Duke Streaks Come to End

Maryland had lost 28 of its last 33 games against Duke, but made up for some of its frustration against the Blue Devils on Wednesday night at Durham, N.C.

The 23rd-ranked Terrapins got 31 points from Juan Dixon and two key three-point baskets late by Terence Morris in a 98-87 victory over the third-ranked Blue Devils. The victory ended Duke’s record regular-season Atlantic Coast Conference winning streak at 31 games.

Duke, 18-3 overall and 9-1 in the ACC, also had the nation’s longest winning streak end at 18 and lost in Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time since Jan. 11, 1997 when it was defeated by Wake Forest--a span of 46 games.

“Streaks come to an end, now we’ve got to start another one,” Duke senior Chris Carrawell said.

Lonny Baxter had 22 points and Morris had 20 as Maryland (17-6, 6-4) tied North Carolina for second place in the ACC.

The score was tied, 83-83, when Morris made a three-point basket from the baseline with 3:27 left to give Maryland the lead for good. A minute later, he made another three-point shot.

Iowa 67, No. 5 Ohio State 64--Kyle Galloway made a three-point basket from the right corner with four seconds left as the Hawkeyes won for a sixth consecutive time at Columbus, Ohio.

The loss dropped Ohio State into a tie for first place with Michigan State in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes (16-4, 7-2) had won eight in a row and 12 of 13.

Scoonie Penn, who missed a three-point shot at the buzzer that would have sent the game to overtime, led the Buckeyes with 22 points. Dean Oliver had 21 for Iowa (11-11, 4-6).

No. 8 Tennessee 110, Georgia 83--Tony Harris scored 21 points at Knoxville, Tenn., and the Volunteers reached the 20-win plateau faster than any other team in school history.

Vincent Yarbrough finished with 19 points and C.J. Black added 16 for Tennessee (20-3, 8-2 Southeastern Conference). Georgia (9-14, 2-8) was led by D.A. Layne, who scored a career-high 30 points.

No. 25 Louisiana State 83, No. 9 Auburn 68--Brian Beshara scored 24 points and Jabari Smith added 20 to lead the Tigers to a Southeastern Conference victory at Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana State (18-4, 5-4) led by as many as 19 points in the second half. Doc Robinson had 17 points for Auburn (19-4, 7-3.

Minnesota 77, No. 10 Indiana 75--Joel Przybilla scored the last of his career-high 33 points on a game-winning bank shot with 3.9 seconds left as the Golden Gophers (12-9, 4-7 Big Ten) stunned the Hoosiers (17-4, 7-3) at Minneapolis.

A.J. Guyton, who scored 27 points, missed a desperation three-point shot at the buzzer.

Minnesota junior forward John-Blair Bickerstaff, the son of former NBA coach Bernie Bickerstaff, was lost for the season because of a broken right kneecap. Bickerstaff suffered the injury when he was fouled by Guyton going up for a basket in the first half.

Kirk Haston scored 24 points for Indiana, which hasn’t won at Minneapolis in five years.

Afterward, Indiana Coach Bobby Knight refused to go to the media room or take questions from reporters. He did stop outside his locker room to make some brief remarks.

No. 13 Connecticut 87, Boston College 58--The Huskies rebounded from their worst loss of the season--85-66 at No. 6 Michigan State--with a season-best nine three-point baskets in a Big East game at Hartford, Conn.

Albert Mouring was five of five from three-point range and scored a career-high 23 points for Connecticut (17-5, 6-3 Big East). The Eagles (9-14, 1-9) lost to the Huskies for the 22nd consecutive time.

No. 17 Iowa State 72, Missouri 62--Marcus Fizer scored 28 points and had 12 rebounds as the Cyclones shook off Coach Larry Eustachy’s outburst in a Big 12 game at Columbia, Mo.

Iowa State (20-3, 8-1) trailed by five points at halftime after a controversial buzzer-beating basket by the Tigers’ Keyon Dooling. It appeared that Dooling launched his shot from mid-air in the lane after the horn.

Eustachy was assessed a technical foul for arguing the call. There was some jostling as he was hustled off the court by campus police, who jumped into the situation. At one point, a female officer grabbed Eustachy by the arm, and he reportedly accused her of assault on the way to the locker room.

Missouri (14-7, 7-2) was led by Dooling, who had 18 points, and Kareem Rush, who added 17.

No. 18 Texas 76, Texas Tech 60--Chris Mihm had 23 points and 15 rebounds for his 14th double-double as the Longhorns won a Big 12 game at Austin, Texas.

Ivan Wagner added 13 points and six assists for Texas (16-6, 7-2). Mario Layne’s 20 points led Texas Tech (9-11, 0-9).

No. 22 Vanderbilt 65, Mississippi State 64--A shot by Robert Jackson of the Bulldogs (12-10, 3-6) bounced off the back of the rim at the buzzer and the Commodores (16-4, 6-3) held on for a Southeastern Conference victory at Nashville, Tenn.