No one can ever accuse Duke of having a soft schedule, because when the Blue Devils face Clemson on Wednesday night, it will be their fourth game against a Top-10 opponent this year, with all coming on the road. Duke is 2-1 in those games, beating Purdue and Xavier but losing last week to Wake Forest, which knocked the Blue Devils from the top spot in the polls.
And Clemson simply can’t beat Duke during the regular season: Duke has won 20 straight regular-season meetings against Clemson, including nine consecutive at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Thus the Blue Devils have opened as 4-point road favorites tonight on WagerWeb.com.
Junior Gerald Henderson led the Blue Devils in scoring for the sixth time in the last seven games on Sunday against Virginia as Duke rebounded from that Wake loss. Henderson scored 18 points, including 16 in the first half, and added a team-high four assists in the win over the Cavaliers. Henderson is averaging 15.0 points per game this season, but has averaged 20.4 points in the last seven contests while shooting 59.8 percent from the field and going 12 of 20 from 3-point range.
Duke posted a 29-2 edge in points off turnovers in the win over Virginia. The Blue Devils have outscored the opposition, 464-241, in points off turnovers this season.
Duke is allowing 54.6 points per game in league action and has held six of its seven ACC opponents under 60 points, including two opponents to under 50 points.
The Tigers have dropped 19 consecutive games against teams ranked in the Top 5, and 36 of their last 37.
Clemson leads the ACC in three-point goals made per game. K.C. Rivers has made 17-31 three-point shots in ACC play and the .548 percentage is best in the ACC. Rivers had 29 points and seven 3-pointers in Clemson’s last game, a win over Virginia Tech. Rivers has had at least 10 points the last four times he’s played against the Blue Devils.
This is the second time this year (Wake-Clemson), but just the sixth time in school history two top 10 teams have met at Littlejohn Coliseum.
WagerWeb.com Game Trends
* Blue Devils are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a road favorite of 0.5-6.5.
* Blue Devils are 6-13-1 ATS in their last 20 Wednesday games.
* Blue Devils are 4-9-1 ATS in their last 14 games following a ATS win.
* Blue Devils are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
* Blue Devils are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite of 0.5-6.5.
* Tigers are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games as an underdog of 0.5-6.5.
* Tigers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as an underdog.
* Tigers are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 vs. Atlantic Coast.
* Tigers are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games as a home underdog.
* Tigers are 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 home games.
* Tigers are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games as a home underdog of 0.5-6.5.
* Tigers are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record.
* Tigers are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
* Tigers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
* Tigers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600.
* Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
* Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Clemson.
* Road team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings.
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