Duke Feels Good After Rout of Army

Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski knew his No. 18 Blue Devils were supposed to beat Army. But he needed to check each detail before declaring it a real victory.

“It’s a game where we should win, but the caliber of play determines how I feel about it. And I feel good about it,” he said Saturday after the 100-42 victory at Durham, N.C.

Shane Battier led Duke with 17 points, Nate James and Carlos Boozer each had 15 and Chris Carrawell and Jason Williams had 14 apiece for the Blue Devils (1-2).

After starting 0-2 for the first time since the 1958-59 season, Duke rebounded from two bad shooting nights against Stanford and Connecticut in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic last week. The Blue Devils shot 54 percent for the game, including 70 percent in the first half, and held the Cadets (0-1) to just 23 percent for the game.

“We were so inefficient and non-productive inside up in New York that we have been working and working on establishing a real post game,” said Krzyzewski, who played and coached at Army.

With the score tied 2-2, Duke went on an 11-0 run to take a lead it would not relinquish. Casey Sanders dunked and Carrawell followed on the next possession with a jumper to increase the lead to 13-2 with 16:27 to go in the first half.

After a 52-15 halftime lead, Duke didn’t allow the Cadets to score again until Chris Spatola hit a three-pointer with 14:46 left to make it 67-18.

Williams’ basket after Boozer’s steal increased the lead to 82-18 with 8:19 remaining.

No. 1 Cincinnati 94, Youngstown State 67--Freshmen Kenny Satterfield and DerMarr Johnson riddled a flimsy perimeter defense as the Bearcats easily won at Cincinnati.

Satterfield, a backup point guard, hit his first three three-point attempts as Cincinnati (1-0) surged ahead by 20 points in the first 11 minutes. Satterfield, who scored a total of four points in two exhibitions, finished with 14.

Johnson, a 6-foot-9 shooting guard, led Cincinnati with 18 points, most of them when the game was out of reach in the second half.

No. 9 Stanford 62, UC Santa Barbara 49--Jarron Collins scored 21 points and had 12 rebounds as the Cardinal defeated the Gauchos at Santa Barbara.

The Cardinal (3-0) led 25-21 at halftime, but UC Santa Barbara closed within one on a layup by Derrick Allen at 15:51.

Ryan Mendez hit a jumper to key five straight points and give Stanford a 32-29 lead with 15:24 remaining.

No. 15 St. John’s 70, New Mexico 62--The Red Storm, led by Lavor Postell’s 20 points and Reggie Jessie’s 17 rebounds, beat former coach Fran Fraschilla and New Mexico in the consolation game of the CoSIDA Classic at Albuquerque, N.M.

Postell’s clutch shooting, Jessie’s work on the boards and St. John’s (1-1) quickness and superior athleticism wore down the Lobos (1-2) in the game’s final four minutes.

No. 20 DePaul 105, Howard 61--Quentin Richardson scored a game-high 28 points--20 in the first half--as the Blue Demons won their opener.

Paul McPherson added 22 points on 10 of 12 shooting and Bobby Simmons scored 20 with a game-high 12 rebounds for the Blue Demons, who are ranked for the first time since 1992.

No. 21 Texas 82, Louisiana Lafayette 48--Chris Mihm scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Texas in its season opener at Austin.

William Clay added 17 points and Gabe Muoneke and Chris Owens each scored 16 as the Longhorns overcame a shaky first half to rout the Ragin’ Cajuns.

No. 23 Oklahoma St. 81, Idaho 50--Desmond Mason scored 27 points and had eight rebounds to lead Oklahoma State in the America’s Youth Classic at Stillwater, Okla.

Joe Adkins scored all 17 of his points in the second half, when the Cowboys (2-0) built on their 13-point halftime lead.

California 95, Houston 70--Sean Lampley scored 26 points as the Bears rolled over the Cougars and into the finals of the Top of the World Classic at Fairbanks, Alaska.

Arizona State 79, Portland State 57--Tommy Smith and Alton Mason each scored 15 points to lead the Wildcats to victory in its season opener at Tempe, Ariz.

Brigham Young 91, UC Riverside 62--Mekeli Wesley scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half to pace the Cougars to a nonconference win over the Division II Highlanders at Provo, Utah. Mark Miller paced Riverside with 14 points.

WOMEN

No. 7 Notre Dame 68, Toledo 52--Alicia Ratay scored 18 points to lead the Irish at Toledo, Ohio, in the opener for both teams.

Ratay, a freshman, hit back-to-back three-pointers to give Notre Dame a 21-13 lead with 11:44 remaining in the first half. Julie Henderson’s layup with 5:25 in the first half gave Notre Dame a 31-21 lead.

No. 9 North Carolina State 78, Southern Mississippi 43--Freshman Kaayla Chones followed up her 10-point performance last Sunday against then-No. 4 Rutgers with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Raleigh, N.C.

After taking a 34-22 lead at halftime, the Wolfpack (2-0) started the second half with a 12-5 run. Chones got the rebound under the basket and put it back in to put North Carolina State ahead 48-27 with 14:51 left in the game.

No. 11 Penn State 76, Villanova 54--Rashana Barnes had a team-high 15 points and six rebounds to help the Nittany Lions defeat the Wildcats at State College, Pa., in their opener.

Andrea Garner had 12 points and 11 rebounds, to lead five Penn State players in double figures.

Penn State opened the game with a 23-2 run and went into halftime leading 43-19.

No. 19 Kansas 70, Houston 56--Suzi Raymant scored 16 points, including two three-pointers, and Brooke Reves and Jennifer Jackson had 13 points apiece as the Jayhawks defeated the Cougars at Houston.

Reves also had 11 rebounds as Kansas took a 12-point halftime lead and never looked back.

Norma Noel scored 14 points and Cathy Lida 12 to lead Houston, which was outrebounded 59-34.

No. 25 Arizona 87, Tennessee Tech 71--Angela Lackey had 14 points to lead five players in double figures as the Wildcats won in the Hawaiian Regent Wahine Classic round-robin tournament at Honolulu.

Tatum Brown had 13 points for Arizona, while Felecity Willis and Elizabeth Pickney had 12 each and Julie Brase added 11.

Arizona (2-0) tied the score and took the lead for good with 6:44 to go when Lackey hit a pair of free throws to make it 65-64 Wildcats.