Carrawell Gives Duke a Spark

After scoring 20 points and doing just about anything else eighth-ranked Duke needed in an 80-70 victory over No. 12 Maryland on Sunday at College Park, Md., Chris Carrawell sat in a crowded locker room and talked of the many streaks the latest win kept alive.

“I’ve been in every game situation, played against all the top players, been to the national championship game and Final Four and even was part of a team that lost a 17-point lead in a game leading to the Final Four,” he said, sounding a lot older than most 22-year-olds. “Even with all that, there’s nothing like winning games in this league.”

The Blue Devils, 11-2 overall and 2-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, have won 11 consecutive games, and 24 in a row in the ACC--including 13 on the road. Duke has six consecutive wins over Maryland (11-4, 0-2).

This game was closer than the previous two in Cole Field House, where the Terrapins had won 14 in a row. Duke won those two games by 32 and 18 points, the latter Maryland’s last home loss before Sunday.

“They’ve had success playing everywhere over the years,” Maryland Coach Gary Williams said. “They lost twice last year. They’re a good basketball team. That’s why they win here.”

Freshman Carlos Boozer had 17 points and 15 rebounds for Duke, which took advantage of some poor shooting by Maryland to take a 14-4 lead 5:12 into the game. It seemed as if it would be the third consecutive rout for Duke in Maryland’s building. The Terrapins missed 20 of their first 25 shots from the field but were only down, 39-34, at halftime.

A jumper in the lane by Juan Dixon pulled Maryland with 51-47 with 11:06 to play but Carrawell made a three-point basket to start a 13-1 run.

No. 13 Ohio State 71, Minnesota 63--Michael Redd scored 25 points and Scoonie Penn had 20--including four free throws in the final 21.4 seconds--as the Buckeyes (9-3, 1-1) held off the Golden Gophers (9-3, 1-1) in a Big Ten game at Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State, last in the conference in free-throw shooting last season, made 10 of 12 in the final 5 1/2 minutes and outscored Minnesota, 14-5, at the line.

Minnesota pulled within 57-56 on Terrance Simmons’ fastbreak layup with 4:24 left before Penn made two free throws and Ken Johnson was credited with a field goal when Joel Przybilla was called for goaltending.

Penn then made a three-point shot at the 3:09 mark to push the lead to 64-56.

But the Golden Gophers scored the next five points, drawing within 66-63 on a free throw by Przybilla with 40.8 seconds left.

Ohio State ran time off the clock before Penn was fouled with 21.4 seconds left. Penn made two free throws for a 68-63 lead. After Mitch Ohnstad missed a three-point shot for Minnesota, Penn rebounded, was fouled and again made both free throws.

WOMEN

No. 3 North Carolina State 71, Maryland 52--Summer Erb had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Wolfpack (14-0, 5-0) in win over the Terrapins (9-5, 1-3) in an ACC game at Raleigh, N.C.

No. 5 Auburn 73, South Carolina 50--Shana Askew and Tasha Hamilton scored 16 points apiece and the Tigers (12-2, 1-1) dominated the second half at Auburn, Ala. South Carolina is 10-4 and 0-1.

No. 7 Georgia 71, Alabama 62--Deana Nolan scored six of her 18 points in the final 1:30 minutes and Bulldogs (15-2, 1-1) forced 26 turnovers in a SEC victory at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama is 10-4 and 0-1.

No. 14 Duke 64, Georgia Tech 45--Georgia Schweitzer scored 16 points as the Blue Devils (14-1, 3-0) stretched their winning streak to 13 with an ACC victory over the Yellow Jackets (9-3, 2-3) at Atlanta.

No. 15 Illinois 91, Indiana 61--Tauja Catchings scored 26 points and Susan Blauser had 14 rebounds for the Illini (14-4, 4-0) against the Hoosiers (6-9, 1-3) in a Big Ten game at Champaign, Ill.

No. 16 Louisiana State 61, No. 20 Mississippi St. 54--Detrina White had 21 points and 10 rebounds as the Tigers(11-3, 2-1) beat the Lady Bulldogs(11-2, 0-2) in a SEC game at Baton Rouge, La.

No. 19 Tulane 83, Memphis 67--Grace Daley scored 31 points as the Green Wave (14-0, 3-0) beat the Tigers (7-7, 1-2) at New Orleans and set a Conference USA record of 14 consecutive victories.

No. 21 Old Dominion 83, East Carolina 79--Alli Spence scored 17 points to lead Monarchs (9-3, 2-0) to past the Pirates(5-8, 0-2) in a Colonial Athletic Association game at Greenville, N.C.

No. 22 UC Santa Barbara 89, Loyola Marymount 59--Tawnee Cooper came off the bench to score 20 points as the Gauchos (10-3) cruised past the Lions (7-5) at Santa Barbara for their sixth consecutive victory.

No. 25 Boston College 71, Syracuse 62--Cal Bouchard scored 28 points to lead the Eagles (13-3, 2-0) to a Big East victory at Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse is 7-6 and 0-2.

No. 25 Arkansas State 82, Arkansas Little Rock 49--The Lady Indians (11-1, 2-0) allowed only 18 points in the first half of their Sun Belt Conference game at Jonesboro, Ark. Ark. Arkansas Little Rock is 3-8 and 0-1.