No. 12 Duke Visits Louisville on Tuesday

Opening Tip

• No. 12 Duke visits Louisville on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. on the ACC Network.
• Rece Davis and Jon Crispin will call the action on the ACC Network. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
• Duke has won six of the last 10 meetings with Louisville, including three straight. 
• The Blue Devils lead the all-time series 13-9.
• In the last clash at the KFC Yum! Center on Jan. 29, 2022, Duke beat the Cardinals, 74-65, behind 22 points on 5-of-5 three-pointers from AJ Griffin.
• Freshman guard Caleb Foster tallied season highs of six rebounds and three steals, along with 16 points and five assists versus Pittsburgh on Jan. 20.
• Tyrese Proctor and Jeremy Roach are second and fourth, respectively, in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio. Among national leaders, Proctor ranks 21st (3.24), while Roach is 23rd (3.19).
• Among ACC leaders, Kyle Filipowski ranks fourth in scoring (18.2 ppg), fifth in rebounding (8.7 rpg), sixth in blocked shots (1.9 bpg) and eighth in field goal percentage (.516).
• Jared McCain‘s team-high 20 points against Pittsburgh on Saturday marked the fourth time in the last nine games the freshman guard has scored 20 points or better.
• Duke ranks ninth nationally in fewest turnovers (9.3 per game) and 10th in assist/turnover ratio (1.76).
• Louisville is second in the ACC and 40th in the nation with 16.5 free throws made per game.
• Five Cardinals average double figures in scoring, topped by Mike James with 14.1 points per game and Skyy Clark at 13.6 points per contest.
• Former Duke All-American and assistant coach Nolan Smith is in his second year on the staff at Louisville. Smith’s father, the late Derek Smith, won a national championship with the Cardinals as a player in 1980.
• Nolan Smith was the ACC Player of the Year for the Blue Devils in 2011 and returned to his alma mater in 2016, spending two seasons as the team’s special assistant before his promotion to director of basketball operations & player development in March 2018. He was promoted again in April 2021 to assistant coach.
• The Blue Devils have used five different starting lineups in 17 games this season.
• Duke is 8-11 overall on Jan. 23, and has dropped two consecutive outings on this date, both on the road.

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