The Blue Devils defeated the Tar Heels 87-67 in their first matchup of the season. See the postgame notes below.
Duke Postgame Notes:
Team Notes
- Mike Krzyzewski is in his 42nd season as Duke’s head coach and his record is now 1,116-305 at Duke, and 1,189-364 overall in this, his 47th season overall.
- The win was Coach K’s 196th ACC road victory, which extends his ACC record.
- The game was the 256th in the all-time series vs. North Carolina, which now stands at 141-115 in UNC’s favor. In games at the Smith Center, Carolina leads 20-17.
- In games coached by Mike Krzyzewski, Duke leads the series 50-46 overall.
- Duke has won two of the last three at the Smith Center.
- The last 100 games in the Duke-UNC series favors Duke, 51-49.
- When ranked, Duke is now 27-8 against unranked UNC teams.
- The 20-point victory matched the Blue Devils’ second-largest road win in the Coach K era over UNC. Duke won by 29 (87-58) in 2002 and by 20 (81-61) in 1999.
- Duke out-rebounded Carolina, 40-24, marking the Tar Heels’ fewest rebounds this season and its second-largest deficit on the boards (Kentucky out-rebounded the UNC by 18, 44-26). It was just the third time UNC was outrebounded this season.
- Duke has held 15 of its 22 opponent this season to 70 points or less.
- Duke handed North Carolina its first home loss of the season (12-1). Duke has handed three teams this season their first (or only) home loss – UNC (12-1), Notre Dame (9-1) and Wake Forest (13-1).
- Over the last five season, Duke has faced a team on a home winning streak of 10+ games seven times, and is 7-0 in those games – including 3-0 this season (UNC, ND, Wake).
- Duke has now connected on at least one three-point field goal in 1,136 consecutive games – the nation’s second longest active streak.
Player Notes
- Freshman AJ Griffin scored a game and career-high 27 points on 11-of-17 from the field and 3-of-6 from three-point range.
- Griffin’s 27 points are tied for the fourth most by a Blue Devil in their first Duke-UNC game. RJ Barrett’s 33 in 2019 stand as both the Duke freshman record vs. the Heels, and the most by a Blue Devil in their first Duke-UNC game.
- Griffin is averaging 20.7 points over Duke’s last three games.
- Freshman Paolo Banchero finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double this season.
- Sophomore Mark Williams had nine points on 4-of-4 shooting with six rebounds.
- Over Duke’s last seven games, Williams is 38-of-49 (.776) from the field.
- Williams blocked two shots, his 19th multi-block game this season.
- Junior Wendell Moore Jr., finished with 13 points, eight rebounds, five assists and no turnovers in 33 minutes.
Next Game
- Duke hosts Virginia at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday at 7 p.m. (ESPN).
UNC Postgame Notes:
Team Notes
- This was Carolina’s first home loss of the season. UNC is 12-1 at the Smith Center this season.
- Manek led UNC with 21 points, his second 20-point game in a row and fifth of the season.
- Manek made 6 of 10 three-pointers. The six threes tied the most by a Tar Heel this season. RJ Davis made six against Brown and Manek made six against Tennessee.
- Manek scored 15 of Carolina’s 28 points in the first half.
- Duke shot 57.6% from the floor, the highest percentage by an opponent this season.
- UNC is 1-5 this season when the opponents shoot 50% from the floor.
- Armando Bacot’s double-figure rebound streak came to an end at 13 games. He had 12 points and five rebounds tonight.
- Carolina had a season-low two second-chance points (previous low was five against Tennessee).
- RJ Davis scored in double figures (11) for the sixth straight game.
- Carolina shot 31.3% from the floor in the first half and 51.9% in the second.
Series Notes
- Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 141-115.
- Carolina is 65-38 in Chapel Hill vs. the Blue Devils, including 20-17 in the Smith Center.
- Carolina is 48-50 against Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke teams.
Next Game
- Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Clemson (6 p.m., ACC Network)