THE OPENING TIP
• Winners of three in a row, No. 6/3 Duke will look to remain undefeated at home when it hosts Utah State in the schools' first-ever meeting.
• Duke has the second-best winning percentage (.837) and second-most wins (190) in the NCAA since the start of the 2009-10 season.
• Duke has won 282 of its last 301 games at Cameron Indoor Stadium and is 98-4 (.961) at home this decade.
• The Blue Devils have won an NCAA-best 119 consecutive non-conference home games, a streak that started in November 2000.
• Ranked sixth by the Associated Press, the Blue Devils have been ranked in the AP poll an NCAA-best 158 consecutive weeks, the seventh-longest streak in NCAA history.
• Led by Grayson Allen's ACC-leading average of 22.7 points per game, four Duke players are averaging double figures and the Blue Devils lead the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency (118.3).
• In three games with freshman point guard Derryck Thornton in the starting lineup, Duke has averaged 81.7 points and 31.3 free throw attempts per game.
• Amile Jefferson ranks fourth nationally in offensive rebounds per game (5.3) to lead a Duke squad that boasts a 39.4 offensive rebound percentage.
• Matt Jones is the only Duke player to score in double figures in all six games. For his career, the Blue Devils are 12-1 when Jones scores in double figures.
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