No. 9 Duke hosts No. 2 Auburn on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 9:15 p.m. for the ACC/SEC Challenge on ESPN.
Duke has a 37-15 record in top-10 matchups at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Auburn is just the second non-conference opponent ranked among the top-2 in the nation to visit Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1965. The last to do so was top-ranked Michigan on Dec. 5, 1992 – a 79-68 Duke victory.
Game Notes:
- A clash between Duke’s No. 1 defense against Auburn’s No. 1 offense, according to KenPom’s national adjusted defensive/offensive efficiency ratings.
- The Blue Devils rank fourth in the country in field goal percentage defense (.352), ninth in scoring defense (58.6), 12th in 3-pointers per game (11.1) and 17th in scoring margin (+22.1).
- Duke is at the top of KenPom.com’s list of tallest teams in the country with an average height of 79.6 inches, better than 6-7 per Blue Devil.
- This season, Duke ranks fourth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.352) and ninth in the nation in scoring defense (58.6).
- Duke is wrapping up a six-game stretch (Nov. 12-Dec. 4) against four teams that were/are ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll (No. 19 Kentucky, No. 17 Arizona, No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Auburn) and were at least a 4-seed in last season’s NCAA Tournament.
- Cooper Flagg tops Duke in points (111), rebounds (59), assists (29) and blocks (10).
- The Tigers defeated No. 5 Iowa State, No. 12 North Carolina and Memphis to win the 2024 Maui Invitational.
- Auburn also beat No. 4 Houston, 74-69, on Nov. 9, as the Tigers enter the Duke game with three wins over nationally-ranked opponents.
- Auburn ranks fifth in the nation in field goal percentage (.525), seventh in blocked shots per game (6.0) and ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.93).
- Johni Broome, a 6-10 senior forward/center, leads the nation with 12.9 rebounds per game, ranks third in blocks per game (3.14) and double-doubles (5), and 22nd in points per game (20.7).
- Wednesday will be Auburn’s first road game of the season.
Wednesday will be the fifth all-time meeting between Duke and Auburn, with the Blue Devils leading the series, 4-0. Duke and Auburn last met on Nov. 20, 2018, at the Maui Invitational, a 78-72 Blue Devils’ victory.
Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Kris Budden will call the action on ESPN. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
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