No. 14 Duke hosts Faye and Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Panthers (8-7, 0-2 ACC) at Duke Blue Devils (11-3, 2-0 ACC)

Durham, North Carolina; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh faces No. 14 Duke after Khadija Faye scored 22 points in Pittsburgh’s 100-61 loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

The Blue Devils are 6-0 in home games. Duke is 11-3 against opponents over .500.

The Panthers are 0-2 in conference play. Pittsburgh is 4-7 against opponents over .500.

Duke’s average of 6.2 made 3-pointers per game is 1.6 fewer made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Pittsburgh gives up. Pittsburgh has shot at a 39.4% rate from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points less than the 41.3% shooting opponents of Duke have averaged.

The Blue Devils and Panthers face off Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Toby Fournier is averaging 12.9 points for the Blue Devils.

Faye is averaging 17.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 2.4 blocks for the Panthers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Devils: 8-2, averaging 79.9 points, 35.7 rebounds, 18.7 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 49.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.2 points per game.

Panthers: 4-6, averaging 64.1 points, 31.8 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 39.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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