Georgetown dominates Duke on 71% shooting

The No. 7 Hoyas literally stole the game from No. 8 Duke, forcing five turnovers in a two-minute, first-half spurt on the way to an 89-77 victory Saturday.

It couldn't have been a much bigger day for Georgetown: the president attending his first Hoyas game, the first sellout of the season in the 20,000-seat Verizon Center, a crowd mostly sporting "We Are Georgetown" T-shirts in a school-sponsored "gray out," the 200th win for coach John Thompson III, the launch of an initiative for Darfur schools, and, of course, a dominant program from the Atlantic Coast Conference in the building.

Wright seemed pumped for it all, scoring 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting and making two defensive plays that helped ignite an 18-3 run and gave the Hoyas the lead for good in the first half. Greg Monroe also scored 21, and Austin Freeman added 20 points for Georgetown (16-4), which shot 77 percent in the first half and 72 percent for the game.

Nolan Smith scored 19 points, Kyle Singler had 18 before fouling out with 2:10 to play, and Jon Scheyer added 17 for the Blue Devils (17-4), who shot 37 percent.

Duke committed 15 turnovers - one fewer than Georgetown - but they came in bunches in rare series of breakdowns from coach Mike Krzyzewski's team.

Duke dows Florida State on defense

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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Duke defense takes down Clemson

Nolan Smith scored 22 points and No. 7 Duke held the 17th-ranked Tigers to their lowest point total at home in seven years in a 60-47 victory Saturday night.

It was a drastic reversal from 2009, when the Blue Devils suffered their most lopsided loss in almost 20 years here, 74-47.

''We knew Clemson was ready, the community was ready,'' Krzyzewski said. ''To come in here and win, our guys should feel good about that.''

Duke also should feel good about Smith, who fueled a 14-2 second-half run as the Blue Devils took control.

Smith had 9 points in the surge as Duke moved in front 43-30 with 12:33 left. Clemson could not get closer than 6 points the rest of the way.

Trevor Booker led the Tigers (15-5, 3-3) with 22 points.

It was Clemson's fewest points at home since a 52-47 loss to Maryland on Jan. 25, 2003. Booker got little help from his teammates - while Clemson's star made 10 of 14 shots, the rest of the Tigers were just 8 of 34.

Wake blows away anemic UNC

Roy Williams and the Royholez CHOKE again !!! Third straight loss as Wake dismantles the weak, over-rated ESPN favorites and deal them their 7th loss..

Harris scored a season-high 20 points, Stewart hit three consecutive 3s and the Demon Deacons beat down North Carolina 82-69 on Wednesday night, sending the Tar Heels to their first three-game losing streak under coach Roy Williams.

"We just wanted to hit them while they're down," Harris said. "They had lost two straight before us, and the best time to get somebody is when they're down. That's what we came out and tried to do."

Ishmael Smith had 20 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (13-4, 3-2 ACC).

The Royholez are having a great January, losing 4 of the last 5.. "It's a great time to be a Tarheel fan" mentioned one fan on an ESPN message board, I guess it is if you like to watch your team lose repeatedly! It's not the team itself that the country despises, its their rabid, thug-like, assholic fans that give UNC their vile image.

How's the season going for ya, you pile of band wagoner posers?!?!

NC State dominates Duke on impressive shooting

Tracy Smith scored 23 points in a dominant performance inside while Dennis Horner added 20 to help N.C. State stun No. 7 Duke 88-74, giving the Wolfpack its first home win against Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils since 2004.

It also was the Wolfpack's first win in the series overall since the first round of the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Lowe's first season coaching the program he led to a national championship as a player in 1983.

Since that season, the Wolfpack (13-6, 2-3 ACC) had struggled to gain footing in the league. That led to fan frustration about N.C. State's inability to keep up with highly ranked rivals Duke and North Carolina, both located within a 30-minute drive in the Triangle of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.

Wednesday night's upset of the Blue Devils (15-3, 3-2) is the rousing win that Wolfpack fans have been desperate for and was reminiscent of an upset of the Tar Heels in Lowe's first season. It's the kind that could be huge for Lowe as he maintains his hold on the job in coming seasons.

Perhaps there's still some magic left in the red blazer Lowe wore Wednesday, the one he breaks out for rivalry games.

Smith went 10 for 12 from the floor to lead a balanced offense that had five players in double figures. Most impressively, N.C. State shot 58 percent - including 64 percent in a first-half performance that charged up the home crowd - while the Blue Devils hit just 39 percent.

N.C. State led by 10 points in the first half before it was cut to 41-38 at the break. But the Wolfpack scored on five of six possessions to start the second half to push the lead back up to double figures, then boosted it to 69-52 on Horner's dunk with 8:53 left.

"They were terrific," Krzyzewski said. "We could've had a week off and we wouldn't have beaten them tonight, but I wish we would've come with more energy than we came with tonight. They came with superb energy and you want to be in a game where both teams are playing at that level. We could never match their level of play."

Wake dealt 20 point defeat by Duke

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.

GT throws UNC under the bus early... Tarholes lose 3 of last 4

Georgia Tech overcame everything -- a blown 20-point lead, the ear-ringing screams of North Carolina's blue-clad crowd and a second-half scoring barrage from Will Graves -- to prove it has plenty of fight to go with all that talent.

Now the defending national champions have to find the same kind of confidence.

Zachery Peacock made the go-ahead shot with 25.7 seconds left to rescue the Yellow Jackets (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 20 AP), who shook off that blown big lead and held off the Tar Heels (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP) 73-71 on Saturday.

GT was up 29-9 during the first half.. Enough said, whine your pansy blue asses off, the excuse-o-meter is pegging about a 10 by now, eh Royholez?

Clemson Dominates UNC RoyHolez, Dogging them 83-64

A river of powder blue tears filled the streets of Chapel Hill tonight as Clemson dismantled UNC and dominated the over-rated, ESPN favorites from the opening buzzer.

Neither the talentless 'Heels, nor the putrid smell emitting from the Hill could over power the heart of the Tigers as they put the Blowholes in their place early, and kept them there. UNC never got closer than 11 in the second half.

The 19th-ranked Clemson Tigers (14-3, 2-1) made a huge statement tonight in Littlejohn Coliseum by dominating ESPN final four favorite North Carolina (12-5, 1-1) 83-64. Clemson had three scorers reach double figures, led by senior big man Trevor Booker who turned in 21 points and nine rebounds. Dexter Strickland led the Tar Heels with 17 points, while no other player for UNC reached double figures.

UNC could never handle the pressure, midway through the first period, North Carolina had 11 turnovers and only 12 points, and they trailed by 23. Not even the referees could save them in this game.

The Tar Heels have lost five of six (1-5) away from the Smith Center. It was North Carolina's most lopsided ACC loss since falling 96-56 to Maryland on Feb. 22, 2003.

On a side note, the UNC tour bus which carts around the ESPN Rockstars, I mean Tarholes, collided with a car driven by a female Clemson student. Coach Roy was the first to exit the bus to make sure the girl was ok, commendable, yes, but then lost all his creds when he decided NOT to give the girl basketball tickets because 'she was probably a Clemson fan'.

Roy Williams removed ALL doubt that to the core he is nothing but an asshole, a complete and pure asshole..

Duke puts down BC

Smith steps up to lead Duke in scoring on a big second half run.

Nolan Smith scored 24 points to help the Blue Devils pull away in the second half and beat Boston College 79-59 tonight, helping Duke regroup from a weekend loss at Georgia Tech.

Kyle Singler added 15 for the Blue Devils (14-2, 2-1 ACC), who pushed ahead for good late in the first half and pulled away in the opening minutes after the break. More impressively, they carried their 3-point shooting struggles from Atlanta back to Cameron Indoor Stadium and knocked down just one 3, yet still won convincingly with defense and a group of big men who are giving Duke some steadier production in the paint.

"Last year we wouldn't have won a game like that," Duke coach K said. "We had to hit 3s."

That's not to say that this year's group doesn't need the 3. It's just that the Blue Devils have a few more options when that shot isn't falling.

"We're not going to live and die by the 3 this year," Smith said. "We can get it in other ways. We can drive the basket, and we have bigs who want to finish inside. Whenever our 3s aren't falling, we have other ways to score."

GT shows Duke the door..

Gani Lawal scored 21 points, including a crucial shot with just over a minute remaining, and No. 20 Georgia Tech bounced back from a dismal loss with a 71-67 upset of the fifth-ranked Blue Devils on Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets avoided an 0-2 start in conference play and made up for Tuesday's 73-66 loss to state rival Georgia, a team that doesn't have nearly as much as talent.

"This was a great bounce-back win," Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said. "The guys were really disappointed about that game the other night."

The Blue Devils were stymied by a miserable performance beyond the arc (6 for 28 on 3-pointers), had their slim depth exposed by foul trouble (Lance Thomas picked up his fifth with more than 10 minutes left, three other players finished with four) and didn't provide star Jon Scheyer much help.

The point guard followed up a 31-point effort against Iowa State with another strong showing. He scored 25 points and chipped in with six assists. But Mason Plumlee, with 10 points off the bench, was the only other Duke player in double figures.

Duke found out that they need more than just 2 ballers to win a game. well, one baller and a talented and aggressive freshman. Maybe next road trip the rest of the team can actually make it off the bus..

Hello, someone wake up Coach K, this isn't the Scheyer Blue Devils, it takes a TEAM effort!

Great game Jon Scheyer and Mason Plumlee, and the rest of you? You guys got your one big collective ASS kicked! Learn from it please..

Duke downs Iowa State

As homecomings go, Jon Scheyer's was about as good as it gets.

The Duke star saw the familiar faces in the stands and heard the voices of those who had been part of his life - friends, teachers and family. About 500 of them cheering his every move. And they had plenty to get excited about Wednesday night.

Scheyer scored 31 points on a variety of shots and led the fifth-ranked Blue Devils to an 86-65 victory over Iowa State.

He called it an experience that was both emotional and a little weird.

"There were people who have been there for me throughout my whole life since I've been a little kid," said Scheyer, a prep star in suburban Northbrook, Ill.

"Many people haven't been able to see me play. This is their first time being able to see me, so that means a lot, too. ... I know people changed their plans to be here."

Scheyer, who scored more than 3,000 points for Glenbrook North High, shot 10 of 19 with four 3-pointers. And he did it on the court at the United Center.

The Blue Devils (13-1) won their seventh straight game behind a balanced attack, a defense that forced 18 turnovers and aggressive rebounding.

Nolan Smith added 20 points and Kyle Singler 15 for Duke.

Marquis Gilstrap paced Iowa State (10-4) with 16 points. Leading scorer Craig Brackins, who came in averaging 17, had 12.

Scheyer's 3-pointer with the shot clocking running down extended the Blue Devils' lead to 50-35 early in second half. His three-point play about 7 minutes in put the Blue Devils up 19 as they opened the second half with a 17-6 run.

The Cyclones whittled it to 12 but Smith and Scheyer hit 3-pointers to put Duke back up by 17.

"Some of the plays he makes, well you think he's not that fast or whatever," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said of Scheyer. "He really has great body control, a soft touch and obviously a determined heart."

College of Charleston beats down UNC for the 2nd time

The Tar Heels (11-4) had trailed most of the game, but used a late run to take a 72-61 lead with 4 minutes to go. That's when Goudelock and the Cougars (8-6) got going.

Goudelock scored the last 8 points in regulation, including the fadeaway 3 from about 28 feet with 6-foot-10 Ed Davis in his face to tie it at 73.

Monroe hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and his two free throws with 18 seconds left provided the final margin.

Charleston beat a ranked opponent for the first time since defeating the third-ranked Tar Heels 66-64 on Dec. 5, 1998.

Goudelock scored 24 points, while Davis had 18 points and 16 rebounds.

North Carolina's Dexter Strickland missed a layup with 4 seconds left. Davis' cross-court pass with less than a second to go was picked off by Monroe and the celebration began.

Monroe clutched the basketball as time ran out and fans rushed the court at the Carolina First Arena. Charleston coach Bobby Cremins had his share of success at Georgia Tech for nearly two decades, going 12-33 against the Tar Heels .

This one figured to be out of his team's reach, however, especially after North Carolina took the 72-61 lead.

But the Cougars called on their long-range shooting to pull out the victory. Goudelock hit two of his four 3s the rest of the way.

In all, Charleston was 13 of 32 from behind the arc. North Carolina's only 3-pointer came in overtime when Larry Drew II cut Charleston's lead to 82-79.

That's as close as the Tar Heels got.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams said the team was as low as it could be with the loss.

That they were in this at all was because of their size and accuracy at the free throw line. North Carolina outrebounded Charleston 56-36 and was 24 of 34 from the freebie line vs the Cougars' 3-of-6 showing.

Only 6 Free throws for Charleston and 34 for the Tarheels?? hmmmmmm, no referee preferential treatment there... nah..can't be.

Take note Roy, maybe you should celebrate AFTER the game, instead of taking your boys to an upscale resort the weekend BEFORE the game... Good luck at the NIT tournament this year, your in for a long season.... Brahahahhahahaha..!!

Duke D controls Clemson

Seventh-ranked Duke didn't need long to make Clemson look as uncomfortable as ever in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

While Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith each had big scoring games, it was the Blue Devils' lockdown first-half defense that put the 21st-ranked Tigers in a big hole on the way to a 74-53 win Sunday night.

The victory extended Clemson's misery in Cameron - 15 years and counting - while giving the Blue Devils a comfortable win against a team picked to finish near the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Duke (12-1, 1-0 ACC) held Clemson to just 12 points in the opening half and led by 18 at the break, avenging last year's lopsided loss while handing the Tigers (12-3, 0-1) their 13th straight defeat at college basketball's notoriously hostile arena.

"Our defense, that's what we want to be known for this year," said Scheyer, who scored 19 of his 22 points after halftime. "In the first half, we felt good just because you could see they weren't in a good rhythm. ... For the rest of the game, we didn't really let them get back into it."

Smith also scored 22 points for Duke, while Kyle Singler added 16 points and eight rebounds. Duke followed its season-high 114 points in Thursday night's win against Penn by shooting 50 percent against the Tigers, including 60 percent after halftime.

Duke blows out Penn, 114-55

Nolan Smith scored 23 points to help the seventh-ranked Blue Devils beat Pennsylvania 114-55 on Thursday night in their final tune-up before opening the league schedule here against Clemson this weekend.

Kyle Singler added 20 points for the Blue Devils (11-1), who took control of the game early en route to their fifth straight victory. Duke led by double figures in the first 5 minutes, then ran off a 23-3 run that blew the game open and turned the rest of the contest into a formality.

The Blue Devils shot 60 percent, hit 10 of 21 3-pointers and finished with a season-high scoring output to extend the Quakers' miserable start. By the time it was over, Duke scored the most points ever allowed by Penn (0-9) while handing the Quakers their most lopsided loss in program history.

"I'm not saying we're this perfect machine, but we're anxious to start," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "And the nine kids we have that are going to play are healthy enough to play. We have bruises and knees and all that kind of stuff, but when you have nine guys that can play and they have great attitudes and they're hungry to play, then it's time to get going."

Duke downs Long Beach State

Scheyer scored 22 points, Smith added 19 and the Blue Devils became the latest Top Ten team to beat Long Beach State, routing the 49ers 84-63 on Tuesday night.

Kyle Singler added 14 points for Duke (10-1), which led by 26 points, shot 47.1 percent, blocked a season-high 10 shots and was 15 of 26 from 3-point range.

"I don't even think we shot as well as we could, with the amount of good looks that we had," Scheyer said. "We'll be successful in the offense when we take open looks."

Larry Anderson scored 14 points for Long Beach State (6-7), which couldn't get closer than 13 points in the second half and lost its third straight. The 49ers have been beaten by four Top Ten opponents so far.

"I'm glad we're hitting league (play) on Saturday," coach Dan Monson said. "The Top Ten is pretty good, and Duke belongs there. ... Our guys could have caved in, and they showed that they've been in these games and that they have some fight to them, but we were just outmanned."

Senior big men Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek had 10 points apiece for Duke, which went up by double figures to stay before the 49ers made their third field goal and went on to win its fourth straight while showing little rust from the nine-day holiday layoff that followed a 35-point rout of then-No. 15 Gonzaga.

"Guys over the break, nobody took any days off," Smith said. "Everybody stayed in shape, stayed sharp with their shooting or whatever they were doing."