Duke Easily Stretches Winning Streak to 19

Undermanned Virginia didn’t figure to offer No. 1-ranked Duke much of a challenge on Thursday night and that was the case as the Blue Devils defeated the Cavaliers, 100-54, at Charlottesville, Va., for their 19th consecutive victory.

Duke, 24-1 and 12-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, had six players score in double figures to reach 100 points for the seventh time this season. The Blue Devils, bidding to become the first team to go through the 16-game ACC schedule unbeaten, have beaten conference opponents by an average of 23.8 points.

Virginia (13-12, 3-9) has only six scholarship players available because of injuries and transfers.

No. 5 Michigan State 61, Illinois 44--The Big Ten-leading Spartans (21-4, 10-1) had only one player score in double figures--Thomas Kelley with 10 points--but still dominated the Illini (10-14, 2-10) at East Lansing, Mich.

No. 14 Utah 86, San Diego State 38--The Utes (19-4, 9-0 in the Western Athletic Conference) started the second half with a 21-0 run against the Aztecs (2-20, 0-10) in winning their 14th game in a row and increasing the nation’s third-longest active home win streak to 32 at Salt Lake City.

Jeremy Killion led Utah with 20 points and made five of six three-point shots.

No. 25 New Mexico 82, San Jose State 46--Senior center Kenny Thomas had 19 points and 13 rebounds--his eighth double-double of the season and the 33rd of his career--to lead the Lobos (19-6, 6-4 in the WAC) past the Spartans (11-14, 4-5) at Albuquerque.

New Mexico junior forward Damion Walker returned after a two-game suspension and had two points.

OTHER GAMES

Todd MacCulloch made 11 of 18 shots and scored 24 points as Washington (15-7, 8-4 in the Pacific 10) defeated Oregon State, 82-69, at Corvallis, Ore., to win for the eighth time in nine games. Oregon State (11-10, 5-7) had its home win streak end at 10. . . . Oregon (12-9, 4-8 in the Pacific 10) was a 77-64 winner over Washington State (9-14, 3-9) in a game at Eugene, Ore., in which 59 fouls were called and the teams combined to shoot 86 free throws, making 59. . . . Freshman Quentin Richardson had 32 points and 16 rebounds--his 12th double-double of the season--for DePaul (13-9, 7-5 in Conference USA) in a 76-67 victory over Saint Louis (13-12, 7-5) in Chicago. . . . Alex Sanders made all eight of his field-goal attempts and had 18 points to lead surging Louisville (13-7, 8-3 in Conference USA) to a 79-68 victory over host North Carolina Charlotte (15-8, 7-4).

College Basketball Notes

Forward Sam Okey, who became eligible at Iowa in late January, could be sidelined the rest of his senior season because of a broken right wrist. Okey, a Big Ten freshman of the year who transferred to Iowa from Wisconsin in January 1998, had the option of sitting out this season and playing all next season or playing only the second semester this season. . . . An eighth person, alleged gambler Anthony Joseph Frank, was indicted by the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Arizona State point-shaving scheme in January through March 1994.