OPENING TIP

• Duke (8-0) returns to action after an 11-day hiatus between games to host Elon (5-4) Monday, Dec. 15 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. with ESPNU televising the contest.

• Duke enters the game ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Blue Devils are 114-18 when ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll. Elon is unranked in both polls.

• The Blue Devils have won an NCAA-best 37 consecutive games at Cameron Indoor Stadium entering Monday’s contest.

• Duke has won 26 straight games in the month of December dating back to a Dec. 2, 2009 loss at Wisconsin.

• The Blue Devils have shot 50 percent or better from the field six times this season and are second in the NCAA in field goal percentage (.539).

• Duke has won each of the first eight games by 10-or-more points, marking the first time since the 2002-03 season it has accomplished that feat. The Blue Devils opened the 2002-03 campaign with nine straight double digit wins.

• Duke is looking to open the season with nine straight wins for the 22nd time in school history. Coach K-led teams have started 9-0 15 times at Duke.

THE LAST TIME OUT

• Duke is coming off an 80-70 win at No. 2 Wisconsin Wednesday, Dec. 3. The Blue Devils shot 65.2 percent (30-of-46) to become the first visiting team to shoot over 60 percent from the field in the 18-year history of the Kohl Center.

• Tyus Jones led four double-figure scorers with a season-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Rasheed Sulaimon (14), Quinn Cook (13) and Jahlil Okafor (13) also scored in double figures.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Duke has won each of the first eight games by 10-or-more points, marking the first time since the 2002-03 season it has accomplished that feat. The Blue Devils opened the 2002-03 campaign with nine straight double digit wins.

• The Blue Devils have trailed for just 4:54 through the first eight games of the season. Duke’s largest deficit this season has been four points.

• Duke is averaging 102.0 points per game on 58.8 percent shooting (151-of-257) at Cameron Indoor Stadium this season. The Blue Devils have scored 90-or-more points in all four home games with a pair of 100-point efforts.

• Eight different Blue Devils have scored in double figures this season with Quinn Cook and Jahlil Okafor reaching double figures in all eight contests.

• Freshmen Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow have started all eight games for the Blue Devils. Mike Krzyzewski has started three or more freshmen in a game 43 times at Duke, including 27 times during the 1982-83 season.

• Duke’s top-rated freshman class - Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow - combines to average 45.9 points per game while shooting an efficient 53.6 percent (128-of-239) from the field. The group has accounted for 18 of Duke’s 33 double figure scoring games this season.

• Quinn Cook has scored in double figures in all eight games and ranks ninth in the ACC in scoring at 15.3 ppg. He leads the ACC in three-point field goals (2.88 3pg.), while also ranking among the conference leaders in three-point percentage (.442 - 6th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.63:1 - 3rd).

• Jahlil Okafor, a three-time ACC Freshman of the Week selection, ranks second in the ACC in scoring (17.1 ppg.) and field goal percentage (.646), while also ranking among the league leaders in rebounds (12th - 7.6 rpg.), offensive rebounds (T-5th - 3.5 orpg.) and blocks (9th - 1.5 bpg.).

• Tyus Jones is averaging 19.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game over the last two contests. He is 11-of-19 (.579) from the field and 13-of-16 (.813) from the foul line in that span.

• Jahlil Okafor is averaging 20.3 points per game on 77.1 percent (37-of-48) shooting in four home contests.

• Amile Jefferson continues to be active on the glass, averaging a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game (9th in the ACC). He has collected 29 offensive rebounds and is tied for third in the league in that category (3.63 orpg.).

• Matt Jones is averaging 7.0 points per game, while shooting 55.6 percent (10-of-18) from three-point range. As a freshman, Jones was just 3-of-21 (.143) from behind the arc and averaged 1.8 ppg.

• Duke’s post rotation of Amile Jefferson, Jahlil Okafor and Marshall Plumlee combines to average 29.6 points and 19.0 rebounds per game while shooting 67.1 percent (100-of-149) from the field.

• Duke went 15-of-21 (.714) from the field in the second half of its road win over No. 2 Wisconsin. The Blue Devils are now shooting 55.5 percent (151-of-257) from the field in the second half of play this season.

• The Blue Devils are one of 10 remaining undefeated teams in the NCAA. Duke and Kentucky are the only teams in that group to win each game by 10-or-more points.

• Duke is 51-8 all-time against teams currently in the Colonial Athletic Association, including an active 26-game win streak.