Miles Plumlee had career highs of 19 points and 14 rebounds, younger brother Mason Plumlee added 11 points and No. 8 Duke pulled away to beat Wake Forest 90-70 on Sunday night.
Kyle Singler added 21 points and 15 rebounds and Nolan Smith had 20 points for the Blue Devils (15-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They overcame a defense determined to stop leading scorer Jon Scheyer , broke the game open with 13 straight points midway through the first half and rolled to their 13th straight win at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Al-Farouq Aminu had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (12-4, 2-2), who lost their 12th straight at Cameron and haven't won here since 1997, when Tim Duncan was still in school.
It was the first time both Plumlees scored in double figures in the same game for the Blue Devils , who have won nine of 10. They remained perfect at home and 10 of their 11 victories here have come by at least 20 points.
The traditionally guard-oriented Blue Devils knew 3-pointers were going to be hard to come by against the ACC's best defense against the 3, and they finished 4-for-13 from long range. The Demon Deacons made it their mission to slow Scheyer, who scored nine points - nearly 11 fewer than his average - on 3-of-11 shooting and was held to single-digit scoring for the first time this season.
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