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Quinn Cook scored 15 points and Mason Plumlee scored eight of his 10 in the second half for the Blue Devils (13-0), who are one of only four undefeated teams remaining in Division I.Tyler Thornton added 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers in the second half to spark Duke.
"For our guys to go 13-0 with our nonconference schedule is just magnificent," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "It's terrific."
The game was tied 29-all at halftime before Duke opened the second half with a 12-0 run. The Blue Devils, who led by as many as 19 in the second half, heated up from 3-point range after the break, going 3 for 4 in the early minutes of the period.
WAKE FOREST 66, Xavier 59 - Travis McKie scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Wake Forest responded to its only second-half deficit with a 12-0 run to defeat Xavier in the Skip Prosser Classic on Wednesday evening at the Joel Coliseum.
After Wake Forest (7-5) led by as many as 11 points early in
the second half, Xavier (7-6) stormed back to take a 49-48 lead at the 6:58
mark. But the Demon Deacons responded immediately with a 12-0 run to push the
lead back to 11 points with 2:34 remaining, and the Musketeers would not get
closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Wake Forest now leads the Skip
Prosser Classic 2-1 after also winning the opening game of the series
against Xavier in January of 2010.
Codi
Miller-McIntyre and C.J.
Harris joined McKie in double figures. Miller-McIntyre scored 16
points on an efficient 6-of-7 shooting and also led the Deacons with three
assists. Harris notched 15 points, including a 5-of-6 mark from the free throw
line.
Freshman Devin
Thomas dominated the boards, grabbing 14 rebounds that shattered his
previous career-high of eight boards.
MIAMI 76, La Salle 59 - Shane Larkin and Durand Scott
scored 18 points each to lead Miami to a victory over La Salle Wednesday night.
The Hurricanes (9-3) broke the game open with a 16-2 run
midway through the second half. Larkin hit consecutive 3-pointers during the
surge. The second of those, with 8:32 remaining, gave the Hurricanes their
first double-digit lead at 57-47.
Erik Swoope's basket with 7:02 remaining ended the surge and
increased Miami's lead to 61-47.
Trey McKinney Jones and Kenny Kadji finished with 14 points
each for the Hurricanes, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Miami lost the
final two games of the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii against Arizona and
Indiana State on Dec. 24 and 25.
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Carter had 13 points and a career-best 12 rebounds as the
Yellow Jackets (10-2) pulled away in the second half after a sluggish start. Mfon
Udofia scored 14 points for Georgia Tech, which made 17 of 28
second-half shots and outrebounded Chattanooga 42-25 for the game.
The Yellow Jackets are 8-0 at their new McCamish Pavilion
and open ACC play by hosting Miami on Saturday.
The Yellow Jackets broke the game open with a 16-6 second-half
run, expanding a 40-33 lead with 4:20 gone to 56-39 with 8:30 remaining.
Kammeon
Holsey had 10 points, Jason
Morris scored nine and Daniel
Miller contributed seven points, eight rebounds, four assists and
three blocked shots.
Auburn 78, FLORIDA STATE 72 - Winners of four in a row
before Wednesday night's game at Auburn, the Florida State men's basketball
team won't be taking a handful of consecutive victories with them into
conference play.
After falling to the Tigers, the Seminoles now begin their ACC
schedule Saturday at 4 p.m. at Clemson.
The game at Auburn Arena saw Florida State (8-5) generate a
12-point first-half advantage but the Tigers (6-7) clawed back to within one at
36-35 by halftime and then grabbed their first lead since the 15:29 mark of the
first period less than two minutes into the second half.
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