— ACC Basketball update courtesy theacc.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2018
Release: https://theacc.co/accmbb1718release
Media Guide: https://theacc.co/mbb1718mediaguide
Scoreboard: https://www.theacc.com/scoreboard-mbb
ACColades
The first ESPN “Big Monday” ACC matchup of the season is set this evening as No. 5 Duke travels to No. 25 Miami … the game is one of two nationally televised ACC contests on the Monday night, with Boston College’s home matchup against Florida State also scheduled … No. 3 Virginia downs visiting NC State 68-51 in Sunday’s lone conference game … Devon Hall scores a career-high 25 points, and Kyle Guy adds 17 as the Cavaliers post their 14th consecutive win at John Paul Jones Arena … Duke, No. 19 Clemson, No. 20 North Carolina, No. 23 Florida State, Louisville and Georgia Tech tip off the weekend on Saturday with league wins … Boston College closes out its 2017-18 regular-season non-conference slate with a win over Dartmouth … Duke has sold out 430 consecutive games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the longest current streak in both men’s college basketball and the NBA … Wake Forest’s Brandon Childress and his father, former Deacon standout Randolph Childress, have now combined for 2,572 career points to become the highest-scoring father-son duo in ACC history … Brian Oliver (Georgia Tech) and J.P. Tokoto (North Carolina) are next with 2,570 points … the home team has won 27 of the 36 ACC conference games played thus far.
By the Numbers
1 – Duke’s Marvin Bagley III, who has set the ACC freshman record for 30-point games (five), leads the league in scoring (22.5), rebounding (11.7) and double-doubles (14) … Blue Devil point guard Trevon Duval leads the ACC in assists (6.2).
3 – Miami has 18 wins against ranked foes under Jim Larrañaga, including a 10-10 mark at home.
5 – Over his last five games, Florida State’s Braian Angola is averaging 20.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists … Angola is fifth in the ACC in per game scoring improvement (+9.6) from a year ago.
6 – Florida State has won the last six games with Boston College and leads the series by a 10-5 margin … nine of the 15 meetings have been decided by four points or less
23 – Duke freshmen (Bagley 14, Wendell Carter, Jr. 7, Duval 2) have combined for a school freshman record 23 double-doubles this season.
24.2 – Boston College’s Jerome Robinson is averaging 24.2 points per game in ACC play and has made 19-of-33 (.576) from 3-point range against league foes.
33 – Miami is 33-2 (.943) in its last 35 games at the Watsco Center … overall, the Hurricanes are 83-22 (.790) at home in seven seasons under Jim Larrañaga.
26 – Duke and Miami will be meeting for the 26th time in a rivalry that began with a 71-69 Hurricane win back on December 21, 1962 … the Blue Devils lead the series 18-7 with the teams splitting a pair of meetings last season … Miami has won three of the last four meetings.
