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Wednesday, November 30
Durham, N.C.
7:15 p.m.
Duke University
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Ohio State
No. 17 Blue Devils Battle No. 25 Buckeyes in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
11/29/2022 4:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 17 Duke closes the season's first month by welcoming No. 25 Ohio State to Cameron Indoor Stadium in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night.
- Dave O'Brien and Dick Vitale call the game on ESPN while David Shumate and John Roth call the game on the radio as a part of the Blue Devils Network from Learfield.
- In what will be the 24th and final year of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Duke owns the Challenge's most wins -- by six -- and best winning percentage (19-4). Duke is 9-1 at Cameron Indoor in Challenge games and 2-2 versus Ohio State.
- Ohio State represents Duke's second of three Big Ten foes over a four-game stretch. Next Tuesday, Duke battles Iowa in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden after opening ACC play Saturday vs. Boston College at Cameron Indoor.
- Duke has ushered in the Jon Scheyer era with a priority on defense and rebounding, ranking 19th nationally in scoring defense and 23rd in rebounding (41.9) after out-rebounding seven of its first eight opponents -- the eighth best rebound margin in the nation (+11.9).
- Duke has posted a positive rebounding margin in seven of its first eight games, including a double-digit margin in each of the first six -- the longest such stretch in program history.
- The ACC Rookie of the Week in each of the season's first three weeks, Kyle Filipowski has scored in double figures in all eight games. His 15.4 points and 9.4 rebounds lead the team.
- Filipowski is fourth in the ACC in rebounds and has more boards than any Division-I freshman.
- In total, Duke has 11 newcomers on the roster -- seven freshmen -- all recruited and signed by Scheyer which comprise the nation's No. 1 recruiting class, and four graduate transfers.
- Of the newcomers, graduate transfer Ryan Young is 10th nationally in offensive rebounds (4.1) and is rated by KenPom as No. 4 nationally in offensive rebound pct. (21.2).
- Junior Jeremy Roach was named to the Phil Knight Legacy All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.0 points with 11 total assists in Portland, including 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting in the semifinal win over Xavier.
- Freshman Tyrese Proctor poured in a career-high 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting against Purdue while also tying for a team-high five rebounds against the Boilermakers.
- Proctor has a double-double (vs. Delaware) and has posted seven multiple-assist games.
- Duke is 16-1 all-time when playing on November 30, with the lone loss coming to Ohio State on this date last year in Columbus.
- Duke is 9-0 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on this date.
- Four of the games have been in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (3-1).
- Ohio State jumped into the AP Top 25 this week after its 5-1 start, which includes two straight wins in the Maui Invitational over Cincinnati and then No. 21 Texas Tech.
- Duke is in the midst of three consecutive non-conference games versus Big Ten teams -- the first time since the 1995-96 season that has happened at Duke.
- Against teams from the Big Ten, Duke is 82-31 all-time -- not counting games vs. Maryland and Rutgers prior to those teams joining the conference.
- Senior forward Justice Sueing is coming off a career performance vs. Texas Tech, scoring a career-high 33 points.
- Duke and Ohio State will meet for the second consecutive season in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
- The Blue Devils are looking for revenge after falling last season in Columbus, 71-66, as the Buckeyes closed the game on a 14-1 run a year to the day of Wednesday's game.
- The last four meetings between Duke and Ohio State have come in the Challenge -- each team has won twice.
- Duke's 19-4 record in the 23-year history of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge is the best record for either conference.
- The Blue Devils are 2-2 versus Ohio State in the Challenge, beating the Buckeyes in Greensboro in 2002, falling in Columbus in 2011 and last season, and winning at Cameron Indoor Stadium in 2012.
- The Blue Devils are 9-1 in home games in the Challenge -- the lone loss coming to Illinois on Dec. 8, 2020 during the COVID year with no fans in attendance.
- Ohio State is 10-11 in the Challenge (4-5 in road games).
- As a conference, the ACC is 12-8-3, but has not won the overall Challenge since 2017.
- Kyrie Irving's 31 points versus Michigan State in 2010 stands as the Duke scoring record in the Challenge.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer was 3-1 as a player in ACC/Big Ten Challenge games, beating Indiana (2006), Wisconsin (2007) and Purdue (2008), and falling to Wisconsin (2009). He averaged 12.5 points and hit 26-of-28 (.928) at the free throw lines in those four games, including 20 points in a 76-60 win at Purdue in 2008.
- Freshman Kyle Filipowski has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week for the third time in as many weeks this season. The freshman has scored in double figures every game of his college career and is leading the Blue Devils in scoring (15.4) and rebounding (9.4)
- Over the last 10 seasons, Duke is the only program in the ACC to have a player named Rookie of the Week in three consecutive weeks -- Filipowski, Paolo Banchero in 2021-22, Jahlil Okafor twice in 2014-15 and Jabari Parker twice in 2013-14. In that time, Duke has had an ACC Rookie of the Week in 77 of a possible 156 weeks (49%). Twenty-two different Blue Devils have won the award at least once in that time.
- Duke leads the ACC in all-time Rookie of the Week picks with 149 -- by 53 over North Carolina (96) and 63 over Georgia Tech (86).
- "Flip" became Duke's first freshman all-time to open a career with three consecutive double-doubles as he scored a career-high 17 points with a career-high 14 rebounds in 33 minutes vs. Kansas.
- Although snapping his double-doubles streak before Portland, Filipowski added his fourth this season with a career-high 19 points and matching his career-high of 14 rebounds vs. Oregon State last Thursday. He scored 12 more points in the Xavier win and 14 vs. Purdue. He is the only Blue Devil this season with double-digit points in every game this season.
- The Westtown, N.Y., native was one of just four Duke freshman all-time with a double-double in a season opener, and one of just two (Marvin Bagley III in 2017-18) with consecutive double-doubles to open a career.
- With four double-doubles this season, he's tied for fourth nationally. He has more total rebounds than any freshman in the nation.
- Not your typical back-to-the-basket big man, the 7-foot Filipowski's 12 made three-pointers are tied for the team lead with Roach and his .364 three-point percentage is second on the team. Filipowski's 10 steals are second on the team to Roach's 12.
- In KenPom's formula to determine the nation's best player, Filipowski ranks seventh (as of Nov. 28). He and Arizona's Brandon Miller are the only freshman in the top 10.
- Duke leads the ACC and is 19th nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 57.0 points per game. Seven of the first eight opponents have been held to less than 70 points, while five have failed to score more than 60.
- The Blue Devils held Xavier to a season-low 64 points – the Musketeers were averaging 85.8 points entering the game.
- Of Duke's 16 halves played, the Blue Devils have allowed 30 points or fewer 10 times and 25 points or fewer six times.
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,161 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally.
- It has been more than 30 years since Duke was held without a three-point field goal -- Dec. 30, 1989, versus Hawai'i.
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