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Saturday, December 9
Durham, N.C.
2:15 p.m.
Duke University
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Charlotte
Blue Devils Return Home, Take on Charlotte
12/8/2023 4:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- Duke returns home on Saturday to host Charlotte after back-to-back road games last week.
- Tom Werme and Mike Gminski are on the call on The CW, while David Shumate and John Roth broadcast the game on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- The Blue Devils and 49ers have met on the hardwood seven times with Duke holding a 6-1 (.857) series advantage, including a 3-0 record inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- In the last meeting between the Blue Devils and 49ers on Nov. 17, 2009, Jon Scheyer collected 20 points, six rebounds, five assists, two steals and a blocked shot during Duke's 101-59 victory over Charlotte.
- Duke is coming off a 72-68 loss at Georgia Tech in the ACC opener on Dec. 2.
- Jeremy Roach led Duke's efforts against Georgia Tech with 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.
- Charlotte is coming off an 85-62 home win over Stetson on Tuesday, Dec. 5, as the 49ers distributed 25 assists for the first time since 2007.
- Charlotte 6-11 center Dishon Jackson scored a career-high 19 points with seven rebounds and two assists, while guard Lu'Cye Patterson dished out a career-high eight assists with nine points and forward Igor Milicic Jr. added 13 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and three steals.
- Duke ranks fifth nationally in fewest turnovers per game (8.6), sixth in turnover percentage (12.4%) and ninth in assist/turnover ratio (1.86).
- Charlotte ranks 16th in the nation in free throw percentage (78.1%) and 19th in scoring defense (61.9 points allowed per game).
- Charlotte head coach Aaron Fearne is in his first year as a college head coach after serving as the 49ers associate head coach during the 2022-23 season.
- The Blue Devils own an 11-7 record on Dec. 9, including triumphs on three of their last four outings played on this date.
- Among ACC leaders, Kyle Filipowski ranks sixth in scoring (18.9 ppg), fifth in rebounding (8.4 rpg), eighth in blocked shots (1.9 bpg) and eighth in field goal percentage (.529).
- Through eight games, Duke has been one of the best teams in the country at limiting turnovers.
- According to KenPom, the Blue Devils currently have the sixth-lowest turnover percentage nationally, coming in at just 12.4%.
- Duke is one of five power-conference teams inside the top-10, joined by Oregon, Cincinnati, Northwestern and Kentucky.
- Sophomore Kyle Filipowski has tallied double-doubles in two of Duke's last three games, moving his career total to 18 double-doubles in just 44 games played.
- The Westtown, N.Y., native scored 21 points against Southern Indiana while reeling in 14 boards for his first double-double of the season. He then poured in 23 second-half points en route to a season-best 26 total points to go along with 10 rebounds at Arkansas.
- So far this season, Filipowski has upped his shooting average compared to his freshman campaign. The 7-footer is averaging nearly 20 points per game while shooting 52.9% from the field, up from 44.1% during the 2022-23 season.
- The versatile big is also well on pace to step up his assist and block numbers. Filipowski has tallied 18 dimes, while logging just nine turnovers so far this season and has already blocked 15 shots, after swatting a total of 26 attempts during his freshman year.
- Duke has sold out 511 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 463-47 (.908).
- Duke has posted an all-time record of 950-171 (.847) at Cameron Indoor, that included a 572-76 (.883) record under Coach K.
- Duke has won more games at its current home venue than any team in college basketball.
- Now in its 85th 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.
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,197 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.
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