02/05/2010 - Michael Tomko, GoDuke.com

DURHAM, N.C. - Mike Krzyzewski called a timeout with 47 seconds remaining in Duke's 86-67 win over No. 21 Georgia Tech to take Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer out of the game.

They both left the court to a standing ovation from the crowd.

Singler got to the bench first with Coach K offering a few words to his star junior and a congratulatory pat to the chest for his career night from Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The story for the Blue Devils, as they picked up their sixth conference win, was Singler, who scored a career high 30 points thanks to a career high eight three pointers.

"The obvious thing is Kyle [Singler] getting eight threes and...I mean 30 points in this game, in any game is big," Krzyzewski said. "But, in this type of game it is a spectacular shooting performance."

The junior forward tied a school record for three-point field goal percentage with at least 10 attempts, matching William Avery's 8-of-10 night versus Florida in 1998, Jason Williams' 8-of-10 night versus Temple in 2000 and J.J. Redick's 8-of-10 night versus Virginia in 2006.

"I just got into a rhythm," Singler said. "I took open shots ... and started knocking them down."

He started knocking them down early with his first seven made baskets coming from behind the three-point line.

"Tonight was the first night I really saw him in a great rhythm on the perimeter and it was fun to watch," junior guard Nolan Smith, who finished with 14 points, said. "Every time he shot the ball I was excited because I knew it was going in."

Singler finished 9-of-17 from the floor with the junior forward's only other basket being a lay in following a Mason Plumlee miss.

The sudden barrage of three's began seconds before the halftime buzzer sounded.

Singler left the game with 1:07 remaining in the first half holding the wrist that has been banged up since the Wake Forest game. He returned to the court 35 seconds later to nail a three pointer from the right corner just before the end of the half.

It was his second three of the game. It gave him 10 points in the first half. And it put Duke up 12 as they entered the locker room.

Maybe that was the spark that ignited his 20 point second half, shooting 6-of-6 from deep after halftime.

It was the difference in a game where the officials called things tight around the basket, resulting in Duke's outside shooting ruling the day as the Blue Devils finished 12-of-18 from three compared to the Yellow Jackets 3-of-12 shooting from long range.

"They were 6-for-9 at the halftime and I told our guys, if they go 12-for-18, we're not going to win the game anyways, let's just compete," Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt said. "Sure enough, they go 6-for-9 in the second half. It's tough to overcome 12 threes."

Coach K finally had three days in a row without a game, giving him a chance to tweak some things offensively.

"We had a little practice time, so we changed our offense a little bit, to go a little bit more motion offense," Krzyzewski said.

"The motion was something that we thought would be really good, to get Kyle [Singler] moving better. And he responded."

The tweaks gave Singler more freedom to move without the basketball in his hands.

"He can move wherever he wants and there is no play," Krzyzewski said. "Someone can screen for him and someone can screen for him again."

Those screens got Singler open and once the ball found its way into his hands he let his own talents take over.

"We just want to keep giving him the ball," Scheyer said. "It was crazy to see it go in like that."