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2006-07 Schedule • Game 20 • College Basketball Experience Classic [10/10] Duke (16-3, 3-2) vs. [19/17] Clemson (18-2, 4-2) (Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.) N. 12 Columbia (ESPNU) W, 86-43 January 25, 2007 • 7:02 PM ET • ESPN N. 13 Georgia Southern (espn2) W, 72-48 Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, N.C. N. 16 UNC Greensboro W, 75-48 Blue Devil Update Game Quick Facts Duke (16-3, 3-2), 10th in the both AP College Basketball Experience Classic poll and ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, (Municipal Auditorium - Kansas City, Mo.) TV: ESPN; Mike Patrick (play-by-play), Len Elmore N. 20 Air Force (espn2) W, 71-56 faces Clemson (18-2, 4-2) on Thursday at (analyst), Doris Burke (sideline). N. 21 [13/17] Marquette (espn2) L, 73-62 Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tip-off is set for 7:02 p.m. with ESPN televising the contest. Radio: Duke Radio Network (fl agship WDNC 620 AM in The Tigers enter the contest ranked 19th Durham); Bob Harris (play-by-play), John Roth (analyst) N. 25 Davidson (FSNS) W, 75-47 and Matthew Laurance (sideline). N. 28 #Indiana (ESPN) W, 54-51 in the AP poll and 17th in the ESPN/USA D. 2 [18/23] Georgetown (espn2) W, 61-52 Today coaches poll. All-time Series: Duke leads the all-time series 97-27, D. 6 Holy Cross (espn2) W, 57-45 Duke, winner of three straight games, including a 52-4 mark at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The D. 9 George Mason (ESPN) W, 69-53 is coming off a 79-56 win over N.C. State Blue Devils have won 19 straight overall and 23 of the D. 19 Kent State (ESPN) W, 79-72 on Saturday. The Blue Devils limited the last 25 home meetings between the two schools. Wolfpack to a season-low 34.1 percent Aeropostale Classic (14-of-41) shooting from the field and Coaches: Mike Krzyzewski Overall Record: 769-253 (32nd year) (Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y.) forced 20 turnovers. Duke has now held Duke Record: 696-194 (27th year) D. 21 vs. [22/24] Gonzaga (espn2) W, 61-54 nine opponents to less than 35.0 percent vs. Clemson: 43-9 shooting from the fi eld and 14 foes under D. 31 San Jose State (FSN) W, 70-51 60 points. Oliver Purnell J. 2 Temple (espn2) W, 73-55 Freshman Jon Scheyer scored a Overall Record: 319-240 (19th year) J. 6 Virginia Tech* (ESPN) L, 69-67 OT team-high 20 points to lead fi ve double- Clemson Record: 63-49 (fi rst year) J. 10 at Georgia Tech* (ESPN) L, 74-63 fi gure Blue Devil scorers. Saturday’s win vs. Duke: 0-5 J. 14 at Miami* (FSN) W, 85-63 marked the fi rst time this season Duke had J. 18 Wake Forest* (espn2) W, 62-40 fi ve players score in double-fi gures in the same game. Scheyer knocked down a trio of J. 20 at N.C. State* (ABC) W, 79-56 three-pointers and added fi ve rebounds, three assists and a steal. J. 25 Clemson* (ESPN) 7:02 p.m. DeMarcus Nelson delivered 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals, J. 28 Boston College* (FSN) 5:30 p.m. while Greg Paulus fi nished with 13 points and four assists. Sophomore Josh McRoberts F. 1 at Virginia* (ESPN) 9:00 p.m. went 5-of-9 from the fi eld and 3-of-4 from the foul line to score 13 points. He also had F. 4 Florida State* (FSN) 2:00 p.m. eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and four steals in the win. F. 7 North Carolina* (RLF/ESPN) 9:00 p.m. Duke also got great play off the bench from David McClure and Gerald Hender- F. 11 at Maryland* (FSN) 5:00 p.m. son. McClure went 5-of-6 from the fl oor and fi nished with 10 points, four rebounds and F. 14 at Boston College* (ESPN) 9:00 p.m. four steals. Henderson added eight points on 4-of-6 shooting as the Blue Devil bench F. 18 Georgia Tech* (CBS) 1:00 p.m. outscored N.C. State’s bench 18-2. F. 22 at Clemson* (ESPN) 9:00 p.m. F. 25 ^at St. John’s (CBS) 2:00 p.m. 2006-07 Duke Averages F. 28 Maryland* (ESPN) 9:00 p.m. M. 4 at North Carolina* (CBS) 4:00 p.m. No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% 2 Josh McRoberts (6-10, 240, So.) F/C 12.6 7.7 4.1 1.2 .491 .214 .674 ACC Tournament 3 Greg Paulus (6-1, 180, So.) G 8.7 1.9 3.5 1.1 .452 .449 .811 (St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, Fla.) 5 Martynas Pocius (6-5, 190, So.) G/F 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.1 .286 .263 .500 M. 8 TBA (RLF/ESPN) TBA 12 Jordan Davidson (6-1, 180, So.) G 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 13 Nick Sutton (6-2, 180, Fr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 * - denotes ACC game 14 David McClure (6-6, 200, So.) F 5.0 5.3 0.6 1.5 .578 .600 .621 # - ACC/Big 10 Challenge 15 Gerald Henderson (6-4, 215, Fr.) G 6.1 2.9 1.2 0.5 .417 .300 .605 ^ - Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) 21 DeMarcus Nelson (6-4, 200, Jr.) G 14.5 5.3 2.1 1.6 .513 .397 .597 30 Jon Scheyer (6-5, 180, Fr.) G 12.1 3.1 2.2 1.1 .409 .383 .853 + - denotes overtime 40 Griffi n Tormey (5-11, 165, So.) G - - - - - - - 42 Lance Thomas (6-8, 215, Fr.) F 4.8 2.6 0.1 0.8 .566 .000 .553 45 Joe Pagliuca (6-2, 185, Sr.) G - - - - - - - 51 Steve Johnson (6-5, 195, Fr.) F 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 55 Brian Zoubek (7-0, 250, Fr.) C 4.8 2.9 0.3 0.2 .542 .000 .718 -indicates probable starter Storylines 2006-07 Stat Comparison Duke leads the all-time series with Clemson 97-27, including a 43-9 mark under Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils have won 23 of the last 25 home games and are 52-4 at Cameron Indoor Stadium against the Tigers. Duke has won 19 straight Category Overall Record 16-3 18-2 overall in the series. Conference Record 3-2 4-2 The Blue Devils are 154-106 under Coach K versus ranked opponents, including Points 69.5 77.0 a 67-27 mark since the 1997-98 season. Duke is 6-7 all-time against teams ranked Opp. Rebounds 55.3 63.2 19th in the AP poll. Rebounds 35.9 37.9 Duke has won three straight games since losing back-to-back contests to open Opp. Rebounds 29.5 32.5 ACC play. All three wins were by at least 20 points (+22.3 scoring margin) with the Off. Rebounds 10.7 15.4 Blue Devils allowing just 53.0 points per game in that span. Opp. Off. Rebounds 10.2 10.6 The Blue Devils have held 14 opponents below 60 points in a game this season. The Field Goal Pct. .477 .473 Opp. Field Goal Pct. .388 .436 school record for most games holding the opposition under 60 is 20 (1949-50). 3-Point Pct. .387 .346 Duke’s opponents are averaging just 17.7 made fi eld goals per game over the last Opp. 3-Point Pct. .275 .352 three games. The Blue Devils limited N.C. State to a season-low 14 made fi eld goals Free Throw Pct. .688 .578 (seven in each half) in their last outing. Duke also forced 20 turnovers in the win over Opp. Free Throw Pct. .669 .716 the Wolfpack, marking the second straight game (fi fth overall) the Blue Devils have Personal Fouls 16.7 16.1 forced more turnovers than an opponent has made fi eld goals. Assists 14.2 16.4 The Blue Devils are shooting 53.9 percent from the fi eld, including a team-best Turnovers 15.8 13.9 83.3 percent (10-of-12) shooting by David McClure, in the last three games. Lance Blocked Shots 5.0 5.5 Steals 8.1 10.8 Thomas (75.0 pct.), Gerald Henderson (57.9 pct.), Josh McRoberts (56.5 pct.) and DeMarcus Nelson (54.8 pct.) are also shooting over 50.0 percent from the fi eld during that stretch. Freshman Jon Scheyer was named the ACC Co-Rookie of the Week on Monday, Jan. 22 after leading Duke to wins over Wake Forest and N.C. State. Scheyer averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the two wins. The Northbrook, Ill., native is tied for 10th in league play in scoring (16.4 ppg.), second in free throw percentage (.923 - 24-of-26) and tied for third in three-point fi eld goals (2.40 pg.). Scheyer has made 19 straight free throws and is shooting 85.3 percent (64-of-75) from the line this season. David McClure is second on the team in steals (29) and tied for second in rebounds (5.3 rpg.), while playing 21.4 minutes per game. He is also second in the ACC in rebounds (behind Boston College’s Shamari Spears - 6.2 rpg.) and steals (behind Georgia Tech’s Mario West - 35) by a non-starter.