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Wednesday, February 12
Durham, N.C.
9 p.m.
Duke University
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Duke Hosts Cal in First Meeting as ACC Foes
2/11/2025 6:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 3 Duke returns home for its first ACC meeting with California on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Blue Devils (20-3, 12-1 ACC) and Golden Bears (12-12, 5-8 ACC) tip off at 9 p.m., with the game broadcast live on the ACC Network.
- Wes Durham, Cory Alexander and Jim Boeheim will call the action on the ACC Network. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- The series between the Blue Devils and Golden Bears is tied, 2-2, with Duke winning the last two matchups (Nov. 21, 2019 and March 21, 2010 - NCAA Tournament).
- Wednesday is Cal's first game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The Blue Devils lead the country in scoring margin (+19.5) and rank sixth in the nation in scoring defense (60.5), seventh in field goal percentage defense (.385), ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.67), 15th in rebound margin (+7.6), 17th in effective field goal percentage (.566), 23rd in three-pointers per game (10.1) and 31st in assists per game (16.7) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-five in both offensive (5th) and defensive efficiency (4th), according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (80.0) and hold its opponents to fewer than 61 points per game (60.5)
- Tyrese Proctor has averaged 18.7 points in Duke's last three games, while shooting 19-of-37 (.514) from the field, including 10-of-23 (.435) from three-point range.
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, tops Duke in points (448), rebounds (177), assists (92), steals (35) and blocked shots (29).
- Flagg ranks among the ACC's top-10 in four of the five major statistical categories - scoring (3rd), rebounding (8th), assists (8th) and blocks (8th), and is 12th in steals.
- In the last six games, Sion James has distributed 23 assists to just three turnovers, a 7.7 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Maliq Brown, who topped the ACC with 71 steals last season as a member of the Syracuse Orange, leads the Blue Devils with 112 deflections (8 vs. UNC; 9 at Syracuse; 9 at Clemson), an average of 6.2 per game, and is second on the squad with 30 steals.
- Duke had its 16-game win streak come to an end at Clemson on Saturday, as the host Tigers secured a 77-71 victory.
- Tyrese Proctor scored a season-high 23 points in the effort and Cooper Flagg put the Blue Devils ahead late, scoring 14 of the team's final 17 points to finish with 18.
- Flagg and Khaman Maluach paced the team on the glass, with five caroms each, while Sion James dished a team-high five assists.
- Proctor's 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including a 4-of-8 showing from beyond the arc, are one off his career high. Kon Knueppel also connected on four makes from deep, finishing with 14 total points.
- The Blue Devils lost their first road game of the season, after winning their first seven to start the campaign.
- Duke is now 12-1 in ACC play. The Blue Devils won their first 12 ACC games for the first time since the 2005-06 team started the ACC schedule with 14 wins in a row.
- The Tigers finished the game having shot 30-of-51 (.588) from the field, becoming the first Duke opponent this season to shoot better than 50-percent from the field in a game.
- The Blue Devils finished the game with 12 total takeaways, their fifth consecutive game with double-digit opponent turnovers. Clemson entered Saturday night averaging 10.4 turnovers per game, tied for 41st nationally.
- Duke made 12-of-24 shots from behind the arc, the fourth game this season the Blue Devils connected on 50% or better from three-point range.
- The setback is Duke's first since falling to Kansas, 75-72, on Nov. 26, 2024.
- Flagg connected on three 3-pointers late in the game, including one with less than a minute on the clock to put Duke in the lead, 71-70.
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the fourth-best defense in the nation with an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 90.0 (as of Feb. 10).
- This season, Duke ranks sixth in the nation in scoring defense (60.5) and seventh in field goal percentage defense (.385) - both top marks in the ACC.
- Based on EvanMiya's Defensive Bayesian Performance Rating, Duke has six of the top 14 defenders in the ACC: Cooper Flagg (1st), Maliq Brown (3rd), Kon Knueppel (5th), Khaman Maluach (10th), Sion James (12th) and Tyrese Proctor (14th). Flagg ranks as the No. 1 defender in the nation with a rating of 4.41.
- Brown leads Duke with 112 deflections, an average of 6.2 per game, including eight against North Carolina, nine at Syracuse and nine at Clemson, while Flagg is second on the team with 68 deflections.
- 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.
- 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 has been voted as the ACC Rookie of the Week nine times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3) and the ACC Player of the Week four times (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Feb. 3).
- Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, currently leads Duke in points (448), rebounds (177), assists (92), steals (35) and blocked shots (29).
- Flagg ranks among the ACC's top-10 in four of the five major statistical categories - scoring (3rd), rebounding (8th), assists (8th) and blocks (8th), and ranks 12th in steals.
- Flagg currently leads the KenPom Player of the Year Standings with a 2.609 rating, ahead of Auburn's Johni Broome (2.261) and Purdue's Braden Smith (1.567).
- Flagg also tops the EvanMiya's Bayesian Performance Rating, measuring a player's overall value to his team when he is on the floor, with a combined offensive and defensive rating of 10.08, ahead of Auburn's Johni Broome at 9.78. Flagg also ranks as the No. 1 defender in the nation with a rating of 4.41.
- Duke has a record of 21-6 on Feb. 12.
- The Blue Devils have won seven of their last eight contests on this date since 1977, including three straight wins
- Duke has won all 11 outings played at home on Feb. 12, including a pair of victories at Card Gymnasium and nine triumphs at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- On this date last season, Duke defeated Wake Forest, 77-69, in Durham.
- 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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