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Saturday, January 25
Winston-Salem, N.C.
4:30 p.m.
Duke University
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Wake Forest
Photo by: Duke Athletics
Blue Devils Visit Wake Forest on Saturday Afternoon
1/24/2025 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Opening Tip
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- No. 2 Duke makes the trip to Winston-Salem to face Wake Forest on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Blue Devils (16-2, 8-0 ACC) and Demon Deacons (15-4, 7-1 ACC) tip off at 4:30 p.m., on ESPN.
- Dave O'Brien and Jon Crispin will call the action on ESPN. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- Duke owns a 5-0 record on the road, while Wake Forest is unbeaten at home (10-0).
- Duke and Wake Forest will meet for the 262nd time on Saturday in a series that dates back to the 1905-06 season.
- The Blue Devils hold an overall series lead of 180-81, including a 52-42 advantage in Winston-Salem.
- Duke has won 12 straight games, the longest active winning streak in the nation.
- Duke's 12-game win streak is the longest by the Blue Devils since the 2014-15 season.
- Duke's 8-0 start in ACC play is the best by the Blue Devils since the 2007-08 season (10-0).
- The Blue Devils lead the nation in scoring margin (+21.8) and rank fifth in the country in field goal percentage defense (.370), sixth in scoring defense (59.5), seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.72), 11th in rebound margin (+8.9), 14th in three-pointers per game (10.4) and 19th in assists per game (17.3) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-five in both offensive (4th) and defensive efficiency (2nd), according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (81.3) and hold its opponents to fewer than 60 points per game (59.5).
- Tyrese Proctor scored a season-high 20 points with three 3-pointers in Duke's road win at Boston College on Jan. 18.
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, tops Duke in points (346), rebounds (145), assists (73), steals (28) and blocked shots (22).
- Flagg is the only player to rank among the ACC's top-10 in all five of the major statistical categories - scoring (2nd), rebounding (6th), assists (8th), steals (9th) and blocks (7th).
- In the last five games, Sion James has distributed 26 assists with just six turnovers, an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.3.
- Duke used 20-point performances from Cooper Flagg and Tyrese Proctor en route to an 88-63 victory at Boston College on Saturday, Jan. 18.
- The Blue Devils trailed by as many as seven points early in the contest, but outscored the Eagles, 48-29, following halftime to secure its sixth conference win with a final margin of at least 20 points.
- Flagg poured in 28 points on a 9-of-14 (.643) performance from the field, and added a 9-of-11 (.818) showing from the free throw line. The freshman also added five rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals.
- Proctor tallied his first 20-point outing of the season (third of his career) with 20 total points, highlighted by three 3-pointers.
- Isaiah Evans rounded out Duke's double-digit scoring with 16 points, aided by four 3-pointers.
- On the glass, Sion James paced the Blue Devils with his seven caroms. Mason Gillis finished right behind James on the glass, grabbing a season-high six caroms. James also led the team in assists, dishing six dimes.
- With the victory, Duke extended its winning streak to 12, moving into the lead for longest streak nationally, and gave head coach Jon Scheyer his 70th win at the helm of the Duke program.
- Duke is now 5-0 in road games this season, the best start to a road slate since the 2018-19 season, when Duke won its first seven away games.
- Duke turned in a 30-of-57 (.526) shooting performance from the field, marking the seventh consecutive game that the Blue Devils have finished at .500 or better from the field.
- The Blue Devils won the rebounding battle, 36-22, and have out-rebounded 15 of their first 18 opponents this season.
- Duke collected 38 points in the paint, compared to 28 by the Eagles. The Blue Devils have out-scored the opposition in the paint in 16 of their 18 games and have posted a double-digit margin in that category 11 times this season.
- The Blue Devils held the Eagles to just three fast-break points. Duke opponents have logged single-digit fast-break points in all but two games this season.
- Duke's defense limited Boston College to 63 points, and has held all but one unranked opponent under 65 points.
- The Eagles mustered just 29 points in the second half, becoming the 10th team overall and fifth ACC foe that Duke's defense has held to 30 points or fewer in the second half this season.
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the second-best defense in the nation with an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 88.1 (as of Jan. 23).
- This season, Duke ranks fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.370) and sixth in scoring defense (59.5) - both top marks in the ACC.
- Last season, the 2023-24 Blue Devils finished the season 16th in the nation in defense efficiency (95.2), and ranked 28th in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to just 66.3 points per game.
- In 2022-23, Jon Scheyer's first season as head coach, Duke finished the season 16th in the nation in defense efficiency (93.9), and ranked 24th in three-point percentage defense (.305), 27th in field goal percentage defense (.406) and 30th in scoring defense (63.6).
- Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2024 recruiting class, secured a spot on the 2024-25 Associated Press preseason All-America Team.
- The 6-9 guard/forward was also announced as the Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year and named to the Preseason All-ACC First Team, as chosen by a select media panel.
- Flagg collected 18 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in the season-opener against Maine to become the first freshman in Duke history to have at least 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in their debut.
- Flagg was the first Duke player in the last 40 years to amass 50+ points, 25+ rebounds and 10+ assists in his first three career games, per ESPN.
- Flagg was voted as the ACC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week on Nov. 25, becoming the first player to earn both honors in the same week since Feb. 3, 2020, when Duke's Vernon Carey, Jr., accomplished the same feat.
- Flagg has posted six double-doubles this season, including four with 20 points or more and two of those against ranked opponents, collecting 26 points and 11 rebounds versus No. 19 Kentucky and 22 points and 11 caroms against No. 2 Auburn.
- Flagg became the only 17-year-old in NCAA history to register multiple 20-point double-doubles, according to Real Sports.
- In Duke's four top-25 matchups, Flagg averaged 21.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.3 steals per game.
- After registering a pair of 20-point double-doubles without committing a turnover against No. 2 Auburn and at Louisville, Flagg was declared the Associated Press and Lute Olson National Player of the Week and the ACC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 9).
- Flagg is just the sixth player in Duke history to score at least 200 points and grab at least 100 rebounds within Duke's first 13 games of the respective season, joining Jabari Parker (278 points/104 rebounds in 2013-14), Marvin Bagley III (274/142 in 2017-18), Zion Williamson (263/123 in 2018-19), Jahill Okafor (253/113 in 2014-15) and Vernon Carey Jr. (233/117 in 2019-20).
- Flagg broke the Duke and ACC freshman single-game scoring records with 42 points versus Notre Dame (Jan. 11), becoming the youngest player in NCAA history to have a 40-point game, according to Real Sports.
- Flagg has been voted as the ACC Rookie of the Week seven times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20) and the ACC Player of the Week three times (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Jan. 13).
- On Jan. 13, Flagg became the first player in ACC history to sweep the conference weekly awards (player and rookie of the week) three times. He is the fifth player in the history of the league to sweep the conference's weekly awards multiple times in a season, joining four former Blue Devils - Vernon Carey Jr. (2019-20), Zion Williamson (2018-19), Marvin Bagley III (2017-18) and Jabari Parker (2013-14), who each did so twice.
- The freshman achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the fall 2024 semester.
- Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, currently leads Duke in points (346), rebounds (145), assists (73), steals (28) and blocked shots (22).
- Flagg is the only player to rank among the ACC's top-10 in all five of the major statistical categories - scoring (2nd), rebounding (6th), assists (8th), steals (9th) and blocks (7th).
- Flagg currently leads the KenPom Player of the Year Standings with a 2.757 rating, ahead of Auburn's Johni Broome (2.176) and Kansas's Hunter Dickinson (1.669).
- Duke has a record of 13-6 on Jan. 25.
- The Blue Devils have won six of the last seven games on this date since 2003, and nine of 11 since 1986.
- The Blue Devils and Demon Deacons have met three times on Jan. 25 (1922, 1924, 1992) - all Duke victories in Durham.
- Duke is 3-5 in road games on this date, with the Blue Devils last winning on an opponent's home court in 2015 at St. John's.
- The weekly television show, "Duke All-Access with Jon Scheyer," is back for its third season in 2024-25.
- The 30-minute show features Jon Scheyer and his Blue Devils team. Presented in magazine format and produced by John Roth, the show also includes informative player features and behind-the-scenes access to the Duke program.
- A production of Blue Devil Sports Properties from LEARFIELD, the show airs locally on ABC-11 WTVD on Sundays at noon ET and is live streamed on ABC11.com Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET. It is also available regionally across the FanDuel Sports Network on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. ET; and on MASN Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. ET. It can also be viewed via the Duke Athletics YouTube Channel and archived on GoDuke.com.
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