THE OPENING TIP
• Duke will visit Wake Forest on Wednesday looking to open ACC play with consecutive road victories for just the second time under head coach Mike Krzyzewski (also 1999-00).
• Duke is 230-123 (.652) in road games during Coach K's tenure, including a 164-101 (.619) mark in ACC road contests.
• Duke employs one of the nation's most lethal offensive attacks, ranking second nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency (119.6) and fourth in the NCAA in scoring offense (88.4).
• Duke has scored nearly a quarter of its points this season at the free throw line (22.9 percent). The Blue Devils have made 64 more free throws (283) than its opponents have attempted (219).
• With five ballhandlers in its seven-man rotation, Duke ranks among the national leaders in both turnover average (10.1) and turnover percentage (14.1 percent of offensive possessions).
• Duke is averaging an ACC-best 8.6 three-point field goals per game. Matt Jones ranks fourth in the ACC in three-point field goals per game (2.8).
• Duke ranks second in the ACC and 25th nationally with an average of 5.6 blocks per game as Marshall Plumlee is averaging a career-best 1.9 per contest.
• Grayson Allen's average of 20.6 points per game ranks fifth by a player in the six major conferences. Duke is 17-0 in his career when he scores in double figures.
• Brandon Ingram has eclipsed the 20-point mark in five of Duke's last seven games. Since Dec. 15, Ingram has averaged 21.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.0 steals.
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