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Saturday, December 3
Durham, N.C.
4 p.m.
Duke University
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Boston College
Photo by: Duke Athletics
No. 17 Blue Devils Open ACC Play Against BC Saturday at Cameron
12/2/2022 2:54:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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- No. 17 Duke, the reigning ACC regular season champion, opens conference play with a Saturday matinee at Cameron Indoor Stadium versus Boston College at 4 p.m.
- Wes Durham and Malcom Huckaby have the call on ACC Network, while David Shumate and John Roth broadcast the game on the Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD.
- Duke is 51-18 (.739) all-time in ACC openers and has won four straight. At home in an ACCopener, the Blue Devils are 36-6 all-time and have won eight straight and 14 of the last 15.
- Saturday marks Duke's second earliest ACC game. The program twice began the ACC loop on Dec. 2 -- beating Clemson in 1955 and 2001.
- Following Saturday, Duke caps a stretch of three of four games versus Big Ten opponents by battling Iowa on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic.
- Duke beat No. 25 Ohio State, 81-72, on Wednesday night in what was the final installment of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Blue Devils finished with a Challenge-best 20-4 record in the 24-year history of the event, including 10-1 at home.
- Duke has faced three AP ranked teams -- only one power conference team has played more -- not counting a closed scrimmage at No. 1 Houston. Duke's opponents to date own a combined record of 38-19 (.667) -- the eighth highest by a power conference team.
- With an emphasis on defense and rebounding under first-year head coach Jon Scheyer, Duke is leading the ACC in both rebounding (41.1) and scoring defense (58.7).
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded eight of their first nine opponents and are fourth nationally in offensive rebounds (15.4), 10th in rebound margin (+11.1) and 27th in rebounding (41.1). Duke opened the season with a double-digit rebound margin in each of the first six games -- the longest such stretch (at any point in a season) 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 nine games. His 15.4 points and 9.2 rebounds lead the team.
- Filipowski is fourth in the ACC in rebounds and has more boards than any Division-I freshman.
- Junior captain Jeremy Roach (right) is averaging 16.0 points and 4.0 assists over Duke'slast three games (averaged 11.3 points in the first six), including 21 points (one shy of his career high) in the Xavier win. Roach is 39 shy of his 700th career point.
- Duke is 18-2 all-time when playing on Dec. 3 and has won 13 straight on this date.
- The Blue Devils have played just one ACC game on this date -- a 115-54 win over Clemson in 1954.
- Dec. 3 marks Duke's second earliest ACC game -- the Blue Devils have twice opened on Dec. 2 -- beating Clemson in 1955 and 2001.
- Boston College enters Saturday's ACC opener with a 5-3 mark and coming off an 88-67 setback at Nebraska on Wednesday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
- Makai Ashton-Langford leads the team in scoring at 12.1 points, while TJ Bickerstaff's 6.9 rebounds are the team high.
- Second-year head coach Earl Grant spent seven years at College of Charleston where he led the Cougars to a top-four finish in the CAA in each of his last five seasons, including the 2018 regular season and tournament championships.
- Grant was a Clemson assistant before Charleston.
- The game marks the fourth time Duke plays BC in the Blue Devils' ACC opener -- Duke has won twice: Jan. 3, 2015, 85-62, on the road and Jan. 2, 2016, 81-64, in Durham. BC clipped Duke in the ACC opener on Dec. 9, 2017 in Chestnut Hill, 89-84.
- Duke has won 19 of the 21 meetings vs. BC in the ACC regular season.
- Duke is 12-0 versus Boston College at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer filled in as head coach for Mike Krzyzewski (illness) in an 83-82 Duke win on Jan. 6, 2021.
- Duke is 51-18 (.739) all-time in ACC openers and Saturday's game marks just the third time in the past eight seasons that Duke has opened its ACC schedule at home.
- The Blue Devils have won four straight ACC openers -- last falling in an ACC lid-lifter at Boston College, 89-84, on Dec. 9, 2017.
- At home in an ACC opener, the Blue Devils are 36-6 all-time and have won eight straight and 14 of the last 15.
- Saturday marks the fourth time Duke plays Boston College in the Blue Devils' ACC opener and has Duke has won two of the previous three.
- The Blue Devils did not shy away from a difficult early schedule in Coach Scheyer's first season, with his team of 11 newcomers and seven freshmen.
- Duke has faced three AP Top 25 teams through its first nine games -- only one power conference team nationally has played more (Creighton, four) -- after beginning the preseason prep by battling No. 1-ranked Houston on the road in a closed scrimmage on Oct. 29.
- Boston College marks the fifth of six consecutive power conference opponents for Duke (four of the six are ranked 31st or better in KenPom), including this stretch of three of four versus Big Ten foes.
- Duke's opponents to date own a combined record of 38-19 (.667) -- the 35th highest opponent win percentage faced by a Division I team this season (eighth highest by a power conference team).
- Duke has been among the nation's best rebounding teams, ranking fourth nationally in offensive rebounds (15.4), 10th in rebounding margin (+11.1) and 27th in total rebounding (41.1) -- leading the ACC in each category.
- Duke is No. 1 nationally in offensive rebound percentage (42.1) per KenPom, rebounding nearly half of its missed field goals this season.
- The Blue Devils have out-rebounded eight of their first nine opponents, including the first six by double-digit margins -- the program record for longest such streak (at any point in a season). Duke had five-game streaks in 2017-18, 1998-98, in 1962-63 and 1960-61.
- Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Duke is 39-5 when out-rebounding its opponent.
- Offensive rebounding has been a significant strength, with Duke totaling 20+ on the offensive glass three times already -- the Blue Devils hadn't had more than 19 offensive boards in any game over each of the last two seasons.
- Through the first eight games, Duke has a 139-79 (+60) advantage in offensive rebounds and is +77 (138-61) in second-chance point scoring.
- Individually, freshman Kyle Filipowski is 38th nationally in rebounds per game (9.2) and leads all power conference freshmen. Graduate Ryan Young is eighth nationally in offensive rebounds (4.0) and is ranked No. 4 nationally in KenPom in offensive rebound percentage (20.8).
- Duke leads the ACC and is 26th nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 58.7 points per game. Seven of the first nine 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 18 halves played, the Blue Devils have allowed 30 points or fewer 11 times and 25 points or fewer six times.
- Duke's strong defensive numbers through nine games come against a schedule rated 41st-toughest versus opponent offensives (per KenPom).
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,162 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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