Charlotte 49ers (5-3) at Duke Blue Devils (5-3, 0-1 ACC)
Durham, North Carolina; Saturday, 2:15 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 22 Duke hosts the Charlotte 49ers after Jeremy Roach scored 20 points in Duke's 72-68 loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
The Blue Devils have gone 4-1 in home games. Duke averages 80.9 points while outscoring opponents by 13.8 points per game.
The 49ers play their first true road game after going 5-3 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Charlotte ranks sixth in the AAC shooting 32.6% from 3-point range.
Duke averages 80.9 points, 19.0 more per game than the 61.9 Charlotte gives up. Charlotte has shot at a 47.1% rate from the field this season, 4.5 percentage points higher than the 42.6% shooting opponents of Duke have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Filipowski is scoring 18.9 points per game and averaging 8.4 rebounds for the Blue Devils. Roach is averaging 13.9 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 48.8% for Duke.
Lu'Cye Patterson is averaging 14.9 points and 1.6 steals for the 49ers. Igor Milicic Jr. is averaging 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds for Charlotte.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
