No. 2 Duke Opens Holiday Homestand Tuesday vs. SC State

Tuesday, December 14

Durham, N.C.

8 P.M.

Duke University

South Carolina State

No. 2 Duke Opens Holiday Homestand Tuesday vs. SC State

12/13/2021 4:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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THE OPENING TIP

Playing for the first time in two weeks, No. 2 Duke begins a four-game homestand by welcoming South Carolina State to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday night.
The game tips at 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network with Dave O'Brien and Corey Alexander on the call. On the radio locally, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
The game is the first of three over the next five days for the Blue Devils, who host Appalachian State Thursday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and Cleveland State on Saturday at 4 p.m. on ACC Network.
With wins over then-No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 10 Kentucky, Duke joins Gonzaga and Seton Hall as the only teams this season with multiple wins over AP top-10 teams.
Duke has been one of the nation's best ball-handling teams, ranking second in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+2.07), fourth nationally in fewest turnovers (8.5), eighth in turnover margin (+6.4) and 17th in assists per game -- the Blue Devils lead the ACC in each category.
Duke is forcing 14.9 turnovers, averaging 9.1 steals and owns a +99 margin in points-off-turnover scoring (152-53).
The Blue Devils have made 23 more free throws than the opponents have attempted this season (103-80). Duke is committing 14.0 fouls per game -- second fewest in the ACC and 27th fewest nationally.
Junior Wendell Moore Jr., is the nation's only player averaging 17.0+ points, 6.0+ rebounds, 5.0+ assists and shooting .500+ from the field (17.8/6.5/5.6/.561).
Moore leads the ACC in assists (21st nationally), is fourth in scoring, fifth in field goal percentage and 15th in rebounding.
Freshman Paolo Banchero is the nation's leading true freshman scorer at 17.8 points. The ACC's Preseason Player of the Year, Banchero is ranked in the ACC's top 10 in scoring (17.8, fourth), free throw percentage (.838, fifth) and field goal percentage (.500, 10th).
Sophomore Mark Williams leads the ACC and is ranked 11th in the NCAA with 3.13 blocked shots per game. Williams has swatted multiple shots six times this season and 16 times in 31 career games.
Williams last five games: 13.2 ppg., 8.2 rpg., .667 fg% (30-of-45) with six assists, three steals and 20 blocked shots.

DUKE-SC STATE HISTORY
Duke leads the all-time series over South Carolina State, 7-0…All seven meeting have come in the Coach K era, but Tuesday's game marks the first since a 120-56 Duke win in 1998 at Cameron Indoor…The teams first met in a 1989 NCAA Tournament first-round game at the Greensboro Coliseum -- a 90-69 Duke victory behind 22 points from Phil Henderson.

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
South Carolina State is 3-7 to start the season, including a buzzer-beating win at South Florida, where freshman T.J. Madlock nailed an off-balance three from the corner with 0.6 seconds left for the win…The Bulldogs have won two straight coming into Tuesday's game, beating USF at the buzzer and winning 67-66 over High Point on Friday in Rock Hill, S.C…T.J., the son of head coach Tony Madlock, is the team's second leading scorer at 9.3 points, but leads the team in assists and steals…Sophomore Cameron Jones leads the team in scoring at 11.5 points and is shooting .380 from the floor…Tony Madlock is in his first season coaching the Bulldogs. The 25-year coaching veteran has spent time on the staffs at Arkansas State, UTEP, Auburn, Ole Miss and Memphis, including five games (1-4) as the interim head coach at Ole Miss in 2017-18.

VALUING THE BALL
Duke has been one of the nation's best ball-handling teams, ranking second in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+2.07), fourth nationally in fewest turnovers (8.5), eighth in turnover margin (+6.4) and 17th in assists per game -- the Blue Devils lead the ACC in each category…The Blue Devils have posted a positive assists-to-turnover ratio in each of the last seven games after starting minus-1 in the opener against Kentucky (eight assists, nine turnovers)…Duke has assisted on at least 44 percent of its field goals in every game since the opener (eight assists on 25 field goals vs. Kentucky) -- and has been 64 percent or better four times this season…Duke is forcing 14.9 turnovers, averaging 9.1 steals and owns a +99 margin in points-off-turnover scoring (152-53)…Via KenPom, Duke is second nationally in offensive turnover percentage (11.8), owns the nation's ninth best steal percentage (6.2) and is 68th in assist percentage (56.2).

ON THIS DATE
Duke is 15-2 all-time when playing on Dec. 14, including a 9-1 mark at Cameron Indoor Stadium…The Blue Devils have not played on this date since 2004 -- an 88-55 victory over Illinois-Chicago at Cameron Indoor.

MOORE DOES IT ALL
Junior Wendell Moore Jr., is proving early to be among the nation's most complete -- and improved -- players as the co-captain is the nation's only player averaging 17.0+ points, 6.0+ rebounds, 5.0+ assists and shooting .500+ from the field…The Charlotte native leads the ACC and is 21st nationally in assists (5.6), is second in the conference and 24th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (+3.21), is fourth in scoring (17.8) and fifth in field goal percentage (.561). ..With his 19-10-10 vs. Army, he has one of the six triple-doubles in the nation this season. It marked just the fifth triple-double in Duke history and the third under Mike Krzyzewski…Moore's 10 assists in the Army game were a career high…The performance was also his third career double-double…Moore has scored 12 or more points in every game this season, has recorded no less than three assists in every game and no less than four rebounds in every game…The junior flirted with another triple-double against The Citadel, dropping 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists…He was named the MVP of the Gonzaga game with 20 points, six rebounds, six assists and a career-high six steals.

PAOLO'S STAT STUFFING
Freshman Paolo Banchero is tied for the team's scoring lead with Moore (17.8) and leads the team in rebounding (7.3)…He nearly had his first triple-double vs. The Citadel, with 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists…His 28 points and six assists were each career highs…The Seattle native has 14 assists and five turnovers over Duke's last five games after one assist and 10 turnovers in the first three.

THREE-POINT STREAK
Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,122 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally…It has been more than 30 years since Duke was held without a three-point field goal -- Dec. 30, 1989, versus Hawai'i.

SELLOUT STREAK
Duke has sold out 476 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 434-42 (.912).

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