Singler scored 20 points, Scheyer added 18 and the Blue Devils shrugged off a pair of key absences to rout North Carolina-Greensboro 96-62 on Friday night.
Singler, the ACC's preseason player of the year, had 14 points in the first half and wound up playing 38 minutes. Scheyer, the only true guard in the starting lineup, logged 37 turnover-free minutes for Duke (1-0).
"There's no middle reliever," coach Mike Krzyzewski said, referring to his temporarily shorthanded team. "There's no (Mariano) Rivera coming in at the end, or any setup guys, so they have to play like that."
The Blue Devils shot 59.7 percent and used two huge first-half runs to extend their NCAA record home nonconference winning streak to 69. The ACC's preseason co-favorites with defending national champion North Carolina improved to 28-2 in openers under Coach K.
And once they got rolling, they made it look easy - even without guard Nolan Smith, who was suspended for the first two games of the season for playing in unsanctioned summer league games, and 6-foot-10 freshman forward Mason Plumlee, who's out indefinitely with a broken left wrist.
Have a great season and Go Duke!
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