Duke drops Hokies
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Ryan Kelly had 15, and No. 7 Duke used a late first-half run to open a double-digit lead it never relinquished in a 75-60 win against Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
Kelly had seven points in the 13-2 spurt that helped the Blue Devils (19-3, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) pull away from Virginia Tech (12-10, 1-6).
No. 10 Murray St. 81, Southeast Missouri St. 73: At Murray, Ky., Isaiah Canaan scored 32 points and Murray State remained unbeaten with a win against Southeast Missouri State.
Jewuan Long added 13 points for Murray State (22-0, 10-0), which is off to the best start by an Ohio Valley Conference team since Western Kentucky opened 21-0 in 1953-54.
No. 12 Florida 74, South Carolina 66: At Gainesville, Fla., Kenny Boynton scored 24 points, Bradley Beal had his fourth double-double and Florida (18-4, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) beat South Carolina (9-12, 1-6) for its sixth consecutive win.
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Western Illinois 62, IPFW 52: At Macomb, Terell Parks scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, helping Western Illinois (13-8, 7-5 Summit League) pull off a season sweep of IPFW (10-12, 4-9).
SIU-Edwardsville 61, Morehead St. 53: At Edwardsville, Mark Yelovich scored 20 points and Corey Wickware had 19 as SIU-Edwardsville (6-14, 4-7 Ohio Valley) beat Morehead State (12-12, 5-5) to snap a six-game losing streak.
Eastern Kentucky 47, Eastern Illinois 43: At Charleston, Joshua Jones scored 12 points and Mike Dinunno added 11, two of only three players in the game to score in double figures, and Eastern Kentucky (13-11, 6-5 Ohio Valley) staved off Eastern Illinois (9-13, 2-8).
Ill.-Chicago 72, Youngstown St. 68: At Chicago, Daniel Barnes and Gary Talton scored 19 points apiece, helping Illinois-Chicago (7-15, 3-9 Horizon League) snap a four-game losing streak.
