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Tuesday, January 4
Durham, N.C.
9 P.M.
Duke University
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Georgia Tech
No. 2 Duke Tips Off New Year Tuesday vs. Georgia Tech
1/3/2022 3:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE VS. GEORGIA TECH
Tuesday's game is the 100th meeting between Duke and Georgia Tech, with the Blue Devils leading 75-24 … In Durham, Duke has won 11 straight and leads 37-5, with each of the 42 meetings coming at Cameron Indoor Stadium … Duke leads Georgia Tech, 55-17, in ACC regular-season games and leads 60-19 under head coach Mike Krzyzewski … Georgia Tech's 81-77 victory in overtime last season in Atlanta snapped Duke's 14-game winning streak in the series. Wendell Moore Jr., and Mark Williams each scored 20 in the game for Duke … When the teams met earlier last season at Cameron, DJ Steward scored 19 and Matthew Hurt added 17 in a 75-68 Duke victory.
ABOUT THE YELLOW JACKETS
Reigning ACC Tournament champion Georgia Tech visits Duke on Tuesday at 6-6 overall and 0-2 in ACC play. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 67-64 home setback to Louisville on Sunday night … After starting the year 5-1, Tech has dropped five of its last six … Michael Devoe leads the ACC in scoring at 21.2 points and is shooting .494 from the field. His .464 (32-of-69) percentage from three-point range ranks second in the conference … As a team, Georgia Tech's .374 three-point percentage ranks fourth in the conference. The Jackets are also fourth in the ACC in guarding the three-point line, allowing opponents to shoot just .313.
OFFENSE IN RHYTHM
Duke is averaging 85.2 points and out-scoring opponents by 20.8 points per game, both lead the ACC and rank top 10 nationally … The Blue Devils lead the conference and are top 25 nationally in a number of other offensive categories, including field goal shooting, assists, assist/turnover ratio, turnover margin and fewest turnovers … Additionally, Duke is second in the ACC in fewest fouls per game (13.7), free throw percentage (.759), blocks (5.3) and steals (9.3) … Duke is +11.3 in points-off-turnover scoring per game and has not been out-scored in that category in a game this season … Duke has had a positive assists/turnover ratio in 10 of 12 games this season.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 21-8 all-time when playing on Jan. 4, and has won two straight and four of the last six on this date … The Blue Devils are 14-1 at home, including 11-1 at Cameron Indoor … Duke last played on this date in 2020 -- a 95-62 win at Miami.
VALUING THE BALL
One of the nation's best ball-handling teams, Duke ranks third in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+2.01), seventh in fewest turnovers (9.2), ninth in turnover margin (+6.5) and ninth in assists (18.5) … The Blue Devils have posted a positive assists-to-turnover ratio in each of the last 10 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, 25 field goals vs. Kentucky) -- and has been 64 percent or better six times this season … Duke is forcing 15.6 turnovers, averaging 9.5 steals and owns a +131 margin in points-off-turnover scoring for the season.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke has posted an all-time record of 924-168 (.846) at Cameron Indoor, including 566-73 (.886) under Coach K … Duke is 259-62 (.807) in ACC regular-season games at Cameron Indoor in the Coach K era … Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball … Now in its 83rd season as the home of the Blue Devils, Duke has averaged 11.1 wins since the venue opened January 6, 1940 -- a 36-27 win over Princeton … The Blue Devils have 18 undefeated home seasons, including 11 under Coach K.
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- Playing for the first time since Dec. 22, No. 2 Duke welcomes Georgia Tech to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday night.
- The game tips at 9 p.m. ET on ACC Network with Wes Durham and Cory 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 Blue Devils have had their last two games postponed due to the University's health and safety protocols.
- Duke has won four straight games and opened ACC play with a 76-65 victory over Virginia Tech on Dec. 22, behind 23 points -- including 17 in the second half -- from freshman Paolo Banchero.
- Duke and Georgia Tech meet Tuesday for the 100th time in a series that dates back to 1922 with the Blue Devils leading 75-24, including 37-5 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke is 60-19 vs. the Yellow Jackets under Mike Krzyzewski and 55-17 in ACC regular-season games.
- Duke improved to 51-18 all-time in ACC openers, including 32-10 in ACC openers under Coach K with the VT win before Christmas.
- Junior Wendell Moore Jr., is second in the ACC in assists (5.0), second in assist/turnover ratio (+2.86), seventh in scoring (17.0) and third in field goal percentage (.586).
- Moore is the nation's only player averaging 17.0+ points, 5.0+ rebounds and 5.0+ assists on .580+ shooting from the field.
- Tuesday's game matches up four of the ACC's top 11 leading scorers in Duke's Moore and Paolo Banchero (17.1, 6th) and Georgia Tech's Michael Devoe (21.2, 1st) and Jordan Usher (15.1, 11th).
- Banchero leads all power conference true freshman in scoring at 17.1 points. The Seattle native is eighth in the ACC in rebounding (7.3), 11th in field goal percentage (.487) and fifth in free throw shooting (.825).
- Over Duke's four-game winning streak, freshman AJ Griffin is averaging 12.0 points and shooting .654 (17-of-26) from the field, .500 (7-of-14) from three-point range and is 7-of-7 at the free throw line.
- Duke leads the ACC in field goal percentage (.494, ranked 12th in the NCAA), scoring margin (+20.8, 10th) and scoring offense (85.2, 8th).
- One of the nation's best ball-handling teams, Duke ranks third in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+1.9), eighth in fewest turnovers (9.3), 13th in turnover margin (+5.8) and 12th in assists (17.8).
DUKE VS. GEORGIA TECH
Tuesday's game is the 100th meeting between Duke and Georgia Tech, with the Blue Devils leading 75-24 … In Durham, Duke has won 11 straight and leads 37-5, with each of the 42 meetings coming at Cameron Indoor Stadium … Duke leads Georgia Tech, 55-17, in ACC regular-season games and leads 60-19 under head coach Mike Krzyzewski … Georgia Tech's 81-77 victory in overtime last season in Atlanta snapped Duke's 14-game winning streak in the series. Wendell Moore Jr., and Mark Williams each scored 20 in the game for Duke … When the teams met earlier last season at Cameron, DJ Steward scored 19 and Matthew Hurt added 17 in a 75-68 Duke victory.
ABOUT THE YELLOW JACKETS
Reigning ACC Tournament champion Georgia Tech visits Duke on Tuesday at 6-6 overall and 0-2 in ACC play. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 67-64 home setback to Louisville on Sunday night … After starting the year 5-1, Tech has dropped five of its last six … Michael Devoe leads the ACC in scoring at 21.2 points and is shooting .494 from the field. His .464 (32-of-69) percentage from three-point range ranks second in the conference … As a team, Georgia Tech's .374 three-point percentage ranks fourth in the conference. The Jackets are also fourth in the ACC in guarding the three-point line, allowing opponents to shoot just .313.
OFFENSE IN RHYTHM
Duke is averaging 85.2 points and out-scoring opponents by 20.8 points per game, both lead the ACC and rank top 10 nationally … The Blue Devils lead the conference and are top 25 nationally in a number of other offensive categories, including field goal shooting, assists, assist/turnover ratio, turnover margin and fewest turnovers … Additionally, Duke is second in the ACC in fewest fouls per game (13.7), free throw percentage (.759), blocks (5.3) and steals (9.3) … Duke is +11.3 in points-off-turnover scoring per game and has not been out-scored in that category in a game this season … Duke has had a positive assists/turnover ratio in 10 of 12 games this season.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 21-8 all-time when playing on Jan. 4, and has won two straight and four of the last six on this date … The Blue Devils are 14-1 at home, including 11-1 at Cameron Indoor … Duke last played on this date in 2020 -- a 95-62 win at Miami.
VALUING THE BALL
One of the nation's best ball-handling teams, Duke ranks third in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+2.01), seventh in fewest turnovers (9.2), ninth in turnover margin (+6.5) and ninth in assists (18.5) … The Blue Devils have posted a positive assists-to-turnover ratio in each of the last 10 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, 25 field goals vs. Kentucky) -- and has been 64 percent or better six times this season … Duke is forcing 15.6 turnovers, averaging 9.5 steals and owns a +131 margin in points-off-turnover scoring for the season.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke has posted an all-time record of 924-168 (.846) at Cameron Indoor, including 566-73 (.886) under Coach K … Duke is 259-62 (.807) in ACC regular-season games at Cameron Indoor in the Coach K era … Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball … Now in its 83rd season as the home of the Blue Devils, Duke has averaged 11.1 wins since the venue opened January 6, 1940 -- a 36-27 win over Princeton … The Blue Devils have 18 undefeated home seasons, including 11 under Coach K.
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