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Saturday, January 8
Durham, N.C.
8 P.M.
Duke University
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Miami
No. 2 Blue Devils, Hurricanes Square Off Saturday Night at Cameron
1/6/2022 8:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
THE OPENING TIP
Duke is 22-8 all-time versus Miami in a series that dates back to the 1962-63 season. Coach K is 22-7 vs. Miami … In ACC regular-season games, the series favors Duke 16-7 and Duke won both ACC Tournament meetings (2006 and 2010) … The Blue Devils are 11-2 versus the Hurricanes at Cameron Indoor … Miami escaped with a 77-75 victory in Coral Gables last season as Duke was unable to get a shot off before time expired … Last year's game featured five ties and 20 lead changes. Matthew Hurt scored 21 to lead the Blue Devils, while Wendell Moore Jr., added 18 on 7-of-9 shooting with six rebounds and three assists.
ABOUT THE HURRICANES
Surging Miami brings an ACC-leading eight-game winning streak into Saturday's game, and the Hurricanes sit atop the conference standings at 4-0 along with Louisville (4-0) and Duke (2-0) … The Canes are 4-0 in ACC play for just the second time in program history. The 2012-13 squad opened 13-0 en route to winning the ACC … Miami rallied from an 18-point deficit Wednesday at home to beat Syracuse, 88-87, thanks to a 58-point second half.
Charlie Moore score a team-high 25, while Kameron McGusty added 19 with five rebounds, five assists and three steals … McGusty leads the team in scoring at 18.3, which is fifth in the ACC. Only three players nationally have been to the free throw line more than McGusty's 72 attempts this season.Â
Isaiah Wong averages 16.3 points to rank seventh in the conference … For the season, Miami and Duke are two of the five ACC teams to have made more free throws than their opponents have attempted … Head coach Jim Larrañaga is in his 38th season overall and 11th season at Miami. His 682 career wins rank 33rd on the all-time list and he is ninth among active coaches.
STARTER STABILITY
Duke has used the same starting lineup in each of the first 13 games this season (Jeremy Roach, Trevor Keels, Wendell Moore Jr., Paolo Banchero, Mark Williams) … Should the same five start Saturday, it would tie the third-longest streak at Duke of opening a season with the same starting five.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 18-9 all-time when playing on Jan. 8, and has won 10 in a row … The Blue Devils are 10-0 on this date in the Coach K era … On Jan. 8, 2003, the Blue Devils ascended to No. 1 in the AP poll for a sixth consecutive season. That night, Duke toppled Georgetown, 93-86, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
OFFENSE IN RHYTHM
Duke is averaging 84.0 points and out-scoring opponents by 20.2 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 leads the ACC in fewest fouls per game and blocks, is third in steals, third in field goal defense, third in scoring defense, fourth in three-point defense and fourth in free throw percentage … Duke is +10.4 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 11 of 13 games.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke has posted an all-time record of 925-168 (.846) at Cameron Indoor, including 567-73 (.886) under Coach K … Duke is 260-62 (.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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- The teams with the two longest active winning streaks in the ACC square off Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium when No. 2 Duke welcomes Miami with first place on the line.
- The game tips at 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network with Jay Alter and Malcolm Huckaby 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 enter on a five-game winning streak, while the Hurricanes storm in having won eight in a row. Saturday's game marks the first time Duke and Miami are meeting with each team undefeated in ACC play, not including an ACC season opener.
- Duke has had a balky start to 2022 as games versus Clemson (Dec. 29) and Notre Dame (Jan. 1) were postponed due to the University's health and safety protocols. The team had just one day of practice on Jan. 3 before beating Georgia Tech, 69-57, on Tuesday.
- Junior Wendell Moore Jr., is second in the ACC in assists (4.8), fourth in assist/turnover ratio (+2.58), eighth in scoring (16.3) and fourth in field goal percentage (.556) -- Moore and Wake's Alondes Williams are the only players ranked in the top 10 in each category.
- Saturday's game matches up four of the ACC's top 10 leading scorers in Duke's Moore and Paolo Banchero (17.1, 6th) and Miami's Kameron McGusty (18.3, 5th) and Isaiah Wong (16.3, 7th).
- Banchero leads all power conference true freshmen in scoring at 17.1 points. The Seattle native is sixth in the ACC in rebounding (7.5), 11th in field goal percentage (.487) and 12th in free throw shooting (.767).
- Over Duke's five-game winning streak, freshman AJ Griffin is averaging 12.0 points and 4.2 rebounds, while shooting .645 from the field, .500 (8-of-16) from three-point range and .800 at the free throw line, with five blocks, 10 assists and one turnover in that span.
- One of the nation's best ball-handling teams, Duke ranks third in the NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+1.84), eighth in fewest turnovers (9.4), 16th in turnover margin (+5.3) and 17th in assists (17.2).
- Duke ranks fourth in the ACC in free throw shooting and have made an ACC best 54 more free throws than opponents have attempted.
- Cameron Indoor Stadium celebrated its 82nd birthday on Jan. 6, and Duke has won 85 percent of its games all time at the historic venue.
THE OPENING TIP
Duke is 22-8 all-time versus Miami in a series that dates back to the 1962-63 season. Coach K is 22-7 vs. Miami … In ACC regular-season games, the series favors Duke 16-7 and Duke won both ACC Tournament meetings (2006 and 2010) … The Blue Devils are 11-2 versus the Hurricanes at Cameron Indoor … Miami escaped with a 77-75 victory in Coral Gables last season as Duke was unable to get a shot off before time expired … Last year's game featured five ties and 20 lead changes. Matthew Hurt scored 21 to lead the Blue Devils, while Wendell Moore Jr., added 18 on 7-of-9 shooting with six rebounds and three assists.
ABOUT THE HURRICANES
Surging Miami brings an ACC-leading eight-game winning streak into Saturday's game, and the Hurricanes sit atop the conference standings at 4-0 along with Louisville (4-0) and Duke (2-0) … The Canes are 4-0 in ACC play for just the second time in program history. The 2012-13 squad opened 13-0 en route to winning the ACC … Miami rallied from an 18-point deficit Wednesday at home to beat Syracuse, 88-87, thanks to a 58-point second half.
Charlie Moore score a team-high 25, while Kameron McGusty added 19 with five rebounds, five assists and three steals … McGusty leads the team in scoring at 18.3, which is fifth in the ACC. Only three players nationally have been to the free throw line more than McGusty's 72 attempts this season.Â
Isaiah Wong averages 16.3 points to rank seventh in the conference … For the season, Miami and Duke are two of the five ACC teams to have made more free throws than their opponents have attempted … Head coach Jim Larrañaga is in his 38th season overall and 11th season at Miami. His 682 career wins rank 33rd on the all-time list and he is ninth among active coaches.
STARTER STABILITY
Duke has used the same starting lineup in each of the first 13 games this season (Jeremy Roach, Trevor Keels, Wendell Moore Jr., Paolo Banchero, Mark Williams) … Should the same five start Saturday, it would tie the third-longest streak at Duke of opening a season with the same starting five.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 18-9 all-time when playing on Jan. 8, and has won 10 in a row … The Blue Devils are 10-0 on this date in the Coach K era … On Jan. 8, 2003, the Blue Devils ascended to No. 1 in the AP poll for a sixth consecutive season. That night, Duke toppled Georgetown, 93-86, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
OFFENSE IN RHYTHM
Duke is averaging 84.0 points and out-scoring opponents by 20.2 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 leads the ACC in fewest fouls per game and blocks, is third in steals, third in field goal defense, third in scoring defense, fourth in three-point defense and fourth in free throw percentage … Duke is +10.4 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 11 of 13 games.
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
Duke has posted an all-time record of 925-168 (.846) at Cameron Indoor, including 567-73 (.886) under Coach K … Duke is 260-62 (.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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