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No. 9 Duke can continue home dominance vs. Holy Cross

Dec 6, 2006 - 4:03 PM Holy Cross (6-2) at No. 9 Duke (7-1) 7:00 pm EST

DURHAM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Cameron Indoor Stadium has been a house of horrors for non-conference opponents in recent seasons.

The ninth-ranked Blue Devils look to win their 47th consecutive home contest against non-ACC foes and their eighth in nine overall games this season Wednesday when they host Holy Cross.

Duke is playing a school-record 19 home games this season and has the nation's second-longest active home win streak behind Oklahoma (49). The Blue Devils have not lost at home to a non-conference opponent since an 83-82 loss to St. John's on February 26, 2000.

Josh McRoberts scored 15 points, Greg Paulus added 13 and Demarcus Nelson 12 for Duke, which limited Georgetown to 18 second-half points in Saturday's 61-52 victory.

Holy Cross is in a stretch of 11 straight games away from the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts and does not play at home until January 9 against Army.

The Crusaders opened the trip with losses at Syracuse and Dayton sandwiched around a victory at Yale last Tuesday. Keith Simmons scored 15 points and Torey Thomas added 13 for the Crusaders in Saturday's 69-53 defeat to the Flyers.

Duke has won 26 consecutive contests against Patriot League teams dating to February 2, 1957. The Blue Devils won the only previous meeting against the Crusaders, 66-60, on January 27, 1982.