Duke at Florida State Game Notes

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Duke (20-3, 7-3) at Florida State (13-11, 5-6)

Monday, February 9, 2015 • 7:01 p.m. • ESPN

Tallahassee, Fla. • Donald L. Tucker Center

OPENING TIP

• Duke (20-3, 7-3) travels to Tallahassee to face Florida State (13-11, 5-6) Monday, Feb. 9 at the
Donald L. Tucker Center. Tipoff is set for 7:01 p.m. with Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Shane Battier (analyst) and Allison Williams (sideline) calling the action for ESPN.

• The Blue Devils enter the game ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Duke is 69-15 when ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll. Florida State is unranked in both polls.

• Duke, Kansas and Virginia are the only teams in the NCAA to rank in the top 10 of the AP Poll (No. 4), USA Today Coaches Poll (No. 5), Ratings Percentage Index (No. 5) and Strength of Schedule (No. 6).
• Monday’s game marks Duke’s second appearance on ESPN Big Monday. The Blue Devils topped Pittsburgh, 79-65, Jan. 19 in the other outing.

LAST TIME OUT

Duke recorded its fourth win over an AP top-10 opponent with a 90-60 rout of No. 10 Notre Dame Saturday. The Blue Devils used a 43-7 first half run to race out to a 50-24 halftime lead.

• Justise Winslow recorded his third consecutive double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds to go along with four assists and two blocks.

• Jahlil Okafor posted a game-high 20 points and added 10 rebounds for his team-leading eighth double-double, while Matt Jones (17) and Tyus Jones (12) also scored in double figures.

• Duke went 17-of-21 (.810) from the field, including 7-of-8 (.875) from three-point range, in the opening half to match the third-best shooting half in school history.

• Duke’s 30-point margin of victory is the fourth highest against an AP top-10 opponent in program history.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Duke is one of six teams in the NCAA shooting 50 percent or better from the fi eld. The Blue Devils
have shot better than 50 percent from the field 11 times this year.

• Jahlil Okafor has scored in double figures in 23 straight games to match Johnny Dawkins for the longest double-digit scoring streak by a Duke freshman.

• Quinn Cook is averaging a career-high 14.2 points per game while also posting career bests in field goal percentage (.451), three-point percentage (.393), three-point field goals (2.57 3pg.) and free throw percentage (.920).

• Justise Winslow has recorded a double-double in three  consecutive games marking the eighth time at Duke a freshman has accomplished that feat. He is averaging 16.3 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.0 steals per game in that span.

• Duke is the only team in the NCAA with three freshmen averaging double figures in scoring. Jahlil Okafor (18.2 ppg.), Justise Winslow  (11.4 ppg.) and Tyus Jones (11.1 ppg.) combine for 40.6 points per game (50.4 percent of Duke scoring).

• Freshmen Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow have started all 23 games. Mike Krzyzewski has started three or more freshmen in a game 58 times at Duke (including 27 times in 1982-83).

• A freshman has led the Blue Devils in scoring in 17 of 23 games. Jahlil Okafor has paced the offensive attack 10 times, while Tyus Jones (5) and Justise Winslow (2) have also led Duke in scoring multiple times. The rookie trio has also accounted for 14 of Duke’s 15 20-point games on the year (Okafor 9, Jones 4, Winslow 1).

• Quinn Cook has made at least one three-point field goal in each of the past 33 games, tied for the fourth-longest streak in Duke history. He is shooting 40.3 percent (81-of-201) from behind the arc in that stretch.

• Duke’s starting backcourt of Quinn Cook and Tyus Jones has combined to shoot 88.3 percent (136-of-154) from the free throw line. Over the past 13 contests, Cook is 29-of-31 (.935) and Jones
is 58-of-64 (.906) from the charity stripe.

• Matt Jones has come off the bench to average 12.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game over the past three contests. He is 14-of-27 (.519) from the field, including 5-of-12 (.417) from three-point range in that span.

• Quinn Cook and Tyus Jones combined for 12 assists with no turnovers in Duke’s win over No. 10 Notre Dame Saturday. The guard duo averages 7.8 assists per game with a 2.69:1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season.

• Jahlil Okafor leads the ACC and ranks seventh nationally with a .659 fi eld goal percentage (172-
of-261). He has shot 70 percent or better from the field 13 times on the year.

• Tyus Jones has scored in double fi gures in six of the past seven games and is averaging 15.1 points and 5.1 assists per game in that span. He is 30-of-62 (.484) from the fi eld, including 13-of-28 (.464) from three-point range, over the past seven contests.

• Including Monday’s game, Duke has been ranked in the top 25 of the AP Poll in 32 consecutive meetings with Florida State. The Blue Devils have been ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll 31 times
during that span.

• Duke has played in front of a sellout crowd in 19 of its 23 contests this season.