Duke 90, Notre Dame 60As a Team • Duke improved to 20-3 on the season with the victory.
• Duke moved to 69-15 when ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll.
• Duke now sits at 20-4 all time when facing Notre Dame and 13-3 under Coach Krzyzewski.
• Duke scored 90 or more points for the fifth game this season. Duke's 30-point margin of victory over a top-10 opponent is the fourth most all-time, and the most since defeating second-ranked Texas by 31 points Dec. 10, 2005.
Coach Krzyzewski's Numbers• The victory moved Coach Krzyzewski's all-time record to 1,003-309 and his record at Duke to 930-250.
• Saturday's win marked the 424th ACC victory for Krzyzewski.
• Coach Krzyzewski moved to 20-2 all-time when facing former assistant coaches, and 3-2 against Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey.
Cook on Duke's All-Time Charts•
Quinn Cook did not score double-digit points for just the third game this season. Cook moved into sole possession of 40th on Duke's all-time scorers list with 1,300 points.
• Cook's 2-of-3 (.667) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 33. Cook's last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.
On the Offensive End• Duke outscored its opponent in the first half for the 21st game this season. The Blue Devils are outscoring opponents by 7.8 ppg. this season in the first half.
• After Notre Dame hit back-to-back three pointers to take a 6-0 lead, Duke opened its scoring by going on a 17-3 run.
• Duke scored 50 points in the first half, the third time this season the Blue Devils scored 50 or more to open a game.
• Duke shot 17-of-21 (.810) from the field in the first half, tying for the best first-half shooting percentage in program history. Duke also shot 17-of-21 (.810) against Miami Jan. 14, 2007.
• Duke shot 7-of-8 (.875) from beyond the arc in the first half, a season best.
• Duke had four players score double-digit points for the 12th time this season (Okafor-20, Winslow-19, M. Jones-17, T. Jones-12).
• Duke committed fewer turnovers than its opponent for the 17th game this season.
• Duke shot 19-of-26 (.731) from the free throw line, after shooting a combined 50-of-84 (.595) from the charity stripe over the team's previous four games.
Duke's Defense• Duke held Notre Dame to 24 points in the first half, the sixth game this season a team scored fewer than 25 points against the Blue Devils in the opening half.
• Duke forced Notre Dame to commit 10 turnovers, marking the 22nd game this season Duke recorded 10 or more takeaways.
• The Fighting Irish shot just 8-of-24 (.333) from three-point range, the 17th game this season Duke held a team to under 35.0 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
Fresh Faces• For the 23rd straight game, three freshmen (
Tyus Jones,
Jahlil Okafor and
Justise Winslow) started, marking the 58th 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.
• A freshman led Duke in scoring for the 17th time this season, with Okafor scoring 20 points on 9-of-11 (.818). Okafor served as Duke's leading scorer for the 10th game this year.
• Okafor's 9-of-11 (.818) shooting performance is the ninth game this season he shot over 75.0 percent
• Two freshmen, Okafor (20 points, 10 rebounds) and Winslow (19 points, 11 rebounds) posted double-doubles, marking the first time this season two Duke freshmen had a double-double in the same game.