th game this season and the 62nd time in his career. Cook remained in 45th on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,227 points.
•   Cook's 1-of-8 (.125) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 28. Cook's last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.

On the Offensive End
•   Four or more Blue Devils scored in double digits for the 10th game this season (T. Jones-22, Okafor-14, Sulaimon-13, Cook-11).
•   Duke led at halftime for the 17th time this season. The Blue Devils are outscoring teams by an average of 11.1 points in the first half this season.
•   Duke connected on 7-of-15 (.467) shots from beyond the arc in the first half, the most since shooting 9-of-16 (.563) in the first half against Presbyterian in the season opener.
•   Duke converted 4-of-4 (1.000) free throw attempts in the first half, the second time this season, and the first since shooting 6-of-6 (1.000) from the line against NC State, that the Blue Devils did not miss a first half free throw attempt.
•   Duke shot 11-of-23 (.478) in the game from beyond the three point line. Duke's 11 made three pointers is tied for the second most by the team this season and marks the third time Duke connected on double-digit three pointers.
•   Duke committed nine turnovers, marking the sixth game this season the Blue Devils turned the ball over fewer than 10 times.

Duke's Defense
•   Duke forced Pittsburgh to commit 11 turnovers. Duke has recorded double-digit takeaways in all 18 games this season.
•   Duke held Pittsburgh to 3-of-10 (.300) shooting from beyond the arc, marking the second straight game a Duke opponent made five or fewer three pointers in a game. Duke opponents are shooting a combined 7-of-35 (.200) from beyond the three point line over the last two games.

Fresh Faces
•   For the 18th straight game, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 that three or more freshmen started 18 consecutive games in the Coach K era.
•   Monday's game marked the 53rd 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.
•   Monday's contest marked the 16th time this season that two or more freshman scored double digit points for the Blue Devils. (T. Jones-22, Okafor-14).
•   A freshman served as Duke's leading scorer for the 13th game, with Jones tying a season high with 22 points on 7-of-11 (.636) shooting.
•   T. Jones recorded four assists, moving him into sole possession of ninth on Duke's freshman assists in a season list.

Players Mentioned

Quinn Cook

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