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Before the infamous court-storming following Saturday's 83-79 loss at unranked Wake Forest (18-9, 10-6 ACC), second-year Duke basketball forward and projected 2024 NBA lottery pick Kyle Filipowski hit the 1,000-point mark for his career by tallying a team-high 17 points for the now-No. 10 Blue Devils (21-6, 12-4 ACC).
He became only the 13th Blue Devil in history to check off that career milestone as a mere sophomore.
In this week's edition of Fast Break with Jon Scheyer on Monday night, the 36-year-old Duke head coach reflected on what the 20-year-old Filipowski, the first recruit to announce a commitment to him as head-coach-in-waiting at the time, has meant to the program:
"Look, Kyle has done a terrific job for us for two years. He's been the No. 1 guy on the scouting report. In addition, he's had almost 80 assists this year. He's the best passing big man in the country. And he scores over 1,000 points.
BIG 3 from Flip gets him to 1K points at Duke‼️ pic.twitter.com/5WyfjRanoM
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 24, 2024
"This game [against Wake Forest] was no exception. He had 17 [points], eight [rebounds], and five [assists] — just one turnover. He was terrific.
"And I'm happy for him. I'd be happier if he got that and we won. But to get that, it says a lot about the career he's had up to this point."
NEXT DUKE BASKETBALL GAME: at home versus unranked Louisville (3-13, 8-19 ACC), 7 p.m. ET Wednesday (ACCN)
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