With the 86-74 win over N.C. State, Duke improves to 12-0 on the season and 2-0 in the ACC. Duke broke a two-game losing streak to N.C. State at the RBC Center but owns a 4-2 record against the Wolfpack at the RBC Center and a three-game overall win streak in the arena, winning in the first- and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament a season ago. Duke is now 129-95 against State all time and 38-18 under Coach K.
Duke remains one of only four undefeated teams in Division I.
Duke has won 128 of its last 155 games away from Cameron Indoor Stadium and 41 of its last 52 ACC road games.
Senior Daniel Ewing scored 17 points, dished out four assists and had three steals against N.C. State. In 117 career games, it was Ewing's 100th career victory.
Shelden Williams led Duke with 22 points and three blocks and added six rebounds and a pair of steals against N.C. State. It marked Williams second 20-point performance of 2004-05 and ninth of his career.
Junior Lee Melchionni scored a career-high 16 points off of a 6-of-9 shooting performance, including 3-of-6 from behind the arc in 25 minutes.
Freshman DeMarcus Nelson led all bench scorers in the game with 15 points in 28 minutes of action.
J.J. Redick hit all six of his free throws against N.C. State and has now hit 69-of-73 in 2004-05 (.945) and 314-of-334 in his career. He ranks as the all-time NCAA career leader in free throw percentage.
Winning its 12th straight game to open the 2004-05 season, Duke has now started 12-0 or better for the 10th time in school history, including the seventh time under Coach K. The 12-0 mark is tied for the fifth-best overall start in school history.
Duke's 12 game win streak is the nation's fourth longest such streak.
Duke is now 4-0 this season in January and have won their last 15 games in the first month of the year. Under Coach K, Duke is 167-50 in January.
Duke has now won 1749 games all time.
Duke has won 100 of its last 114 ACC regular season games.
Duke has won 181 of its last 192 games vs. unranked opponents, including 87 of its last 93 over unranked ACC teams.
Duke is now 110-20 in ACC regular season games since 1997, 23 more games than any other team during that time frame.
Duke has won 71 of its last 82 games against teams from the state of North Carolina since 1996-97, including a 19-3 mark against N.C. State.
Mike Krzyzewski now has 706 overall victories and 633 at Duke.
Duke has held its four January opponents to a combined 92-of-234 from the field and 13-of-59 from behind the arc.
Duke held N.C. State to 25-of-58 from the field, or 43.1 percent. Duke has held all 12 of its opponents to under 50 percent from the field.