The Opening Tip
- Winners of four straight and five of its last six ACC games, No. 5 Duke welcomes Syracuse Saturday at Cameron Indoor.
- Duke has won three straight ACC games when allowing the opponent to score less than 60 points – it’s the first time that’s happened at Duke since the 1964 ACC tournament.
- The Blue Devils are allowing 65.4 points over the last 13 games, which ranks top 30 in the NCAA over that span. In ACC play, duke is fifth in scoring defense (69.8), second in FG defense (.