Kyle Singler and No. 8 Duke got rolling just in time to pull out a close game - or, at least, what passes for one these days at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Singler scored 12 of his 20 points in the second half and the Blue Devils pulled away late to beat Florida State 70-56 on Wednesday night.
Jon Scheyer had 22 points for the Blue Devils (17-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 43 percent against the nation's toughest field-goal percentage defense and forced 22 turnovers. But they needed a late 15-4 run to seal their 14th straight win at Cameron.
''It wasn't really a pretty game,'' Singler said. ''We had to grind it out, and we just made plays at the end.''
Solomon Alabi had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Chris Singleton added 14 points for the Seminoles (15-5, 3-3). They outrebounded the Blue Devils 40-30 and held them without a field goal for more than six minutes to erase most of a 16-point deficit, but ultimately were denied their second straight victory against a Top 25 opponent.
''I felt like we are the better team,'' Singleton said. ''They have a lot of talent, and we have a lot of talent. Tonight, we showed that we're a good team, but we need to put it all together.''
Singleton made things interesting late, hitting a free throw to make it 51-47 with 8:56 left, and the Seminoles then had a stretch in which they missed several free throws, got the rebounds - and then couldn't do anything with them.
Eventually, the Blue Devils pulled away down the stretch with seven straight points.
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