Duke (25-3, 12-3) vs. Syracuse (18-10, 9-6)

Saturday, February 28, 2015 • 7:05 p.m. • ESPN

Durham, N.C. • Cameron Indoor Stadium

The Opening Tip

• Duke (25-3, 12-3) hosts Syracuse (18-10, 9-6) Saturday, Feb. 28 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. with Sean McDonough, Dick Vitale and Allison Williams 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 74-15 when ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll. Syracuse is unranked in both polls.

• Duke and Kansas 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. 4) and Strength of Schedule (No. 10).

• Duke is 11-2 against teams in the top 64 of the Ratings Percentage Index, including a 4-0 mark against teams in the top 20. Syracuse enters the contest 63rd in the RPI.

Last Time OUt

• Duke recorded a 91-86 overtime win at Virginia Tech Wednesday to reach the 25-win plateau for the eighth consecutive season and 24th time under Mike Krzyzewski.

• Jahlil Okafor scored a career-high 30 points on 13-of-18 shooting to go along with nine rebounds and two assists. He became just the fifth Duke freshman to score 30 or more points in a game.

• Quinn Cook continued his All-America caliber play with 26 points while playing all 45 minutes. He was 8-of-13 from the field, including 6-of-11 from three-point range in the win. Cook scored 21 points and knocked down five three-point field goals after intermission.

• Justise Winslow added 15 points, seven rebounds and two steals for the Blue Devils, while Tyus Jones notched a team-high nine assists.

• Duke shot 59.3 percent (35-of-59) from the field, marking the 14th time it has shot 50 percent or better from the field in a game. The Blue Devils made all three field goal attempts in overtime.

By the numbers

• Jahlil Okafor leads the team in scoring (18.4 ppg.), rebounds (9.4 rpg.) and field goal percentage (.665). He is attempting to become the first freshman to lead Duke in all three categories.

• Quinn Cook is averaging a career-high 15.9 points per game while also posting career bests in field goal percentage (.470), three-point percentage (.415) and three-point field goals (2.86 3pg.).

• Duke is the only team in the NCAA with three freshmen averaging double figures in scoring. Jahlil Okafor (18.4 ppg.), Justise Winslow (12.0 ppg.) and Tyus Jones (11.5 ppg.) combine for 41.9 points per game (51.7 percent of Duke scoring).

• The freshmen trio of Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow have been together in Duke’s starting lineup 27 times. Mike Krzyzewski has started three or more freshmen in a game 62 times at Duke (including 27 times in 1982-83).

• A freshman has led the Blue Devils in scoring in 20 of 28 games. Jahlil Okafor has paced the offensive attack 12 times, while Tyus Jones (6) and Justise Winslow (2) have also led Duke in scoring multiple times. The rookie trio has also accounted for 18 of Duke’s 23 20-point games on the year (Okafor 11, Jones 5, Winslow 2).

• Quinn Cook has made at least one three-point field goal in each of the past 38 games, the longest streak in Duke history. He is shooting 41.8 percent (102-of-244) from behind the arc in that stretch.

• Duke’s starting backcourt of Quinn Cook and Tyus Jones has combined to shoot 87.2 percent (171-of-196) from the free throw line. Over the past 18 contests, Jones is 72-of-79 (.911) and Cook is 50-of-58 (.862) from the charity stripe.

• Justise Winslow has scored in double figures in each of the past nine games and is averaging 15.0 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting 52.2 percent (48-of-92) from the field, including 47.6 percent (10-of-21) from three-point range, in that span.

• Jahlil Okafor leads the ACC and ranks second nationally with a .665 field goal percentage (206-of-310). He has shot 70 percent or better from the field 16 times on the year.

• Tyus Jones has scored in double figures in 10 of the past 12 games and is averaging 14.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game in that span.

• Quinn Cook has played 209 of a possible 210 minutes over the past five games and is averaging 23.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in that span. He is 38-of-71 (.535) from the field and 21-of-43 (.488) from three-point range during the five-game stretch.

• Duke leads the ACC in scoring at 81.0 points per game. The Blue Devils are looking to pace the conference in scoring in back-to-back years for the first time since finishing atop the league scoring charts from 1997-2003.

• Duke is playing its 282nd consecutive game as a ranked team in the AP Poll. The Blue Devils are 233-48 (.829) in that span.

• Duke has shot 50 percent or better from the field 14 times on the year. The Blue Devils are 14-0 in those contests and 487-31 under Mike Krzyzewski when shooting 50 percent or better from the floor.

• Duke is averaging 87.4 points per game on 53.2 percent shooting from the field, including 59.9 percent (324-of-541) from two-point range, over 14 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have scored 80 or more points in a game nine times at home this season.