Duke University

DURHAM, NC – No. 8 Duke opens ACC play at house with a Sunday matinee in opposition to Virginia Tech on Dec. 8. Tipoff is ready for 4 p.m., stay on the ACC Community.

OPENING TIP:

• The Blue Devils are 31-16 all-time in convention openers and boast a 23-4 report when opening ACC play at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Duke and Virginia Tech will meet for the thirty ninth time on Sunday. The Blue Devils maintain a commanding lead, 29-9, within the all-time sequence.
• The Blue Devils and Hokies have cut up the final 4 common season conferences with every workforce holding serve on their respective fields.
• Duke’s offense has been sharp this season, scoring 81.9 factors on 48 p.c capturing from the sphere and 39 p.c from deep.
• Within the NCAA workforce rankings, the Blue Devils rank 14th in three-point capturing, twenty fifth in discipline purpose share and twenty eighth in discipline purpose offense (NCAA rating of 12.7 ).
• The Blue Devils’ balanced assault is led by a trio of double-digit e Ashlon Jackson (14.2), Reagan Richardson (13.7) and Toby Fournier (10.9).
• General, Duke has had seven completely different scorers with 9 completely different gamers attain double figures thus far.
• Ten gamers are averaging a minimum of 10 minutes per sport with 5 enjoying 20 plus – Ashlon Jackson (28.7), Reagan Richardson (26.8), Jadyn Donovan (25.0), Taina Mair (23.5), Delaney Thomas (21.5).
• Duke has gotten an enormous enhance from its reserves this season, rating 18th nationally in scoring at 33.3 factors per sport (NCAA rating since 12.7). Duke has almost doubled its foes, outscoring them 333-182.
• Duke has seemed to make an additional go on offense with almost 60 p.c of the workforce’s discipline targets coming through assists. For the season, the Blue Devils have tossed 185 cash in 316 buckets.
• The Blue Devils rank within the high 20 nationally in help common, rating No. 18 at 18.5 cents per sport (NCAA rank at 12.7). Mair has persistently supported Duke’s offense, averaging 4.1 assists per contest.
• Duke has wreaked havoc on protection, notching 11.7 steals (thirty sixth in NCAA) per sport whereas forcing opponents into 20.1 turnovers per contest (NCAA ranks 12.7). As a workforce, Duke has tallied 117 steals on the 12 months.
• 9 completely different Blue Devils have a minimum of 5 steals with six in double figures – D. Thomas (19), O. Okananwa (18), J. Donovan (16), A. Jackson (13), T. Mair (13) , T. Fournier (10).
• Ranked No. 8 within the Week 5 Related Press (AP) Prime-25 ballot, marking this system’s highest nationwide rating since 2014-15.
• Ranked tenth within the newest iteration of the NCAA Ranking Software (NET) rankings. The Blue Devils are presently 3-2 vs. Quad 1, 1-0 vs. Quad 2, and 4-0 vs. Quad 3 and 4.
• The Blue Devils have already performed 5 groups ranked within the NET’s high 50 – South Carolina (1), Kansas State (7), Oklahoma (14), Maryland (17), South Dakota State (43), Columbia (49) .
• Duke’s Power of Schedule (SOS) is presently ranked fifth nationally and first within the ACC. Three of Duke’s foes thus far additionally boast top-35 SOSs — South Carolina (1st), South Dakota State (2nd), Belmont (thirty fourth).

OFFENSIVE FIRE POWER:

• Duke’s offense has been sharp this season, scoring 81.9 factors on 48 p.c capturing from the sphere and 39 p.c from deep. The workforce’s 81.9 factors per sport is the very best common since 2013-14.
• Within the NCAA workforce rankings, the Blue Devils rank 14th in three-point capturing, twenty fifth in discipline purpose share and twenty eighth in discipline purpose offense (NCAA rating of 12.7 ).
• Duke has scored a minimum of 70 factors in each sport this season, matching the Blue Devils’ longest streak of 70 factors to open the 12 months courting again to 2013-14.
• The Blue Devils’ balanced assault is led by a trio of double-digit e Ashlon Jackson (14.2), Reagan Richardson (13.7) and Toby Fournier (10.9).
• General, Duke has had seven completely different scorers with 9 completely different gamers attain double figures thus far.
• The Blue Devils have featured a minimal of three gamers in double figures each sport and have completed with a minimum of 5 double-digit scorers thrice this season.
• Ten gamers are averaging a minimum of 10 minutes per sport with 5 enjoying 20 plus – Ashlon Jackson (28.7), Reagan Richardson (26.8), Jadyn Donovan (25.0), Taina Mair (23.5), Delaney Thomas (21.5).
• Duke’s 109 factors in opposition to Oklahoma (11.27) had been the Blue Devils’ most in opposition to a ranked foe since Jan. 24, 2002, when the workforce scored 102 factors in a 20-point overcome No. 21 North Carolina.
• The Blue Devils have eclipsed the 100-point mark thrice under Kara Lawson with 109 factors rating second within the Kara period – simply two shy of the 111 scored in opposition to Charleston Southern in 2022-23.

Stool physique:

• Duke has gotten an enormous enhance from its reserves this season, rating 18th nationally in scoring at 33.3 factors per sport (NCAA rating since 12.7). Duke has almost doubled its foes, outscoring them 333-182.
• The Blue Satan bench has scored 50 factors on two events, exploding for 58 factors in opposition to Dayton (11.14) and 51 in opposition to Belmont (11.21).
• preliminary Toby Fournier and sophomore Jordan Wooden have led the offense thus far, with the duo combining to common 18.8 factors and eight.4 boards per sport.
• Fournier has scored in double figures in six video games, rating third on the workforce in scoring (10.9) and tied for third on the glass with 4.2 rebounds.
• After seeing restricted motion in 2023-24, Wooden (7.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg) has thrived in a much bigger function and been a direct impression participant for the Blue Devils. She has 79 factors this season after scoring simply 19 in 14 video games final 12 months.
• The Chicago, In poor health. native has scored in double figures in 4 video games, scoring a career-high 17 factors on 8-of-11 capturing, three rebounds and three steals in opposition to Dayton (11.14).
• Sixth reigning ACC POTY Oluchi Okananwa (6.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg) picked up the place he left off and continues to inject vitality off the Duke bench.
• Vanessa de Jesus (5.4 ppg, 2.7 apg) and Emma Koabel (2.0 ppg, 2.1 rpg) have additionally made stable contributions for the Blue Devils this season.

MAKING THE EXTRA PASS:

• Duke has seemed to make an additional go on offense with almost 60 p.c of the workforce’s discipline targets coming through assists. For the season, the Blue Devils have tossed 185 cash in 316 buckets.
• The Blue Devils rank within the high 20 nationally in help common, rating No. 18 at 18.5 cents per sport (NCAA rank at 12.7). Duke has tallied 11 or extra helpers in each sport and has misplaced greater than 17 dimes seven occasions.
• Seven Blue Devils have recorded double-digit assists with 4 gamers proudly owning 20 or extra – Taina Mair (41), Jadyn Donovan (28), Vanessa de Jesus (27), Ashlon Jackson (22).
• Mair has persistently supported Duke’s offense, averaging 4.1 assists per contest. The junior has three-plus assists in eight video games, together with 5 contests of 4 or extra.
• She was dealing with the rock brilliantly in wins over No. 9 Kansas State (11.25) and no. 8 Oklahoma (11.27) within the Ball Dawgs Traditional, giving up seven dimes in opposition to the Wildcats and a season-high 9 in opposition to the Sooners.
• Mair averaged 8.0 dimes per sport and completed MTE with a 3.2 assist-to-turnover ratio after totaling 16 assists in simply 5 turnovers.
• Within the 109-99 extra time win over No. 8 Oklahoma, Duke rewrote this system’s report e book by amassing a single-game report 38 assists on 40 discipline targets for a exceptional 95 p.c help fee.
• The 38 punts set a single-game program report, surpassing the earlier 20-year mark of 36 set in 2005 at San Diego (12.30), then tied once more vs. UNC Wilmington (12.20) in 2011.

DISPOSAL OF CHAMBERS:

• Duke has wreaked havoc on protection, notching 11.7 steals (thirty sixth in NCAA) per sport whereas forcing opponents into 20.1 turnovers per contest (NCAA ranks 12.7).
• Duke has dedicated 20 extra turnovers in six video games, together with a season-high 34 by Radford within the season opener (11.4).
• As a workforce, Duke has tallied 117 steals on the 12 months. The Blue Devils have collected 15 or extra steals 5 occasions, posting a season-best 19 in opposition to the Highlanders (11.4).
• 9 completely different Blue Devils have a minimum of 5 steals with six in double figures – D. Thomas (19), O. Okananwa (18), J. Donovan (16), A. Jackson (13), T. Mair (13) , T. Fournier (10).

IN THE NCAA RANKINGS (AS OF DECEMBER 7):

• Ranked No. 8 within the Week 5 Related Press (AP) Prime-25 ballot, marking this system’s highest nationwide rating since 2014-15.
• Ranked tenth within the newest iteration of the NCAA Ranking Software (NET) rankings. The Blue Devils are presently 3-2 vs. Quad 1, 1-0 vs. Quad 2, and 4-0 vs. Quad 3 and 4.
• The Blue Devils have already performed 5 groups ranked within the NET’s high 50 – South Carolina (1), Kansas State (7), Oklahoma (14), Maryland (17), South Dakota State (43), Columbia (49) .
• Duke’s Power of Schedule (SOS) is presently ranked fifth nationally and first within the ACC. Three of Duke’s foes thus far additionally boast top-35 SOSs — South Carolina (1st), South Dakota State (2nd), Belmont (thirty fourth).
• Within the NCAA workforce rankings, Duke ranks within the high 25 in 4 classes – three-point share (14), assists per sport (18), bench factors per sport (18) and discipline purpose share (25). .
• The Blue Devils are additionally twenty eighth in scoring offense, thirty second in rebounding margin (9.0), thirty sixth in steals per sport, forty first in help/turnover ratio (1.16) and forty second in offensive rebounds per sport (14.9).
• Individually, junior Ashlon Jackson checks in thirty first within the NCAA in three-point share (31) and thirty third in three-point share (.462).

NEXT:

The Blue Devils resume non-conference motion on December 18, welcoming the Wofford Terriers to Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tipoff is ready for 7 p.m., stay on the ACC Community.

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