Krzyzewski gets 1,000th win at Duke

DURHAM, N.C. — For Mike Krzyzewski, 1,000 wins at Duke was hard to believe.

So much so, that he said he tried not to think about it.

The Cameron Crazies probably didn’t make it easy for him. Many of them wore “1K” painted on their faces for the game. Former players, like Shane Battier and Mike Dunleavy Jr. sat in the stands to watch it happen. Everything was there to remind him that he was one win from 1,000.

“We were 38-47 here, during my first three years,” he said Friday night. “I don’t know if you knew that. There are a lot of people here that donate money that didn’t think I’d win 1,000 games. Me being one of them too.”

But on Saturday night, after Duke’s 99-69 win over Utah Valley State at Cameron Indoor Stadium, he did it.

The Blue Devils’ starting-five accounted for all of Duke’s 48 first half points. And senior guard Grayson Allen (18 points) didn’t score until 2:47 left in the first half. It didn’t matter however, because the four starting freshmen picked up the slack in the first half.

Marvin Bagley III led all scorers with 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Wendell Carter had 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. Trent added 17 points. And Trevon Duval had 15 points and 12 assists.

Krzyzewski is the only Division I men’s coach to have 1,000 wins at one school. Krzyzewski has 1,072 wins total, including his time as the head coach at Army.

NOTRE DAME 72, DEPAUL 58: T.J. Gibbs scored 21 points to lead No. 14 Notre Dame to a season-opening win in Chicago.

Bonzie Colson had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Matt Farrell added 15 points for the Irish, who have Final Four aspirations after going 26-10 overall and 12-6 in the ACC last season.

The Irish — who were picked by the media to finish third behind No. 1 Duke and No. 9 North Carolina in the ACC — made 9 of 12 3-point attempts after halftime. They hit 12 of 27 from beyond the arc overall and shot 47.2 percent from the field to DePaul’s 33.8 percent.

Colson, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, posted his 24th career double-double after recording 19 last season to lead the conference.

LASALLE 61, ST. PETER’S 40: Pookie Powell scored 18 points and B.J. Johnson added 15 points and 11 rebounds as LaSalle ran away from Saint Peter’s in Philadelphia.

LaSalle held Saint Peter’s to 15 of 49 shooting (30.6 percent) from the field, including 7 of 20 from deep.

QUINNIPIAC 78, DARTMOUTH 77: Chaise Daniels scored 21 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked Miles Wright’s jump shot at the buzzer to lead host Quinnipiac to a season-opening win.

Rich Kelly made one of two free throws with four seconds to go for the game’s final margin.

WAGNER 60, NJIT 49: Blake Francis hit three 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 22 points and Wagner won its season opener.

Reserve Tyler Plummer added 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers for the Seahawks, who spoiled the inaugural game in NJIT’s new Wellness and Events Center.

DUQUESNE 80, ST. FRANCISB’KLYN: Rene Castro-Caneddy and Tarin Smith combined to score 40 points as Duquesne held off St.Francis Brooklyn in Pittsburgh.

LEHIGH 84, MARIST 76 (OT): Lance Tejada scored 24 points in his Lehigh debut after transferring from East Carolina. —AP