WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Leave it to No. 2 Duke's lone scholarship senior to lead his freshman-dominated team out of its only second-half deficit of the season.

Quinn Cook scored nine of his 12 points after the Blue Devils fell behind late, helping them beat Wake Forest 73-65 on Wednesday night.

Justise Winslow scored a season-high 20 points and fellow freshman Jahlil Okafor added 12 points and 11 rebounds in their first Atlantic Coast Conference road game.

But Cook came through in the final 5 minutes for the Blue Devils (14-0, 2-0), who kept pace with No. 1 Kentucky and No. 3 Virginia as the last unbeaten teams in Division I.

"This team's tough," Cook said. "Together. We don't want to lose."

Duke shot 44 percent and pulled away by scoring on eight straight possessions down the stretch to win its closest game all year. The Blue Devils had won each of their first 13 by double figures.

Rasheed Sulaimon added 10 points for the Blue Devils, who dropped four of their previous five ACC road openers and lost in their last visit to Winston-Salem in March.

"There's a sense of urgency with every ACC game that you can't manufacture," coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "You have to experience it."

Devin Thomas scored 24 points and Codi Miller-McIntyre added 13 for the Demon Deacons (8-8, 0-3).

They shot nearly 56 percent in the second half and gave a top-five opponent fits for the second straight game before fading.

"We lost. You compete to win. That's the bottom line," first-year coach Danny Manning said. "We've got to find ways to get the desired result that we want, and that's a win."

Miller-McIntyre gave Wake Forest its first lead since the opening minutes when his three-point play with 6:04 remaining made it 56-55. He added a free throw on the next possession to push the lead to two.

Cook countered with a three-point play two possessions later to make it 58-57 and put Duke back on top to stay.

Matt Jones converted a pretty layup, then two possessions later swished what Krzyzewski called "the biggest bucket" -- a 3-pointer that stretched the lead to 64-59 with 2 1/2 minutes to play.

Cook added a jumper with 51.9 seconds left before going 4 for 4 from the free throw line in the final 41 seconds -- the first two of those pushing Duke's lead to double figures for the first time, 71-61.

As a Team
• Duke earned its 14th win of the year, marking the seventh time in program history the Blue Devils opened the season with 14 straight wins.
• Duke moved to 164-78 when facing Wake Forest. Duke also improved to 120-18 when ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll with the win.
• The win over Wake Forest marked the first game this season the Blue Devils did not beat a team by more than 10 points. Duke is defeating opponents by an average of 23.5 points per game this season.
• Duke and Wake Forest faced one another for the242nd time, making it the most played series in league history.

Closing on 1K
• With the win, Coach K improved to 997-306 all-time and 924-247 at Duke. He is three wins shy of becoming the first Division I men’s coach in NCAA history to record 1,000 career victories.
• Wednesday’s win moved Coach K’s record against ACC opponents to 419-168.
• Duke improved to 14-0 for the seventh time under Coach K. The last time the Blue Devils started a season 14-0 under Coach K occurred during the 2012-13 season.

Cook on Duke’s All-Time Charts
• Quinn Cook scored double-digit points for the 13th game this season and the 59th time in his career, netting 12 points on 3-of-9 (.333) shooting. Cook remained in 47th on Duke’s all-time scorers list with 1,159 points.
• Cook posted two assists against Wake Forest to bring his career assists total to 449. Cook remains in 11th on Duke’s all-time assists list.
• Cook’s 1-of-5 (.200) shooting performance from beyond the arc extended his consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to an ACC-leading 24. Cook’s last game without at least one made three pointer came against Maryland on Feb. 15, 2014.

On the Offensive End
• Duke trailed for a season-high 5:06 in tonight’s contest, bringing the team’s total time trailing this season to 11:19 through the first 14 games of the season. The Blue Devils previously trailed 6:13 through the first 13 games. Duke trailed by six points in the first half, the most points Duke has trailed by this season.
• Duke has outscored its opponents in every half of a game this season except in the second half against Stanford (Nov. 22) and the second half against Elon (Dec. 15).
• Four or more Blue Devils scored in double digits for the 11th game this season (Winslow-20, Okafor-12, Cook-12, Sulaimon-10).
• Duke committed 14 turnovers, just the third time this season the Blue Devils committed more turnovers than their opponent, and the first time since Duke faced Connecticut on Dec. 18.

Fast Starts
• Duke has led at halftime in all 14 of its games and has outscored teams in the first half by an average of 12.6 points a game this season.
• Duke is shooting a combined 193-of-385 (.501) from the field in the first half of games this year.

Devilish Defense
• Today’s contest marked the 11th game this season that an opponent connected on five or fewer three pointers.
• Opponents are averaging just 4.1 made three-point field goals a game while facing Duke, compared to the Blue Devils’ 7.8 made three-pointers.
• Duke forced Wake Forest to commit 11 turnovers. Duke has recorded double-digit takeaways in all 14 games this season.

Fresh Faces
• For the 14th straight game, three freshmen (Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow) started, marking the first time since 1983 that three or more freshmen started 14 consecutive games in the Coach K era.
• Wednesday’s game marked the 49th time during the Coach K era three freshmen started. In 1982-83, three or more freshmen started 27 games, the highest number of games with three or more freshmen starting under Coach K.
• Two or more Duke freshmen scored double digits in a game for the 12th time this season (Winslow-20, Okafor-12).
• Winslow led Duke in scoring for the second time this season, netting a season-high 20 points on 7-of-17 (.412) shooting. A freshman has served as Duke’s leading scorer in 11 of the team’s 14 games.