Maryland Gets Court Reversal

No last-minute collapse. Not even a home loss.

Maryland finally beat Duke in Cole Field House at College Park, Md.--the venerable building again the site of a loss by a No. 1 team.

The No. 3-ranked Terrapins, who had lost four years in a row at home to Duke, defeated the top-ranked Blue Devils, 87-73, before 14,500 on Sunday.

It was the seventh time a top-ranked team lost in the building that is closing after this season.

“Every game you play here is special because it’s the last year here,” said Maryland Coach Gary Williams, whose team is 13-0 at home. “The situation makes it special. You don’t put special emphasis on it with your players because what if you lose?”

Williams didn’t do a good job of selling that attitude to his players.

“This whole week the coach has been uptight on us about Duke. Duke this, Duke that,” said sophomore Chris Wilcox, who had a career-high 23 points. “I just feel better for my coach because Coach wanted this win more than we did.”

The Terrapins, 21-3 overall and 11-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, made sure there was no heartache like last season’s 98-96 overtime loss to Duke after blowing a 10-point lead.

Maryland made it nearly impossible to blow a lead this time, going ahead by 25 points three times

Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Duke (23-2, 11-2). The Blue Devils had won 11 in a row.

“The team that should have won did win, and they won in convincing fashion,” Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Rutgers 64, No. 13 Miami 61--Jerome Coleman scored a career-high 30 points at Piscataway, N.J., and the Scarlet Knights (17-8, 7-5 in the Big East) defeated a ranked team for the fourth time this season. Darius Rice scored 21 points for Miami (21-5, 8-5).

No. 19 Wake Forest 92, No. 15 Virginia 70--Darius Songaila made 11 of 13 shots and scored a career-high 30 points at Winston-Salem, N.C., and the Demon Deacons (18-8, 8-4 in the ACC) ended a losing streak at four against ranked teams. Roger Mason Jr. scored a career-high 31 points for Virginia (16-7, 6-6).

No. 22 Indiana 75, Michigan 55--Jarrad Odle, Jeff Newton and Kyle Hornsby each scored 17 points at Ann Arbor, Mich., and the Hoosiers (17-8, 9-3) pulled into a first-place Big Ten tie with Ohio State. Michigan is 10-14 and 5-8.

OTHER GAMES

DeShaun Williams scored 18 points for Syracuse (19-7, 7-5 in the Big East) in a 68-65 victory over Notre Dame (17-8, 8-4) at South Bend, Ind....Adam Boone scored 28 points and North Carolina (7-16, 3-10 in the ACC) ended a losing streak at five with a 95-85 victory over Florida State (10-13, 3-9) at Chapel Hill, N.C.

WOMEN’S TOP 25

Shereka Wright scored 40 points to lead No. 7 Purdue (21-4, 12-3 in the Big Ten) over Michigan (15-10, 5-9), 84-73, at Ann Arbor, Mich....Louisiana State (14-9, 7-5 in the Southeastern Conference) beat No. 9 South Carolina (21-4, 9-3), 72-62, behind Aiysha Smith’s 18 points at Baton Rouge, La....Trisha Skibbe’s basket with 3.8 seconds left lifted Oklahoma State (13-13, 5-8 in the Big 12) over No. 10 Iowa State (19-6, 7-6), 64-63, at Stillwater, Okla....Nicole Ohlde’s 19 points helped No. 12 Kansas State (22-5, 10-4 in the Big 12) defeat Kansas (5-22, 0-14), 65-40, at Lawrence, Kan....Mary Beth Lycett scored 20 points and No. 24 Georgia (16-8, 5-7 in the SEC) ended a home losing streak at four, beating No. 14 Florida (17-8, 7-5), 73-62....Indiana (12-13, 6-8 in the Big Ten) upset No. 15 Minnesota (20-5, 10-4), 73-63, at Bloomington, Ind., behind Jill Chapman’s 19 points....Jia Perkins scored 19 points to carry No. 16 Texas Tech (15-9) past No. 25 Wisconsin (17-9), 78-62, at Lubbock, Texas....No. 19 Old Dominion (19-9, 15-0 in the Colonial Athletic Assn.) got 20 points from Lucienne Berthieu in defeating James Madison (15-9, 9-3), 67-43, at Norfolk, Va....Coretta Brown’s 19 points led No. 20 North Carolina (21-6, 10-4 in the ACC) past Georgia Tech (14-11, 7-8), 71-62, at Atlanta....Ieva Kublina scored 24 points and No. 22 Virginia Tech (13-12, 5-9 Big East) beat Seton Hall (13-12, 5-9), 74-52, at Blacksburg, Va.