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Duke Basketball

NIT Official Game Notes – UNCC at Duke

ScheyerGame 3 l NIT Season Tip-Off Second Round
Duke (2-0) vs. Charlotte (2-0)
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 l 6:05 p.m. l ESPN
Cameron Indoor Stadium l Durham, N.C.

The Opening Tip
Duke (2-0), ranked ninth in the AP preseason poll and eighth in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, faces Charlotte (2-0) on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 6:05 p.m. in the second round of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Tuesday’s contest will be televised by ESPN with Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes calling the action.

The Last Time Out
Duke improved to 2-0 on the year with a 74-49 win over Coastal Carolina on Monday. Kyle Singler led the way with 23 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots, while freshman Andre Dawkins had 13 points and three assists. Senior Jon Scheyer and sophomore Miles Plumlee added 10 points each. Duke held Coastal Carolina to 28.6 percent (16-of-56) shooting for the game.

Series History
Duke is 2-0 all-time against Charlotte. The Blue Devils topped 100 points in both games, winning 111-94 on Dec. 1, 1990 and 104-82 on Jan. 18, 1992. Both games were played at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

NIT Season Tip-Off History
Duke is 19-2 all-time in the NIT Season Tip-Off, including a 9-0 mark in first and second round games played at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have won nine straight games in the tournament. Duke won NIT Season Tip-Off championships in 1985, 2000 and 2005.

Numbers Game

  • The Blue Devils have won an NCAA-best 70 consecutive non-conference home games.
  • Duke is 24-2 in in-season tournaments over the past nine seasons. The Blue Devils have won eight straight in-season tournament games.
  • The Blue Devils have won 14 straight games and are 76-27 all-time against Atlantic 10 opponents.
  • Duke has won 30 straight home games against unranked opponents, dating back to a 68-67 loss to Florida State on Feb. 4, 2007.
  • Jon Scheyer (1,377 points) and Kyle Singler (1,103 points) are the highest returning career scoring tandem in the ACC with 2,480 career points. The duo has combined for 71 points in Duke’s first two games of the season.
  • Duke is 48-14 when ranked ninth in the AP poll. The Blue Devils have won seven straight games when ranked No. 9 in the country.
  • Junior Kyle Singler recorded his 14th career double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds in Monday’s win over Coastal Carolina. The 23-point effort marked the 17th game of his career with 20+ points.
  • Jon Scheyer has nine assists and zero turnovers in 74 minutes of action this season. The Northbrook, Ill., native had five assists in 37 minutes of play on Monday. Scheyer boasts a 1.75:1 assist-to-turnover ratio in 106 career games.
  • Sophomore Miles Plumlee is averaging 10.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game after recording 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game a year ago.
  • Jon Scheyer has now scored in double figures 78 times in his career. He has 10+ points in all 14 games since moving to point at the end of the 2008-09 season.
  • Freshman Andre Dawkins reached double figures in scoring for the first time in his career with 13 points Monday night. He made three three-point field goals in the game and also dished out three assists (with zero turnovers).
  • Duke guards Jon Scheyer and Andre Dawkins have combined for 14 assists and zero turnovers through two games.
  • Kyle Singler is shooting 58.9 percent (17-of-29) from the field, including 40.0 percent (4-of-10) from three-point range, through two games.
  • Duke’s primary interior players (Miles Plumlee, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek) are shooting a combined 62.2 percent (23-of-37) from the field. Zoubek is 8-of-9 (.889) from the floor to lead the way. The trio has also combined for 18.5 rebounds per game.
  • The Blue Devils held Coastal Carolina under 28.6 percent (16-of-56) shooting from the field to improve 41-0 under Coach K when holding opponents below 30 percent shooting.
  • Junior Nolan Smith will make his season debut on Tuesday. Smith served a two-game suspension for a violation of rules pertaining to summer league participation.
Duke Basketball

Duke coasts to a 74-49 win over Coastal Carolina by playing solid defense

Singler drops 23 on Coastal Carolina
Singler drops 23 on Coastal Carolina

DURHAM, N.C. – Kyle Singler had 23 points and 11 rebounds and No. 9 Duke beat Coastal Carolina 74-49 on Monday night in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Freshman Andre Dawkins had 13 points and Jon Scheyer and Miles Plumlee added 10 apiece for the Blue Devils (2-0).

They held the Chanticleers to three field goals during a 14-minute stretch of the first half, put themselves up by 25 points with a 24-11 spurt midway through the second and cruised from there to a second-round matchup with the Elon-Charlotte winner Tuesday night.

Mario Edwards scored 12 to lead the Chanticleers (1-1). Their coach, Cliff Ellis, beat Duke three times from 1987-90 during his decade coaching at Clemson. But that didn't translate onto the court for a Coastal Carolina team seeking its first win against an Atlantic Coast Conference team since 1987.

But on a night when the Blue Devils once again were short-handed due to an injury and a suspension, Singler was there to keep them rolling. The ACC's preseason player of the year followed his 20-point performance in the opening win against North Carolina-Greensboro with even bigger numbers, scoring 15 in the first half and finishing 8 of 14 in 36 minutes.

Dawkins, a freshman with a quick trigger from long range, hit two 3-pointers during the overwhelming second-half spurt. The first made it 50-28 with 11 minutes left and pushed Duke's lead into the 20s.

The Blue Devils extended their NCAA-record nonconference winning streak at Cameron Indoor Stadium to 70, claimed their 30th straight win at home against an unranked team and improved to 19-2 in the preseason NIT, a tournament they have won three times.

Coastal Carolina, which was playing its first game against a top-10 team since a 43-point loss to No. 7 Florida in 2002, fell to 1-28 against the ACC and lost its sixth straight road game. The Chanticleers were without three first-year players — including South Carolina transfer Chad Gray — who were serving one-game suspensions for violating undisclosed team rules.

Duke had just eight players in its rotation because guard Nolan Smith sat out the second of his two-game suspension for playing in an unsanctioned summer league and 6-foot-10 freshman forward Mason Plumlee remained out with a broken left wrist. Smith is expected back for the second-round matchup.

Without them, the Blue Devils pushed their lead into double figures to stay by scoring 10 straight points midway through the first half and forcing the Chanticleers into some miserable shooting.

Coastal Carolina reeled off six quick points in the first 2 minutes — but managed just six more during the following 14, when they were held to 3-of-22 shooting while allowing Duke to take a 26-12 lead. The Chanticleers attempted their only two free throws of the half at the 2:20 mark.

Duke Football

Duke Football Injury Report – Sean Renfree and Mitchell Lederman out for the year

Sean Renfree is out for the year - BDN Photo
Sean Renfree is out for the year - BDN Photo

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke offensive guard Mitchell Lederman and quarterback Sean Renfree will miss the remainder of the 2009 season due to injury, announced on Monday by Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe.

Lederman, a 6-7, 305-pound redshirt junior from Brodhead, Wis., suffered a fractured toe on his right foot against North Carolina.  On Monday morning, he underwent surgery performed by Dr. Tee Moorman and Dr. Mark Easley of the Duke Sports Medicine Center.  In 2009, Lederman played in nine games with seven starting assignments at left guard.
Renfree, a 6-3, 210-pound redshirt freshman from Scottsdale, Ariz., suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee this past week against Georgia Tech and will have surgery performed by Moorman at a later date.  As Duke's top reserve at quarterback, Renfree appeared in five games this year and completed 34-of-50 (.680) pass attempts for 330 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions.  His best game came at Army in week two, coming off the bench to hit on seven-of-eight passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns in Duke's 35-19 come-from-behind victory.
Duke travels to face Miami this week (12 noon; ESPNU) before hosting Wake Forest on November 28 at Wallace Wade Stadium (12 noon; Raycom Sports).  Tickets may be purchased online at www.GoDuke.com or by calling the Duke Athletic Ticket Office at 877-375-DUKE.